Please feel free to skip the italicized section to go directly to the problem.
Background
I have a window unit (AC/heat) that doesn’t regulate temperature very well, and doesn’t have any smart features. My ideal solution would work as follows:
* Able to turn the unit on/off and switch modes (AC/heat) by voice (Google Home, Alexa).
* Able to adjust the temperature by voice by either saying “turn the thermostat up/down by [x] degrees” or “set the thermostat to [x] degress.”
* The thermostat variable should check against a SmartThings multipurpose sensor and adjust accordingly, turning the unit on or off and switching modes as needed.
Tools:
* SmartThings Multipurpose sensor (detects temperature)
* Broadlink RM Pro (sends infrared signals to window unit)
* Android TV device running RM Bridge app (necessary to send commands to RM Pro via URL)
Using Becky Richa’s absolutely fantastic guide and resources (https://github.com/beckyricha/Broadlink-RM-SmartThings-Alexa) I’ve managed to create a device called “Window Unit” in SmartThings that has a simple On/Off toggle. It works well, and I’d like to create a similar toggle in the same device that switches modes (cool/heat). As far as I can tell, I’ve copied her code exactly, and then changed it in all the corresponding places to do what I want to do. But it does not toggle from one to the other like the on/off switch does. I’d really appreciate if someone more knowledgeable than myself could take a look at this and tell me why it isn’t working. I’m sure I’ll have more questions as I progress on this project, but for the time being, all I need to do is get the image/text/color of the icon to toggle when tapped. Please note that I’m very new to SmartThings, and while I have some general programming knowledge, I am by no means an expert. Any suggestions would probably be more helpful if they are explained in a way that a beginner could understand. The code is below, along with some screenshots for reference. Thanks!
/**
* Broadlink Switch
*
* Copyright 2016 BeckyR
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
* in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
* on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
* for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
*
* 1/7/17 - updated with better switch displays and use of device ID from user itsamti
*/
// 09/01/2016 - itsamti - Added new switch definition below
metadata {
definition (name: "RM Bridge Switch LAN", namespace: "beckyricha", author: "BeckyR") {
capability "Switch"
}
tiles {
// This section of code works!!
standardTile("switch", "device.switch", width: 2, height: 2, canChangeIcon: true) {
state "off", label: 'Off', action: "switch.on", icon: "st.switches.switch.on", backgroundColor: "#ffffff"
state "on", label: 'On', action: "switch.off", icon: "st.switches.switch.off", backgroundColor: "#00a0dc"
}
/* This section of code does not :( Also, please note that although this example uses action: cool and action: heat, I did also try action: mode.heat and action: mode.cool with the same results. */
standardTile("mode", "device.mode", width: 1, height: 1) {
state "heat", label: 'Heat', action: "cool", icon: "st.Home.home29", backgroundColor: "#d04e00"
state "cool", label: 'Cool', action: "heat", icon: "st.Appliances.appliances11", backgroundColor: "#1e9cbb"
}
// The valueTile will eventually show the current temperature as read by the Multipurpose Sensor
valueTile("tempValue", "device.power", decoration: "flat", width: 1, height: 1) {
state "power", label:'78 degrees', icon: "st.Weather.weather2"
}
// The controlTile will eventually allow the user to use a slider to pick a temperature to set
controlTile("tinySlider", "device.level", "slider", height: 2, width: 1, inactiveLabel: false) {
state "level", action:"switch level.setLevel"
}
main "switch"
details(["switch","switch2","tinySlider","mode","tempValue"])
}
}
def parse(String description) {
def pair = description.split(":")
createEvent(name: pair[0].trim(), value: pair[1].trim())
}
def on() {
sendEvent(name: "switch", value: "on")
put('on')
}
def off() {
sendEvent(name: "switch", value: "off")
put('off')
}
def heat() {
sendEvent(name: "mode", value: "heat")
put('heat')
}
def cool() {
sendEvent(name: "mode", value: "cool")
put('cool')
}
private put(toggle) {
// IP address changed for privacy, and this section can be disregarded, as I'm only focused on fixing toggle functionality of the tile right now
def url1="XXX.XXX.XX.XX:7474"
def userpassascii= "yourusername:yourpassword"
def userpass = "Basic " + userpassascii.encodeAsBase64().toString()
def toReplace = device.deviceNetworkId
def replaced = toReplace.replaceAll(' ', '%20')
def hubaction = new physicalgraph.device.HubAction(
method: "GET",
path: "/code/$replaced%20$toggle",
headers: [HOST: "${url1}", AUTHORIZATION: "${userpass}"],
)
return hubaction
}
).