Sending blinds to a device-stored "favorite" position

[leppert]

First, thanks for such a versatile plugin that works great out of the box. I've integrated it with my Levolor shades using the wonderful Directolor library which responds to commands in the format http://1.2.3.4/?action={action}&remote=1&channel=1 where {action} is a string like "open", "close", "tiltOpen", "tiltClose", or "toFav".

That last item, "toFav", maps to a "favorite" setting stored within the blinds that takes into account not only the top down position but also the bottom up position when using top-down bottom-up shades like the ones I have. Because it's a combination of two positions, it can't easily (at least within my current thinking) be replicated with a 0-100 value and ideally would be achieved by simply adding another endpoint in homebridge-blinds to hit http://1.2.3.4/?action=toFav&remote=1&channel=1. Is there a way to achieve this within the current plugin, maybe something I'm overlooking? In the same vein, is there a way to support "tilt" commands as well?

[dxdc]

I'm glad the plugin is working for you @leppert.

From your description, it looks like you have 3 separate actions which are not currently supported:

• tiltOpen
• tiltClose
• toFav

None of these actions appear to require the position (0-100) to be specified, e.g.
http://1.2.3.4/?action=toFav&remote=1&channel=1

As such, these are not supported in HK either I don't believe. While it would be possible to amend the current plugin to expose separate buttons for these actions, I don't believe it adds significant value because the same functionality can be achieved by creating some switches (e.g., https://github.com/Supereg/homebridge-http-switch#stateless-switch) which are mapped for this purpose.

The purpose of this plugin is to track the blinds position (either simulated or via API/webhook) and turn your existing blinds into one that is working with HK. These separate actions like toFav or tiltOpen would both modify the existing position AND the plugin would be unaware of the change.

A more sophisticated option for you would be to use some additional middleware which could intercept the requests and dictate accordingly.

[leppert]

Thank you! That all makes sense. I'm new to HomeBridge and wasn't aware of the http-switch plugin, which looks like it'll do exactly what I need. Thanks again.

[dxdc]

Welcome to the community!