Open dduff617 opened 2 months ago
Hey there @teharris1, mind taking a look at this feedback as it has been labeled with an integration (insteon
) you are listed as a code owner for? Thanks!
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Feedback
KeypadLinc (model 2334-222 and other variants) is a device with some unique characteristics and i would daresay for people who still have Insteon devices installed in their houses possibly represents unique functionality that is not easily replaced with other devices/protocols.
I am able to create triggers (automations) based these devices and in particular based on user interactions with buttons. For example I have been able to create some simple triggers based on triggers like this:
- platform: device type: turned_on device_id: bf5ddfef8a4ab742e60531d16104d1c0 entity_id: 42cb130736a3ff7ac23d302638638bf3 domain: switch id: button-on
... where the particular device_id and entity_id refer to one of my keypad button entities.
Here are some topics/issues that I believe it would be helpful to have covered in the docs:
I observe that the docs do have a section dedicated to "Events and Mini Remotes" which leads me to wonder whether possibly a better way to write automations/blueprints for keypadLinc buttons might be to use event triggers (rather than e.g. a device/turn_on trigger)... if this is the intent, I think some additional docs and perhaps an example would be useful to show how this is done.
URL
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/insteon/
Version
2024.6.4
Additional information
I migrated to HA earlier this year. My previous home control system/architecture was based on (Indigo). Indigo provides full support for KeypadLinc devices, including being able to attach triggers (automations) to the full set of button events. I suspect there are a good number of Indigo users like myself migrating to Home Assistant and looking for corresponding features in the Insteon integration.
I've tried some experiments with limited success as well as searching through forums and I mostly haven't come up with any answers. In a few cases, I do see evidence of others searching for similar info but as far as i can tell, not finding. So this seems like a case where some mention in the docs would be useful -- even if the docs were to mention something like "not currently supported" or "may be supported in an upcoming release" or something.