Use Sensors only

[nielsth]

Nice to see Issue #11 implemented in v6. Thanks!

Since I've already linked Tado straight to HomeKit, I was hoping to only use the humidity sensors. (I'm also using this plugin for the weather and occupancy sensors, but that's unrelated to this topic).

When setting the devices to false and the sensors to true, the separate sensors also disappear.

From my configs:

                        {
                            "active": false,
                            "id": 3,
                            "name": "Bathroom",
                            "type": "HEATING",
                            "delaySwitch": true,
                            "autoOffDelay": true,
                            "airQuality": true,
                            "openWindowSensor": false,
                            "openWindowSwitch": false,
                            "separateTemperature": true,
                            "separateHumidity": true,
                            "mode": "MANUAL",
                            "modeTimer": 30,
                            "minValue": 5,
                            "maxValue": 25,
                            "minStep": 1,
                            "easyMode": true,
                            "noBattery": false
                        },

Is there a way to configure the devices in a way that the controllable thermostats don't show up, but the separate sensors do?

[craigmurdo]

This would be excellent. It would also be great if humidity sensors were able to activate automations.

[nielsth]

This would be excellent. It would also be great if humidity sensors were able to activate automations.

The latter (setting up automations based on humidity sensor data) is a limitation of the Home app. You can use alternative HomeKit apps (such as Home+) to set up these rules. (Once you have humidity sensors in your HomeKit set-up of course)

[craigmurdo]

Ah thanks for the information - I wasn't aware it was an apple restriction.

[nielsth]

Ah thanks for the information - I wasn't aware it was an apple restriction.

Good news: Setting up Automations based on humidity right in the Apple Home app has been made possible in iOS 15.1.