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rsporny / homebridge-gpio-blinds

Homebridge plugin to control blinds via Raspberry Pi GPIO pins.
MIT License
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Report state of blinds (closed) via button/reedswitch #6

Closed hyperbart closed 6 years ago

hyperbart commented 6 years ago

If a blind is controlled by the plugin AND an external switch (like a wall switch) the state of the object in HomeKit might get outdated or out of sync.

Suggestion: implement fix with one or two (closed is the most important one I think) reedswitches like the guys at homebridge-rasppi-gpio-garagedoor

rsporny commented 6 years ago

Yes, that's on my roadmap. I'll be doing similar plugin to homebridge-rasppi-gpio-garagedoor but based on rpio lib (no root needed). When it's done, I'll use the reed switch functionality in blinds as well.

morphix9 commented 6 years ago

@rsporny I just tried your plugin. It works like a charm, thanks for sharing it! How is your progress on the state of each blind when an external button is wired to the relay?

rsporny commented 6 years ago

I'm working on it on a second branch. New version should be released soon. It will have two additional pins to configure with reed switches, one for closed and the other for open state, and will synchronize currentPosition and targetPosition accordingly. If none of the reed switches meets its position I'll probably set the position to 50% - this may be a little out of sync but I'm afraid there is no better solution with such setup. Just be aware that sending signal to your blinds for too long may burn them if they do not have limit/end switch.

rsporny commented 6 years ago

@morphix9 @hyperbart I've just published v1.1.0 which resolves the issue. See readme for config details. Please test it and reopen if you spot some issue 🐛