X as Switch

Feature Requests
1

I need the opposite of the new “Switch as X” feature!

Smart switches show up as lights in HA. As I am using them as plain switches (they may or many not control a light – the latter being actually controlled by a separate slave power switch), I’d like HA to treat them the same.

Please. Pretty please.

2

Interesting, which integration does that? As that sounds more like a bug that needs fixing :flushed:

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3

Zigbee ZHA, with Jasco smart switches (sold under the “enbrighten” brand).

4

I also have some Zigbee switches which do the same thing, show up as lights. So far I’ve used template switches to ‘convert’ them.

5

Would to mind sharing your template code?

6

No worries.

switch:
  - platform: template
    switches:
      kingsley_games_room_camera_power:
        value_template: "{{ is_state('light.kingsley_games_room_camera_power', 'on') }}"
        turn_on:
          service: light.turn_on
          target:
            entity_id: light.kingsley_games_room_camera_power
        turn_off:
          service: light.turn_off
          target:
            entity_id: light.kingsley_games_room_camera_power
7

This device also reports as a light instead of four switches.

8

I second your request as also Philips Hue switches are delivered in the ‘light’ domain.

9

…and everything z-wave from my Telldus too, so my curtains are lights…

10

2024 Still have the same experience with a Tuya 7-32v relay. It ZHA picked it up right away, but it appears as a light instead of a switch.

11

You must not be amused. But personally LOL, no offense intended. I can see the helper section explode. Light as curtain, climate as refrigerator, fan as toaster oven, …