Sonoff ZBMINI appear as light

[Skyman81]

my Sonoff ZBMINI when added appears as a light and not as a switch. This also appears as a light in Homekit and cannot be changed. It is a product that can be installed as a switch for coffee machines, power sockets, fans etc ... and not always for lights. Is there a way to change the setting?

Thank you

[ebaauw]

See https://github.com/ebaauw/homebridge-hue/wiki/Resource-Links

[Skyman81]

Thanks! For me it is a problem because it is easier to understand Chinese 😂 I will try to study how to create a resourcelinks because I do not understand much and / or nothing. Do you think in the future there will be a way to change these settings directly in the pluggin? Are all relays recognized as "light"? Or just the Sonoff mini? Thank you, I apologize for the inconvenience and for my ignorance.

[ebaauw]

The issue is that too many devices advertise themselves wrongly, so I cannot determine from the device whether to expose it as light or as outlet. Also, you might want to expose a group of these as outlet.

Currently, Homebridge Hue has no persistent storage, so it cannot remember how you want to expose the device. That’s why I use the resource links. For these settings to be changed from the plugin, I need to use the dynamic platform accessory model, see #4. Even then, it will kinda awkward to expose the settings to HomeKit, it probably would make more sense to use a dynamic settings window in the Homebridge UI.

[Skyman81]

Thank's for your job. I hope iOs 15 can introduce some kind of modification directly into Apple's Homekit to overcome this problem.