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Ecobee Switch

Thermostats · Climate

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Reported on r/homeassistant.

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IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
Not namedWorks LocalFixed boolean write bug with aiohomekit bump
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Proposed change The latest Ecobee Switch firmware broke support for passing `true` in the HAP JSON payload to a boolean characteristic. It didn't break support for passing `false` which lead to the curious bug that `turn_on` didn't work but `turn_off` did! Whilst `aiohomekit` is compliant with the written spec, it does differer from the actual official controller implementation which sends boolean `true` as `1` and `false` as `0`. We think this is an accidental change as it partially works if you send `true` - you can read a `true` back. But the actual switch does not change state. Changing …

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PR #33396 · 2020-03

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Identifiers

BrandEcobee
ModelEcobee Switch
CategoryThermostats