#curious if anyone else handles this my
reef narwhal
It would be kind of overkill but an IR controller could control it "smartly" and the smart plug could detect power usage to determine state.
I have a few "virtual sensors" or states for things like my washing machine.
It goes between "Ready", "Washing" and "Clean" depending on power usage on the smart outlet, and the state of a separate Toggle Helper for when the wash is finished (which is triggered when the power goes back below a certain threshold).
astral iron
I thought about that, so my switch doesn't do power monitoring, but I also noticed that power changes aren't always as fast to report (I use it to determine my PC turning off to also turn off my mixer board). The remote is not IR, only RF so it would be a bit more to determine the RF codes, but since it is a cycle (cycle color temps or cycle brightness) I'm not sure how I'd receive what state it is in
astral iron
yeah... not even trying to convince the wife... i have a hard time finding a nice lamp that is either 100% dumb or actually IoT that I can control via HA... i had to search high and low to just find an LED work lamp for my desk that wasn't semi-smart
reef narwhal
I'm thinking something like a Broadlink RM4 Pro. It does IR and RF.
astral iron
but again, no way to get feedback from the unit and the controls are a cycle "brightness" button x many times to get brighter or color temp button however many times to cycle to the right temp you want... so an RM4 could control it as the remote could... but i'd be going blind
reef narwhal
Hmm... yeah, I'm not sure how you would do it then.
astral iron
i just gotta find a better lamp 😄
reef narwhal
I've chosen to replace wall switches with smart switches and dimmers with dumb lights.
astral iron
yeah, i got those treatlife dimmer switches controlling dumb dimmable LED bulbs, WAF is high and i like it... but wife likes these reading lamps
i think my only real option will be to make my own with an esp32 and create physical buttons for it.... I AIN'T DOIN THAT!
astral iron
@reef narwhal so I ended up taking the switch and making a light via template of the switch. I just don't include that light (which will "almost always" be state "on) in my house_lights light group. The template has 3 actions for turn_off (turn off switch, delay 3 seconds, turn on switch) and I set the same 3 commands as an automation to run when the turn_off service is called for light.house_lights. So it'll run whether I try turning off ALL the lights, or just the living room lamp. Still don't get good status, but I think it's probably the best I can do without having a truly dumb lamp or an IoT lamp that I can 2-way communicate with