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Capabilities order determines functionality?

Open meijerpeter opened this issue 4 years ago • 3 comments

I have several z-wave dimmers connected via Homey (Fibaro) and can successfully dim them via HomeyKit. The list of capabilities is both "dim" and "onoff" (see screenshot): Screenshot 2021-10-13 at 20 28 48

I have added another dimmer (Qubino) but this one is displayed as a switch instead. Capabilities are similar, but "onoff" comes above "dim" (see screenshot). I prefer to dim instead onoff.

Screenshot 2021-10-13 at 20 27 54

Is there any option to make this a dimmer instead? Perhaps change the order of the capabilities? I know I can add a Virtual Device with a Flow but this sounds a bit tedious.

Many thanks for your help!

meijerpeter avatar Oct 13 '21 18:10 meijerpeter

What are the values of "Class" for each device? My guess is that only the Fibaro's are presented as "light" (either through their class, or their virtual class).

robertklep avatar Oct 13 '21 19:10 robertklep

Yes, you're right! Fibaro has "light", Qubino has "socket". Is this something I can change?

meijerpeter avatar Oct 13 '21 20:10 meijerpeter

Device classes are set by the app during pairing, and can't be changed (at least by the user) afterwards. If the app doesn't offer you to set the class during the pairing process, there's nothing you can do 😔

robertklep avatar Oct 14 '21 06:10 robertklep