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Documentation: Status LED Light #5485

Open heibertelf opened 7 months ago

heibertelf commented 7 months ago

The problem

effects (Optional, list): A list of light effects to use for this light, though binary lights only support very few of them

https://esphome.io/components/light/status_led

"Only support very few of them" - which ones exactly? In this context we are talking about the LED on the board. I believe the developers know what options are available for it and it would be nice if this was specified in the documentation.

Which version of ESPHome has the issue?

not applicable, documentation improvement

What type of installation are you using?

Home Assistant Add-on

sbrk-r commented 7 months ago

I found this confusing too. I think the answer is, none of them, really. They all seem to use PWM ("float output") which a binary_light doesn't support. I guess "lambda effect" is supported...

I wonder why not make 'status_led light' have option use a 'monochromatic' light instead of 'binary', which would allow PWM and effects for the status light to breathe/fade/whatever.