[MDR8RW101] load type brought into HA as a Light but should be a Switch

[ddetton]

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Describe the issue

First, a big thank you for writing and sharing this integration! It works really well.

I am running an Infusion IC-24 Gen 1 controller with Design Center 3.9. I had several switched loads (relays) that were defined with a load type of [MDR8RW101] which must have been an option in an earlier version of Design Center because I can not figure out how set that load type in DC 3.9. The problem that I ran into was that the load was imported into HA as a light instead of a switch. The only reason I noticed this was because I also use the Homekit Bridge to bring my lights and switches into the Homekit ecosystem so that I can control them using Siri. I had a Ceiling Fan that had the load type set to [MDR8RW101] and when I asked Siri to turn the lights on, the ceiling fan went on. As a work around, I updated all of my loads that had load type set to [MDR8RW101] to High Voltage Relay. After reloading the Vantage program, I reloaded the custom component in HA and it obsolete the old version of the load and created a new load as a switch. Love that your component makes real time adjustments when the Vantage program changes.

I don't have an issue with this any more but just wanted to let you know, just in case you want to cover this edge case in your component.

mdr8rw101_issue.zip

Reproduction steps

1. Load the attached design center file on the vantage controller.
2. Add this integration to your HA instance.
3. Backyard Waterfall load in Backyard area will be brought into HA as a light. It is a relay load so should be brought in as a switch. ...

Debug logs

I didn't have the logger integration active when I did this.

Diagnostics dump

No response

[loopj]

Thanks @ddetton, I'll add a special case for load type [MDR8RW101] in aiovantage (https://github.com/loopj/aiovantage/blob/main/src/aiovantage/config_client/models/load.py#L41). I'll track this issue over there.

[loopj]

Tracking in loopj/aiovantage#75

[loopj]

Fixed in aiovantage, will be in next release.

[ddetton]

Always good to see projects moving forward. Thanks for taking an active interest in making it better! It's been very reliable.