LUX Support

[whreams]

While first a question, may end up being a feature request.
The EVE app recognizes lights and notes the LUX reading from said light if supported. The LUX reading doesn't seem to be exposed using this plugin. If I'm correct, could we have this added?

[NorthernMan54]

Does EVE have a sensor that supports LUX ? Without eve supporting a lux sensor this is not feasible.

[whreams]

From what I see it does. I can access my circle2 camera from the Eve app and the "light level" shows a reading in "lux".

[HomeKidd]

From what I see it does. I can access my circle2 camera from the Eve app and the "light level" shows a reading in "lux".

That sounds like an Apple Defined default Current Light Level characteristic only 😄 Any 3rd party HomeKit accessory with a Current Light Level characteristic will show up in Eve app ( and also every other, Apple defined, standard HomeKit characteristics / services).

As @NorthernMan54 said, does any real Eve HomeKit accessory support Lux readings?

[whreams]

From what I see it does. I can access my circle2 camera from the Eve app and the "light level" shows a reading in "lux".

That sounds like an Apple Defined default Current Light Level characteristic only 😄 Any 3rd party HomeKit accessory with a Current Light Level characteristic will show up in Eve app ( and also every other, Apple defined, standard HomeKit characteristics / services).

As @NorthernMan54 said, does any real Eve HomeKit accessory support Lux readings?

So I take it there is not API reading from the Eve app - just strict appliance interface?

[ebaauw]

Since v5.5, the Eve app seems to support history for Light Level. I suppose the Outdoor Cam includes a light level sensor (to control the floodlight setting to only go on when motion is detected at night).

I expose the Hue motion sensor as an accessory with services for Motion Sensor, Light Sensor, Temperature Sensor and, of course, History. I already managed to combine Motion and Temperature into a single History service, and would love to add Light Level. Does anybody know what fingerprint is used for that?

[ebaauw]

The tag for CurrentAmbiantLightLevel in the 116 fingerprint is 3002; the value in the entries is a 2-byte integer with the lux value (as displayed in HomeKit).

I have it on good authority that it's actually for the yet to be released new Eve Motion, with Thread support.

[wimleers]

Confirming what @ebaauw reported: this is what the Eve app shows for the new Eve Motion sensor that uses Thread: