Add recirculation only mode

[Windscar]

Thank you for creating the Rinnai plugin!

I was looking for a way to disable the thermostat service that's being reported to homekit because it's confusing Siri voice commands.

I need to run recirculation every day and almost never set the temperature.

I added a RecircualtionOnly option to settings that disables the thermostat and only exposes the switch for recirculation.
Please edit as you see fit

[ayybe]

Recirc is all I need too! Do you mind adding a NPM page so we can grab this as a plugin in HB?

[ayybe]

Trying to manually use your version without luck (maybe since yours is 1.024 vs 1.026 is latest?):

$ rm -rf /var/lib/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-rinnai-controlr/*

$ wget https://github.com/Windscar/homebridge-rinnai-controlr/archive/recirc_only.tar.gz

$ tar xf recirc_only.tar.gz -C /var/lib/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-rinnai-controlr --strip-components 1

[sagar-a16z]

Recirc is all I need too! Do you mind adding a NPM page so we can grab this as a plugin in HB?

I won't be able to get to doing that any time soon unfortunately.

Trying to manually use your version without luck (maybe since yours is 1.024 vs 1.026 is latest?):

$ rm -rf /var/lib/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-rinnai-controlr/*

$ wget https://github.com/Windscar/homebridge-rinnai-controlr/archive/recirc_only.tar.gz

$ tar xf recirc_only.tar.gz -C /var/lib/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-rinnai-controlr --strip-components 1

I did it manually as well. I use homeassistant and portainer to manage my homebridge instance.
But basically, I followed instructions here https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge#plugin-development to npm link my local plugin copy to homebridge's node_modules directory.

As long as you have dist directory in your local copy, and you've made the link to node_modules, homebridge should be able to pick up the plugin. Make sure to disable or delete the other official one though.

I think I had to add this config to my config.json in the homebridge dir manually as well otherwise the accessory wasn't persisting.

        {
            "username": "yourusername",
            "password": "yourpassword",
            "recirculationDuration": 15,
            "temperatureUnits": "F",
            "minimumTemperature": 120,
            "maximumTemperature": 140,
            "recirculationOnly": true,
            "platform": "RinnaiControlR"
        }

I can explore publishing it to npm at some point but probably not anytime soon.

[sagar-a16z]

I also have some bug fixes that I should update this PR with.

[Windscar]

@ayybe I've updated this with a bug fix that updates the state of the recirc switch correctly.

If you're going to run it manually, update the package.json

"displayName": "Homebridge Rinnai Control-R-new",
"name": "homebridge-rinnai-controlr-new",
"version": "1.0.27",

and settings.ts

export const PLUGIN_NAME = 'homebridge-rinnai-controlr-new';

That should avoid conflicts with the official one.

[ayybe]

Awesome, TY! That worked (Rxp199in w/ rwm200 wifi) @dustindclark do you mind reviewing this PR please?