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bwp91 / homebridge-ewelink

Homebridge plugin to integrate eWeLink devices into HomeKit.
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Add support for logical switch backed by physical switches #448

Open robyepez opened 1 year ago

robyepez commented 1 year ago

Hi,

Love your plugin to control my Sonoff DualR3.

I'm actually using it for an interesting config. My wife bought this fancy dimming floor lamp that uses a foot switch. However, it's not automate-able via a standard smart wall plug. It turns out that while it has 3 wires coming from the socket (L, N, G) to the foot switch, it has 4 wires going to the lamp (L1, L2, N, G). L2 is permanently wired to L from the socket and L1 is toggled by the foot switch. A simple tap turns on/off lamp. A press and hold dims the lamp. Fun!

Anyway, I picked up a DualR3 relay and wired it an external electrical box in lieu of the foot switch. Basically, I wired up L2 to channel 2, which I leave always on in order to maintain dim setting, and I wired L1 to channel 1. I declared channel 1 as a momentary switch with inching of 0.5s via the ewelink app. It all works like a champ with HomeKit via your plugin.

However, there is one draw back, because it's a momentary switch, the actual "on" state of the lamp is not reflected in HomeKit.

I was wondering if it might be possible to add the concept of a logical switch that consists of feedback from channel 1 and channel 2 switches. Basically the following:

Would be neat if all of this was configurable (such as channel assignments, power thresholds, etc) via the plugin settings.

What do you think?

bwp91 commented 1 year ago

sorry - catching up - will get to look at this soon!

robyepez commented 1 year ago

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robyepez commented 1 year ago

I forgot to mention that I’ve been using “inchChannels” setting and it seems to be doing most of what I want. However, it can get sometimes out of sync when I tie control of my lamp to a keypad.

Therefore, if we could somehow manage state by referencing power consumption on the other channel, that would ensure that the HK control representing the lamp behaves more absolute.

Thanks!

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On Mar 11, 2023, at 8:50 AM, Rob Yepez @.***> wrote:

No worries. Thanks!

Sent from my iPhone. There will be typos.

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