entity_id starts with “light” and it doesn’t work with generic thermostat; I have to do the template switch workaround. I thought lights need to have dimming capability? Is this a platform-designated thing?
Hi,
I dont know this plug (what HA platform ?) but I am working on generic_thermistat fix to allow any toggle device as heater switch.
If you are interested, I can provide my code.
With a few clicks I found your work myself 
https://github.com/milanvo/home-assistant/tree/thermostat-switch
This next gen “Iris Smart Plug” is a Zigbee HA 1.2 device and works with the zha platform. It’s a simple on/off toggle with power monitoring (the latter is not yet implemented in Hass). Other companies usually refer to this type of plug as an “appliance module”.
I was primarily curious about where exactly the switch vs. light distinction comes from. Is it arbitrarily decided by the platform?