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homebridge-plugins / homebridge-roomba2

Homebridge plugin to connect iRobot Roomba devices with Homebridge/HomeKit.
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Feature Suggestion: Battery as Temperature Sensor #96

Closed enoughtobreakthings closed 2 years ago

enoughtobreakthings commented 2 years ago

Option to have the Roomba’s battery level display as a temperature sensor.

Current Behavior

Battery level can be viewed in a long press of the Roomba’s Homekit tile and scrolling down to the details and settings.

If the Roomba ON/OFF/PAUSE, HOME tiles and sensors are organized in it’s own Homekit room, the battery level could be displayed as a temperature sensor.

This would let you check the Roomba’s battery at a glance during a run.

karlvr commented 2 years ago

@enoughtobreakthings I think this is possible, but I don't know what the general impression is of misusing sensors. It feels like this will result in odd HomeKit behaviour, so I don't think this is a practical idea unfortunately.