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quentinms / homebridge-aranet4

An Homebridge plugin to get data from an Aranet4
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Pull out CO2 reading into a gauge? #21

Closed finestructure closed 1 year ago

finestructure commented 1 year ago

In the default configuration, the Aranet4 sensors are displayed as follows in the Home app:

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This may not be possible to do via the plugin but I'd love to get the CO2 reading in a gauge, just like the temperature and humidity displays.

I can drill into the "sensor" to see the value but that's a bit awkward:

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Is this possible to do somehow?

quentinms commented 1 year ago

As far as I can tell, this is a Homekit limitation.

I provide the data and Apple decides how to display it.

I use https://developers.homebridge.io/#/service/CarbonDioxideSensor (which maps to https://developer.apple.com/documentation/homekit/hmcharacteristictypecarbondioxidelevel).

Looks like they modeled the DioxideSensor after the MonoxideSensor that also only has triggered/not-triggered states.

Best suggestion I can offer is complain to Apple: https://www.apple.com/feedback/home-app/

finestructure commented 1 year ago

I see, thanks for taking a look!