Add support for logical switch backed by physical switches

[robyepez]

Hi,

Love your plugin to control my Sonoff DualR3.

I'm actually using it for an interesting config. My wife bought this fancy dimming floor lamp that uses a foot switch. However, it's not automate-able via a standard smart wall plug. It turns out that while it has 3 wires coming from the socket (L, N, G) to the foot switch, it has 4 wires going to the lamp (L1, L2, N, G). L2 is permanently wired to L from the socket and L1 is toggled by the foot switch. A simple tap turns on/off lamp. A press and hold dims the lamp. Fun!

Anyway, I picked up a DualR3 relay and wired it an external electrical box in lieu of the foot switch. Basically, I wired up L2 to channel 2, which I leave always on in order to maintain dim setting, and I wired L1 to channel 1. I declared channel 1 as a momentary switch with inching of 0.5s via the ewelink app. It all works like a champ with HomeKit via your plugin.

However, there is one draw back, because it's a momentary switch, the actual "on" state of the lamp is not reflected in HomeKit.

I was wondering if it might be possible to add the concept of a logical switch that consists of feedback from channel 1 and channel 2 switches. Basically the following:

• On action: Issue channel 1 ON command
• Off action: Issue channel 1 ON command
• Is On: Look at power consumption of channel 2 (> 5W)
• Is Off: Look at power consumption of channel 2 (<1.5 W)

Would be neat if all of this was configurable (such as channel assignments, power thresholds, etc) via the plugin settings.

What do you think?

[bwp91]

sorry - catching up - will get to look at this soon!

[robyepez]

No worries. Thanks!Sent from my iPhone. There will be typos. On Mar 10, 2023, at 9:33 PM, Ben ***@***.***> wrote: sorry - catching up - will get to look at this soon! —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[robyepez]

I forgot to mention that I’ve been using “inchChannels” setting and it seems to be doing most of what I want. However, it can get sometimes out of sync when I tie control of my lamp to a keypad. Therefore, if we could somehow manage state by referencing power consumption on the other channel, that would ensure that the HK control representing the lamp behaves more absolute. Thanks! - rob Sent from my iPhone. There will be typos.

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