Rename Commands on Devices

LookInToMyEyes · April 14, 2023, 5:45pm

Hello,

Would it be possible to rename the On/Off function on my Zooz Switch to Open/Close? The reason being that I am planning to use this switch to control my blinds and I would prefer it to be displayed as "Open/Close" on Homekit and other platforms instead of having to use or see the On/Off function.

Thank you very much for any help/suggestions in this matter. Here is a picture of what I would like to change.

bravenel · April 14, 2023, 6:08pm

No, this isn't possible. However, you could create a virtual shade device, and use a rule to send on/off to the real device when open/close is sent to the virtual device.

LookInToMyEyes · April 15, 2023, 12:38am

Neat idea, I will have to give it a try. Thank you a ton!

jshimota · April 15, 2023, 3:33pm

I wrote a virtual Switch driver that gives Arrived and Departed connected to the On Off state. It could be taken further to have an Open / Closed state in addition - might be useful for the community. Is On state open or closed?

vitaliy_kh · April 15, 2023, 4:16pm

In my case ON equal to OPEN, i.e. more light in the room when on/open.

LookInToMyEyes · April 15, 2023, 5:26pm

Same as in my case.

jshimota · April 16, 2023, 5:58am

This might do the trick ...

github.com

jshimota01/hubitat/blob/f3569bfa27757a4bb7ca7aa7cccea81d93971c4b/Drivers/virtual_presense_openclose_switch/virtual_presence__openclose_switch.groovy

/**  ORIGINAL
 *  Virtual Presence and Switch
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 *  Copyright 2019 Joel Wetzel
 *
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 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
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 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
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 */
/**
 *  Virtual Presence Contact and Switch
 *
 *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

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I'm waiting for HPM to pick it up for testing.

vitaliy_kh · April 16, 2023, 5:11pm

What to search for in HPM?
I will test this driver when it will be ready from HPM.

jshimota · April 16, 2023, 6:41pm

use "virtual presence contact" with the double quotes should take you right to it.
Shu

vitaliy_kh · April 16, 2023, 7:32pm

OK, I installed your driver for one of my curtain control virtual switch.
It works but presented as a Switch or Contact.
The expectation is/was Curtains or Shades or Blinds (better all of these).
Is it possible to update/modify the driver?

jshimota · April 16, 2023, 10:50pm

Well - I was expecting you to say 'nice work, thanks'. Here's the thing -

Capabilities can be stuffed into drivers without much effort - what your asking is a 6 state device (lookup WindowShade) and you'll see that a blind can be '"opening", "partially open", "closed", "open", "closing", "unknown") You asked for a switch tied together, so thats a 2 state device - open or closed. On or Off. there there is blinds 'direction' (is it opening or closing?) and how far it moved being stopped (40% open? 60%) and finally, Tilt can be brought into play.

Device capabilities can be ignored, we could write a driver that only has opened and closed and not read out of the device.state and call it whatever we'd like. but then the driver becomes specialized for the few, not the many. Not sure thats a good idea.
I did this in about 2 hrs total time (including the hard part, getting it into GIt and HPM). I think I'll step away from this. Sorry!

vitaliy_kh · April 16, 2023, 11:13pm

Sure, nice work and thanks.

The OP asked how to rename 2 states switch device from on/off to open/close.
Bruce suggested to use virtual shades instead of virtual switch and to create
correspondent rules for mopping. Yours driver can do this without creating
extra devices and rules. Sure, this is much better solution just for renaming
states. So, I myself and I am sure the OP as well will be happy with virtual switch
with open/close states names. I asked for curtains (or shades or blinds) instead
of contact only for better presentation on a dash board.
My use case for all these cutains/shades/blinds only open or close.

jshimota · April 17, 2023, 2:53am

I get what you want - I do. My trouble lies in the life expectancy of the driver. Once I build it - sure as the day is long a month from now I'll get the 'It doesn't show me 'opening or closing'. It's not a big deal to change to use of device state to a variable - but it would cause confusion down the road -
Maybe you could delve into modding a driver yourself to make it work they way you want?
I have about 15 custom drivers I don't share, they do the jobs I want but not worth sharing. My greatest triumph was my battery monitor that tracks the model of battery, last change etc. and app I built for my phone through the google devs platform. But knowing how many people fight with batteries, I don't wanna be 'that guy' :). I appreciate your thanks!
Shu

vitaliy_kh · April 17, 2023, 5:22pm

I will try.
Thank you.

LookInToMyEyes · April 18, 2023, 2:43pm

Thanks everyone! I will try all of your solutions. I do however think the Virtual switch is a great and simple idea. I didn't know that existed.

jshimota · August 2, 2023, 8:15pm

Added new feature - the ability to set a default startup state. Had a need to create the contact to start as 'open' for a device and as 'closed' for another.

v.1.1.5 now up on HPM.

system · August 1, 2024, 8:16pm

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