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arachnetech / homebridge-mqttthing

A plugin for Homebridge allowing the integration of many different accessory types using MQTT.
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Which type to use for projector canvas enabling Siri commands "up" and "down"? #448

Open TheChatty opened 3 years ago

TheChatty commented 3 years ago

I have a projector canvas and I could control it with two stateless switches and naming them "canvas up" and "canvas down". But then I can't see its current position (can be stopped at any height).

I'd love one element "canvas" controllable by "up", "down" and "stop".

arachnetech commented 3 years ago

You might be able to use something like a Window or a Window covering (blind) for this?

TheChatty commented 3 years ago

But this is to be used with "open" and "close", right?

galzil commented 3 years ago

You have to use a Curtain\Blinds\Shutter module and not 2 seperate switches as you might burn the motor if both actions (up\Down) would operate at the same time. If you want to control it by using a different text than open and close, you can either add a scene or dummy switches

TheChatty commented 3 years ago

I didn't use a "two switches config" yet - I'm using "Window Covering" from the beginning but my family dislikes the according voice commands. There is no "Curtain" etc. type in mqttthing. I was aware of other plugins but I liked the idea of keeping the plugins to a minimum.

arachnetech commented 3 years ago

I can only expose services defined by Apple, as listed in https://github.com/homebridge/HAP-NodeJS/blob/master/src/lib/definitions/ServiceDefinitions.ts. Is there anything more suitable there?

arachnetech commented 3 years ago

Pretty certain I support Window Covering already - that's the closest HomeKit comes to "curtain" I believe.

TheChatty commented 3 years ago

I said I'm using Window Covering. But Siri wants me to say open/close instead of up/down.

arachnetech commented 3 years ago

Sorry, missed that. Siri commands are entirely down to Apple. Not sure whether you can do something with the Shortcuts App?

Let me know if there's a more suitable service that you'd like to see supported in mqttthing from https://github.com/homebridge/HAP-NodeJS/blob/master/src/lib/definitions/ServiceDefinitions.ts, otherwise I'll close this.