Switch seen as Lights

[MrLightBulb]

Hi,

Under NHC2 I have an "other switchable device" configured

When I first set up the NHC2 integration it asks if I wanted to import switchable devices as Lights. I explicitly didn't want to configure that and leave it unchecked.

But still, it imports my "other switchable " device types from NHC2 as a Light into AutoAssistant.

• How can I solve this?
• Do i use the wrong type in nhc2 ?
• should I completely delete all NHC2 configs in autoassistant ?

Thnx

[filipvh]

I have not yes used 'other switched devices' Normally only lights and dimmers should become lights in this case. If I omit the 'Import switched as lights' options, i get something like this But these are not 'other switched devices' We would have to investigate you devices list Do you have experience with mqtt.fx or an other mqtt client?

[MrLightBulb]

Apparently, old config must have been nested inside. even when requesting updates from NHC2 it didn change

Fixed by doing so : remove of the integration >> reboot autoassistant >> install nhc 2 integration >> reboot again. now the "other switchable device" from nhc2 is a switch in Autoasssist.

Too bad, we can't override the type as I rather liked to be seen as a lock / door . I mainly use it to translate it to homekit and then you can do a lot of nice notifications when its a lock / door instead of just a switch.

Tried Openhab before but openhab has a lot of inverse issues with status fetch from NHC2 to HomeKit never encountered that here, very good job !

[filipvh]

So if this is a link to your garage door opener, you could wrap it in a cover entity. But for this you would need a different action for UP/DOWN at least. For a garage door that only has 'one button', I would suggest not using NHC2, but using other solutions. For this purpose I've built my own solution using a raspberry pi, some sensors and a relay. A rotary encoder, 2 microswitches and a relay. A python script taks MQTT with hass, uses the sensors to check/sync state, achieve requested positions with a 1% accuracy, and signal open/close/direction change. It's not perfect, and requires you to make physical connections between the sensors and the garage door.

If you would be interested, I could provide you with the PCB design I used in combination with a raspberry PI. beyond receiving my example code and the PCB design, YOU wil have to solder, connect, setup it all.