FR: Custom entity types for `switch`

[home-assistant]

FR: Custom entity types for `switch`

[n8henrie]

Update: home-assistant/core#1949 may provide a reasonable solution for the time being. Until then, I may try to make a version that recognizes rollershutter as a garage door.

[snizzleorg]

I think the solution used by home bridge-openhab is a working way of going forward. It uses custom attributes to describe the items in more detail to home kit:

"platforms": [
    {
        "platform": "openHAB",
        "name": "openHAB",
        "host": "192.168.0.100",
        "port": "8080",
        "sitemap": "demo",
        "useLabelForName": true,
        "customAttrs": [
            {
                "itemName":"Demo_Switch",
                "itemLabel":"Demo Switch Label",
                "itemManufacturer": "Demo Manufacter Switch",
                "itemModel": "Demo Model Switch",
                "itemSerialNumber":"12345678"
            },
            {
                "itemName":"Demo_Lightbulb",
                "itemLabel":"Demo Lightbulb Label",
                "itemManufacturer": "Demo Manufacter Lightbulb",
                "itemModel": "Demo Model Lightbulb",
                "itemSerialNumber":"12345678",
                "itemType":"LightbulbItem"
            },
            {
                "itemName":"Demo_Fan",
                "itemLabel":"Demo Fan Label",
                "itemManufacturer": "Demo Manufacter Fan",
                "itemModel": "Demo Model Fan",
                "itemSerialNumber":"12345678",
                "itemType":"FanItem"
            },
            {
                "itemName":"Demo_Outlet",
                "itemLabel":"Demo Outlet Label",
                "itemManufacturer": "Demo Manufacter Outlet",
                "itemModel": "Demo Model Outlet",
                "itemSerialNumber":"123456378",
                "itemType":"OutletItem"
            },
            {
                "itemName":"Demo_Dimmer",
                "itemLabel":"Demo Dimmer Label",
                "itemManufacturer": "Demo Manufacter Dimmer",
                "itemModel": "Demo Model Dimmer",
                "itemSerialNumber":"23456789"
            },
            {
                "itemName":"Demo_Temperature",
                "itemLabel":"Demo Temperature",
                "itemManufacturer": "Demo Manufacter Temperature",
                "itemModel": "Demo Model Temperature",
                "itemSerialNumber":"23456781",
                "itemType": "TemperatureSensorItem",
                "skipItem": false
            },
            {
                "itemName":"living_room_ambient_temperature_c",
                "itemLabel":"Termostat 1",
                "itemType": "ThermostatItem",
                "itemSubType":"CurrentTemperatureCItem",
                "itemUniqueAggregationId":1
            },
            {
                "itemName":"living_room_target_temperature_c",
                "itemLabel":"Termostat 1",
                "itemType": "ThermostatItem",
                "itemSubType":"TargetTemperatureCItem",
                "itemUniqueAggregationId":1
            },
            {
                "itemName":"living_room_humidity",
                "itemLabel":"Termostat 1",
                "itemType": "ThermostatItem",
                "itemSubType":"CurrentRelativeHumidityItem",
                "itemUniqueAggregationId":1
            }
        ]
    }
]

I actually would also like to choose which items are exposed to homekit.