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aschzero / homebridge-airmega

Homebridge plugin for the Coway Airmega air purifier.
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“Inactive” sleep #5

Closed paqpaqpaq closed 5 years ago

paqpaqpaq commented 5 years ago

When I set the Airmega tot sleep mode with the app, homekit sets it to “Inactive”.

Would there be a way to initiate that state with the plugin? (Or sleep mode)

aschzero commented 5 years ago

Yep, the same behavior can be achieved by setting the mode to manual. With the Home app, long press the purifier accessory > tap Settings > tap "Manual" under the Mode section.

paqpaqpaq commented 5 years ago

Ah yes I see. But only coming from Automatic. (correct?)

So there are more or less the following statuses:

I did find that when in Sleep (or Inactive for homekit) it doesn't switch back to a higher setting when you would trip the sensor.

I'm a but clueless all together though what this thing actually measures. I have a few air sensors near the Airmega and they often claim otherwise.

aschzero commented 5 years ago

Looking through the Airmega manual (pdf), under "Smart Mode - ECO" it mentions that the purifier will shut off after 10 minutes of good air quality when the mode is set to auto. So I think that the first item and the last item in your list should be combined.

An important distinction I'd like to call out is that sleep mode will only turn the fan back on when poor air quality is detected only if the mode has been set to automatic. If the mode has been explicitly set to manual without a fan speed, it will remain in sleep mode until it's controlled again. So the list of modes would look more like:

Hopefully this answers your questions and I didn't create more confusion 😛

aschzero commented 5 years ago

Feel free to re-open if needed.