Support Lutron Aurora Switches

[warhammerkid]

Issue

The Lutron Aurora switches are identified but not recognized. It appears that they have two pieces - the switch button and the dimmer wheel.

Log Messages

Here's what I get in the logs to describe them:

[9/1/2019, 1:53:30 PM] [Hue] Philips hue: /sensors/7: warning: ignoring unknown sensor type {"state":{"rotaryevent":2,"expectedrotation":64,"expectedeventduration":400,"lastupdated":"2019-09-01T17:32:08"},"swupdate":{"state":"noupdates","lastinstall":"2019-09-01T15:26:15"},"config":{"on":true,"battery":100,"reachable":true,"pending":[]},"name":"Bedroom 1 Aurora Switch","type":"ZLLRelativeRotary","modelid":"Z3-1BRL","manufacturername":"Lutron","productname":"Lutron Aurora","diversityid":"2c3a75ff-55c4-4e4d-8c44-82d330b8eb9b","swversion":"3.1","uniqueid":"ff:ff:00:0f:e7:fe:95:cd-01-fc00-0014","capabilities":{"certified":true,"primary":true,"inputs":[{"repeatintervals":[400],"events":[{"rotaryevent":1,"eventtype":"start"},{"rotaryevent":2,"eventtype":"repeat"}]}]}}
[9/1/2019, 1:53:30 PM] [Hue] Philips hue: /sensors/8: warning: ignoring unknown ZLLSwitch sensor {"state":{"buttonevent":1002,"lastupdated":"2019-09-01T17:45:47"},"swupdate":{"state":"noupdates","lastinstall":"2019-09-01T15:26:15"},"config":{"on":true,"battery":100,"reachable":true,"pending":[]},"name":"Lutron Aurora 2","type":"ZLLSwitch","modelid":"Z3-1BRL","manufacturername":"Lutron","productname":"Lutron Aurora","diversityid":"2c3a75ff-55c4-4e4d-8c44-82d330b8eb9b","swversion":"3.1","uniqueid":"ff:ff:00:0f:e7:fe:95:cd-01-fc00","capabilities":{"certified":true,"primary":false,"inputs":[{"repeatintervals":[800],"events":[{"buttonevent":1000,"eventtype":"initial_press"},{"buttonevent":1001,"eventtype":"repeat"},{"buttonevent":1002,"eventtype":"short_release"},{"buttonevent":1003,"eventtype":"long_release"}]}]}}

Other

If you need any more information just let me know. I'm also quite comfortable testing a PR branch if you need verification.

[ebaauw]

I’m unfamiliar with these switches. Luckily, the Hue API now lists their capabilities. The button looks pretty straightforward, similar to the Hue dimmer switch. I have no clue how to expose the wheel to HomeKit.

[warhammerkid]

I hadn’t ever looked through the HomeKit docs before, but I agree that there doesn’t seem to be anything ideal to map the rotary switch to. In theory it looks like it could be mapped to some kind of clockwise / counterclockwise “button” event, but I can’t see any value in doing that for myself.

[ebaauw]

The Hue bridge doesn't support event notifications, so I have to poll it. I find the gen2 bridge is able to handle being polled every 2 seconds, but every 1 second is too much. This means (if I read the capabilities right) that I'll lose 4 out of 5 rotary events, making it very difficult to expose anything more sophisticated than a clockwise or counterclockwise turn.

I take it the Hue bridge doesn't expose the switch to HomeKit?

Could you attach the debug dump file homebridge-hue creates on startup (see https://github.com/ebaauw/homebridge-hue#debug-dump-file)? Maybe the Hue app has created some rules for the wheel that would give me some more insight.

[warhammerkid]

The Hue bridge does not expose the switch to HomeKit.

Here's the debug file: homebridge-hue.json.gz.

[tomky]

I am interested in this switch/dimmer as well. Will this be supported through deconz?

[ebaauw]

Best open an issue in the deconz repository, requesting device support, see https://github.com/dresden-elektronik/deconz-rest-plugin/wiki/Request-Device-Support

[ebaauw]

Button is supported In v0.11.38.

[warhammerkid]

👍

[siobhanellis]

I'm running V0.11.44 and the button is not visible in HK.

[ebaauw]

Added support for the Lutron Aurora, when connected to deCONZ, see dresden-elektronik/deconz-rest-plugin#2305 (comment).
When connected to deCONZ, the dimmer switch is exposed with three buttons: Button, Right Turn, and Left Turn, each supporting Single Press.

Added support for the ZLLRelativeRotary /sensors resource for the Lutron Aurora, when connected to the Hue bridge.
When connected to deCONZ, the dimmer switch is exposed with three buttons: Button, supporting Single Press and Long Press; and Right Turn and Left Turn, both supporting Single Press.

[ebaauw]

In v0.11.54.

[siobhanellis]

now running v.0.11.55 (quick catch on the issue in 11.54 BTW), and I still can't see it.

Using a Hue V2 bridge.

[ebaauw]

What's your config.json?

[siobhanellis]

{
"name": "Hue",
"users": {
"001788FFFE49C73E": "38KkSc1f5LRemVOt9BUdzkKhUGxNI4N1YTVb7TfN",
"ECB5FAFFFE02DEEF": "L0v17RUcbkaVNvThaHnYvePJiyqYSBnWWt5FXMgr"
},
"lights": true,
"nativeHomeKitLights": true,
"nativeHomeKitSensors": true,
"nupnp": true,
"resource": true,
"platform": "Hue"
}

[ebaauw]

You need to set "sensors": true to expose /sensors resources. You might want to set "excludeSensorTypes": ["CLIP"] to prevent the CLIP sensors created by the Hue app from being exposed. See https://github.com/ebaauw/homebridge-hue/wiki/Configuration.

[siobhanellis]

I'll give it a go and let you know. Wasn't obvious I had to enable sensors... as it's a switch :-)

[siobhanellis]

Yes, that worked. I now see it in HK as a Dimmer with 3 buttons.

[javontathomas]

Is it possible to hide this from Homekit without hiding all sensors? Don't need it on HK as it's already working via Hue.

[ebaauw]

Is it possible to hide this from Homekit without hiding all sensors?

Include it in a blacklist resourcelink, see https://github.com/ebaauw/homebridge-hue#configuration.

Don't need it on HK as it's already working via Hue.

Do you mean that the Hue bridge now exposes it to Homekit? I haven’t seen that before. I’d better not expose it when nativeHomeKitSensors is set.

[ebaauw]

Double-checked: the Hue bridge does not expose the Aurora to HomeKit.