Yay for the official HA partnership with SwitchBot!
I have my fingers crossed that the Curtain3 quiet drift mode will finally be easier to access in HA.
There are some cool projects highlighted on the page (scroll to Discover smarter ways…), including a couple that use their products in ways they were not intended. I’m surprised they’d post them on an official page, given the potential liability (e.g., their lock turning on a microwave), but I’m also glad they are so open to thinking outside the box.
I might pick up another Curtain 3 and experiment with using it for a dog door.
Nope, that hangs on an architecture decision that is now almost three years old without anyone daring to make a choice. It has nothing to do with the willingness of the Switchbot integration owners, or Overkiz, or others:
For now, there’s this because anything official is being blocked by architecture: