Ecovac Integration: Requesting Empty Dust Bin Feature

Feature Requests
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I love the Ecovac integration but I noticed that it is missing the ability to tell my Deebot N8 Pro+ to empty it’s dust bin. Is that a feature that can be added?

Thank you!

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Second this!

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Indeed as it is becoming a standard feature in vacuum lineups

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I found an answer that worked for me here: Ecovac Empty Dust Bin · Issue #117465 · home-assistant/core · GitHub

This link will let you create a shortcut so you can use the auto empty as a button. This shortcut can be called from automation, but I chose to just use node-red as per below.

The following is how to create an action node that will call the auto-empty on demand. I wanted to vacuum the floor at 3am, but I didn’t want it to auto-empty and wake us up. So, it waits until 10 am and then empties the bin.

  1. This is the JSON to be pasted into an action node.
  2. The action node should call vacuum.send_command
  3. Be sure to select the entity of your vacuum.
  4. Paste this into the node data section after selecting JSON as the format.
    {“command”:“setAutoEmpty”,“params”:{“act”:“start”}}
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