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Eaton xComfort SHC integration for Home Assistant
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Wall switches not showing in HA #11

Closed gulli1986 closed 2 years ago

gulli1986 commented 2 years ago

Hello,

Just wondering if the integration can make the wall switches available in Home Assistant so that we can use them in automations etc..? Currently I only see my light actuators in HA, not the wall switches even though they are implemented as datapoints in MRF and in the SHC.

Is there something I am missing here?

gulli1986 commented 2 years ago

As an example, I talked to people running this integration with the Communication Interface devices (Eaton xComfort CKOZ-00/14, CKOZ-00/03 USB and CCIA-0x/01 Ethernet Communication Interfaces) and they are able to use their switches in automations.

I just can't find my switches in HA using the SHC integration but I may be looking the wrong way :)

plamish commented 2 years ago

Switches work well, but need to defined as General function in SHC. If you have switches in the same SHC zone with lights, selected as General and still don't see them in HA please post here API log. To generate API log you need to have integration version >1.3. In HA go to Developer Tools->Services and call service XComfort SHC: save_status_files. The file I need is xcomfort_devices in /config folder

gulli1986 commented 2 years ago

@plamish thanks for your feedback. Would you happen to know how to define the switches as a general function in MRF? I can't find a way to edit the column below with all my switches:

a

They are in the same zone as the actuators (defined as light function).

plamish commented 2 years ago

You can do that from SHC web console: http://your_shc_ip_address/system/console/SystemV2#tab_devices

gulli1986 commented 2 years ago

That's strange, I cannot change the function tap neither in MRF or in SHC with your link...

b

Would the switch not appear in HA if the function is empty?

plamish commented 2 years ago

Sorry, I think I misunderstood you. I guess we are not talking about switching actuator only about push-button switches. If that's correct, I need to admit I never tested how they are exposed by SHC.

It should be feasible to link them with virtual marker and capture status of the virtual marker in HA.

The only issue is the integration pulls updates from SHC every few seconds. Ideally would be to get signal from xcomfort button immediately after it's pressed, but that's not possible.

Only solution I can think of is triggering virtual marker, after a xcomfort button is pushed, for enough long time the integration can capture it's status. In other words, if you pull update every 5 seconds, after pushing button virtual marker should be ON for at least 6 seconds.

If that's option for you I can easily add virtual marker as binary sensor in HA.

gulli1986 commented 2 years ago

You are correct, I meant push-button switches from xComfort like this one: a

My thoughts were to use those switches to not only control the xComfort actuators but also Hue lights as an example by using automations.

I guess using a virtual marker would result in too much delay as you mentioned since it should be ON for at least 6 seconds. I will try to find another way to control my Hue lights, no worries, thanks again!

plamish commented 2 years ago

Good news @gulli1986. After your post I started to dig and found out HA integration for Bosch SHC. xComfort SHC uses similar platform and apparently subscription based polling mechanism from Bosch SHC works well on xComfort SHC too.

It means it is feasible to rebuilt the integration API for having instant event and status messages from SHC. It likely will take me some time to code it, but I'll start working on it. In a meantime I'll try quickly code simple SHC->MQTT broker. With MQTT templates it shouldn't be complicated to get done what you plan.

Stay tuned

gulli1986 commented 2 years ago

Wow thanks @plamish, that would be amazing! With all the xComfort wall switches I have there will be countless new automation ideas :)

plamish commented 2 years ago

Here you go https://github.com/plamish/xcomfort2mqtt You can use this broker to see all events from xComfort in your HA. It shouldn't be an issue to map button with HA sensor and use it for automations. Enjoy

gulli1986 commented 2 years ago

Thanks @plamish, looking forward to give it a try!

gulli1986 commented 2 years ago

Hello again @plamish.

Finally got time to test your xcomfort MQTT solution for wall switches after the Christmas holidays and wanted to send a big thank you. I can now "see" the wall switches using MQTT explorer. I still have to create HA sensors based on MQTT templates but that should be OK. This opens for a lot of automation ideas. Thank you!