Indicator capability?

srwhite · December 28, 2018, 4:08pm

It seems as if the indicator capability is not available or has been renamed. I am porting an app I wrote over from SmartThings and the preference selection shows up as empty.

input name: "switches_on", title: "Turn on indicators on switches...", type: "capability.indicator", multiple: true, required: false

Is this not supported?

mike.maxwell · December 28, 2018, 7:47pm

it's not used, not in any apps, nor in any drivers as a capability.
You can safely remove it.

srwhite · December 28, 2018, 7:59pm

Mike, I don’t want to remove it, I need to control the indicators in this app. It’s used to kill them in bedrooms at night time. Can I send the raw commands from an app in Hubitat instead?

mike.maxwell · December 28, 2018, 8:46pm

you can use custom commands in our apps to run any device method

srwhite · December 28, 2018, 8:56pm

Perfect. I’ll give that a shot.

srwhite · February 4, 2019, 3:35am

Finally got back to looking at this, however there are no device commands available for controlling the indicator LED's. They exist in the preference panel.

How do I make that change, programmatically or through RM? I do not see a way to accomplish either.

mike.maxwell · February 4, 2019, 4:21am

It's not implemented in any of our drivers or apps at this time.

srwhite · February 4, 2019, 5:29am

I’m really trying to avoid using any more custom drivers than necessary. Any chance you can update driver to add a command for it?

mike.maxwell · February 4, 2019, 5:34am

You're the only person that's requested this, so we can look at it. It was dropped over here as there isn't a direct zigbee equal. I'll bring it up in engineering and see what the take is.

srwhite · February 4, 2019, 6:17am

Thank you!

mike.maxwell · February 8, 2019, 8:15pm

There's a number of drivers where this needs to be added, which ones are you currently using?

srwhite · February 8, 2019, 8:18pm

I would be happy to have the Generic Z-Wave Smart Dimmer (& Switch) and the GE Smart Fan Control drivers updated. Those three represent the devices in use in our bedroom where I change the indicators at night.

Thanks!

JasonJoelOld · February 8, 2019, 8:23pm

For what it is worth, I add the indicator capability to all of my drivers (where applicable).

It would be handy to have in the base driver, though.

terminal3 · May 31, 2020, 4:40pm

@srwhite did you get anywhere with this? I used your app over on ST and I wondered if it would port over since it's such a simple app. As you mention the capability.indicator doesn't seem to be available. What did you end up doing?