If you're there, can you tell me what user app does the voice to the HomePod? Thanks. edit: Found it. AirPlay Integration (beta). Note: beta? Got it to announce changes in a switch state. Next up: Leak sensors! Would be awesome to have more definition that the EcoLink. Would be super nice…

@velvetfoot , HomeKit does not synchronize the HE rooms with the rooms in Home. You have to organize the lights, switches, fans, etc into the appropriate room in Home. Know that you can change the type in Home - if you have a smart outlet with a lamp plugged in, but assign it in Home as a light, th…

Thanks. I'm currently agonizing over rooms in Hubitat. I haven't used them to date. I give the device a short abbreviation so that it doesn't take too much room on the dashboard tile. Of course, that's hard to remember, so I'd have to change the device name in Home. I have text boxes in my dash…

[image] velvetfoot: It seems that there are a limited number of categories, and that you can't add a custom one. No, can't add any other types. I consider them less a category, and more a specification or type. The type chosen governs how home controls or interacts with the device. [ima…

Thanks much. I believe I'm up to 120 devices. They probably don't all need to be 'voiced' though.

A vast majority of my devices do not need to be "voiced" either. I just like having everything together in one place.

For me sensors such as leak, motion, and contact, don't display on the Home dashboard like other accessories such as switches. I have to click on the Security category and get the below. Normal? [image]

Yeah that's normal. It's a bit annoying as Security might just say '1 open' and you need to click to identify which one. It would be preferred if contacts and sensors could be shown as a full tile like a switch.

Last night, when fooling around with Siri and the HomePods, I must have inadvertently turned off the Presence switch by what I said to Siri. Perhaps I said 'Turn Off All', or something like that. Is it possible to lock out a switch from Siri? I've found nothing so far. Thanks.

Yes, as johnwill1 mentioned, it's annoying that you can't have a status display on the main screen. You can "lock" it out from responding to a "room" command by turning off the option "Include in Home Summaries". Then it doesn't get added to the summary list of lights. To bring a status to the H…

[image] neerav.modi: I am trying to hack together a virtual contact driver that would appear as a switch, but not do anything if flipped. It currently ignores the flip, but does not yet reset/refresh the on/off status on the Home side. Still learning. Are you looking for something like this? …

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@velvetfoot, I finally released my first driver so device status can be shown in Home, but toggling the switch is ignored.