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benzman81 / homebridge-http-webhooks

A http plugin with support of webhooks for Homebridge: https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge
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Question: How to set state in Homekit for a switch #190

Open ringostarlet opened 10 months ago

ringostarlet commented 10 months ago

Hi,

I am using a switch to turn the nightmode of my Sonos system on and off using the sonos http api webhooks. Now when I change the nightmode outside of homekit it is not reflected on homekit. How can I achieve to have hmekit query the state with a webhook so it s "in sync" with what set in my Sonos device?

jsiegenthaler commented 10 months ago

You would have to actively poll the state of night mode at regular intervals

ringostarlet commented 10 months ago

Yes, but my question is if the web hook plugin has a functionality that can update the switch state...I can poll the state using the Sonos http api, it returns a json string.

benzman81 commented 10 months ago

Hi, polling of states is not and will not be implemented by this pluin for now as this is a bad pattern. If Sonos can call api on changes, then you can call the api of this plugin to switch the state.

ACWAKKERMANS commented 7 months ago

A work around I use on my Shellys is to create a motion sensor using this plugin.

I have a virtual switch on HomeKit which, through a native automation, uses HTTP to switch a Shelly Switch On/Off. Obviously, the Shelly does not report back, and so if I switch the Shelly on/off outside HomeKit, the true state is no longer reflected in HomeKit... Same problem you have.

The workaround: Create a motion sensor (or other device, Motion Sensor is unobtrusive in my scenario) within HomeKit using this plug-in. The Shelly is set up to report "motion detected" when the Shelly switch is turned on and reports "motion not detected" when the switch is turned off. I now have the state of the Shelly switch reflected in HomeKit. On HomeKit, I have two automations: Turn switch state off when motion not detected, Turn switch state on when motion is detected.

I now, sadly, have 4 automations, however, my Homekit switch is controlling a non-native Shelly and the Shelly state is reflecting accurately back in HomeKit.