Using iRobot Favorites

[MarcelloTT]

Hi everyone, I have an iRobot Roomba i7. It was integrated into HA using the “iRobot Roomba and Braava” app. My question is: how can I launch the favorites I’ve created from my mobile app? This way I can decide which areas to clean. Is this possible? Thanks.

[FloatingBoater (James Derrick)]

Hi,
Not that I’ve seen in the integration entities, nor the docs:

iRobot Roomba and Braava

That said, the last time there was a missing function, it was in the underlying Python library, there was a code workaround, and that got added later…

Empty Roomba

Hi, TL;DR: Yes. Vacuum: Send command = evac The documentation doesn’t mention it… but the underlying Python library has the evac command: supports self emptying base GitHub - NickWaterton/Roomba980-Python: Python program and library to control iRobot Roomba 980 Vacuum Cleaner The HA vac entity doesn’t mention empty as an action (missing from HA), however Action vacuum.send_command works: This sequence emptied my i7 on the base: Developer tools Action = Vacuum: Send command Target =…

[MarcelloTT]

If I understand correctly, I need to extract the room and zone IDs with dorita. Then, if I want to run multiple rooms in a queue, I need to create a Python script. Question: When iRobot integration is enabled on HA, are there any issues using the iRobot mobile app? Does the “continus” flag cause any problems?