one minute pulse duration

[Olivierbkk]

Hi, would it be possible to extend the limit of pulse to 60 seconds? I tried to change the value to 60000 in the config file but it caps at 5 seconds anyway

[ebaauw]

See https://github.com/ebaauw/homebridge-rpi/wiki/switch-device

[Olivierbkk]

Hello and thanks for the reply, my connected device for this case is a siren. I could use a valve but I try to keep the home app clean with actual devices correct (a valve for a valve, a switch for anything that is not explicitly implemented in HomeKit). Extending the switch max pulse time to one minute would simplify automations in HomeKit. I do not know if there is a limitation in HomeKit but I know that for example the Dummy Switch plugin allows for that...

[ebaauw]

Unfortunately, there's no proper HomeKit support for sirens. I use a Switch as well (for Zigbee sirens in Homebridge deCONZ), with Default Duration to set the time for sounding the siren, but these sirens turn off automatically after the specified duration.

Unfortunately, Valve is the only service in HomeKit with an auto-off feature. I appreciate that it doesn't make sense semantically to expose a siren as valve, but neither does exposing it as a stateless pulse switch. What you need is a stateful (rocker-like) switch, with auto-off after a settable duration. I won't support abusing pulse for that. I could (optionally) add Default Duration to the switch device, with the added benefit that you can set the duration from HomeKit rather than in config.json.

[Olivierbkk]

I can see how a default duration on a switch makes more sense indeed. Would you be willing to implement it?

[ebaauw]

v1.8.13 adds a duration setting to the switch device. When set, Homebridge RPi will expose Default Duration on the Switch service, to turn off the switch automatically.

[Olivierbkk]

Thanks! it's perfect!