New Service/Device exhaust hood

[Maniez]

Hi,

i'm running into the problem, that no accessories is matching the needs I have for my implementation of an exhaust hood. Would it possible to add a new accessorie? My needs for the accessorie would be:

• One Item "power" for switching on/off the hood
• One Item "fan" to set the fan level
• Two Items "light", one for cooking light and one for ambient light, to switch the lights on/off

something like this:

{
    "name": "An items name, as shown in Homekit later",
    "type": "Exhaust hood",
    "powerItem": "Itemname-within-OpenHAB",
    "fanItem": "Itemname-within-OpenHAB",
    "cookingLightItem": "Itemname-within-OpenHAB",
    "ambientLightItem": "Itemname-within-OpenHAB",
}

• powerItem: The openHAB item representing the current state (On/Off) of the Hood

  Needs to be of type Switch within openHAB

• fanItem: The openHAB item representing the current fan-level of the hood

  Needs to be of type Number, String, Dimmer within openHAB

• cookingLightItem: The openHAB item representing the state of the cooking light

  Needs to be of type Switch, Dimmer within openHAB

• ambientLightItem: The openHAB item representing the state of the ambient light

  Needs to be of type Switch, Dimmer within openHAB

many thanks

[steilerDev]

Hi @Maniez,

unfortunately it is not possible to create item types that are not part of the HomeKit Accessory Protocol for HomeKit and having them displayed in the Home.app. A possible workaround would be a grouping of items (if your devices run iOS 13 and above).

You would define separate items for your fan, light and power and put them into a single group. Find the syntax in the Readme Doc.

Regards,

Frank

[Maniez]

ah cool i didn't know that. I think this will match perfekt my needs. Thanks