RFE: Add stop / invert support for "Switch as Cover" roller shutters with KaKu ASUN-650

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Hi,

I’m not sure if this is the right way to discuss / submit RFE. If not, please accept my apologies.

My roller shutters are all automated using KaKu ASUN-650 modules, with an RFXtrx 433E transceiver.

I recently migrated my devices from Domoticz to HA (nice!) running on a NUC. I was looking forward to using the new “Switch as X” helper, but I’m running into some UX problems with “Switch as Cover”:

  1. The open/close actions cannot be inverted. By default, the roller shutters are closing for Up, opening for Down arrow.

Perhaps an option can be added to invert the directions?

  1. The movement cannot be stopped via UI. With ASUN-650, you must send the same command again to stop the roller shutter moving. The Up/Down arrows are disabled after click, so I cannot send that same command to stop the roller shutter for a partial open/close.

Perhaps the Up/Down buttons can be left enabled somehow? Or an explicit stop-button could be implemented but that would need to keep state like “moving up” or “moving down” to send that same command again as a STOP command.

Any suggestions / alternatives?

EDIT: I read RFLink Cover - Home Assistant but that does not seem to apply to my RFXtrx setup?

Thank you for Home Assistant!
Ed V.

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I’m also curious for this!

Someone?

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as a small workaround you can configure it as cover or blind or one of the available classes:
configuration.yaml

cover:
  - platform: rflink
    devices:
      newkaku_01bd142a_f:
        name: Rolluik

stop button won’t work but you can double click the up and down arrows to stop it at the desired hight.

Cheerz,
Peter