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senorshaun / homebridge-radiora2

Lutron RadioRA2 plugin for homebridge
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Scenes #21

Closed scott-hpe closed 2 years ago

scott-hpe commented 2 years ago

In the RadioRA2 software we can define different button types on phantom keypads to create scenes. These currently get exposed to HomeKit as a switches. Can an option be defined to expose keypad buttons as scenes in HomeKit?

senorshaun commented 2 years ago

I don't believe homebridge plugins can create HomeKit scenes. I think those are only created manually via the home app. So theoretically you could create a scene for each switch, and the scene would status with the switch. but can I ask why you would want to have them show as scenes? There may be another way to do what you're wanting

scott-hpe commented 2 years ago

Got you. I wasn't aware there was a limitation for creating scenes in HomeKit from hubs.

Using a switch works, it's just a bit sloppy as I have a few scenes and the switch as metaphor doesn't work. Right now I'm just stuffing these switches into a unused room in HomeKit and creating scenes for them manually as you suggested. I figured if it was possible to eliminate the switch it would be cleaner.

senorshaun commented 2 years ago

I haven't seen an example of an accessory (hub/bridge/homebridge/etc) create a scene. If you find anything about it, point me towards it and I'll see how much work it would take.

I agree, I have a room in my 'home' called Equipment Room and thats were all the stuff thats not physically somewhere goes. Care to give an example where a scene makes more sense than a switch?

scott-hpe commented 2 years ago

Yup. I was just looking on developers.homebridge.io and didn't seen anything about Scenes.

As an example where a scene makes more sense, I have a scene in RadioRA2 defined for Morning and exported to HomeKit as a switch. Siri treats this as a switch (Siri, turn on Morning) instead of a scene. It also doesn't get a scene button in the Home app on the Home Screen but instead gets placed down with the other favorites.

Again, it's possible to work around these things with the room full of switches that map to scenes. Just thinking it would have been cleaner without the switch to scene mapping.

senorshaun commented 2 years ago

Its a switch because you are only turning on Lutron Morning. I have something similar. I have a Evening Lighting scene in Lutron, that is exposed to HomeKit as a switch. I then have an Evening Lighting scene in HomeKit that turns on that switch, but also turns on some plugs that I have lamps, cabinet lights, armoires, etc plugged in to around the house. That scene controls lots of accessories whereas the Lutron evening lighting, though it controls lots of physical lights, is only one accessory. Just a quirk when you have two different things doing 'scenes'.

Is it just aesthetics that you want Morning as a Scene rather than an switch (which you could display as a Light rather than a Switch).