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Version: 0.4.x

Output module

Output

Expander used in relay board. You likely must have this configured. By default one relay board has 2 MCP23017 installed.

Example config​

Example config
output:
  - id: kitchenlight
    kind: mcp
    mcp_id: mcp2
    pin: 15
    output_type: light
    restore_state: True

Configuration variables:​

  • id (Optional, string, default: value of {kind}_{pin}) - uniquely identifies this device in MQTT and Home Assistant.
  • kind (Required, string, allowed_values: ['gpio', 'mcp']) - What kind of output it is. For relay board alwas use mcp
  • pin (Required, string) - PIN id of MCP of GPIO. For MCP it's value 0-15.
  • output_type (Required, string, allowed_values: ['switch', 'light', 'none']) - What type of output it is. Switch/light shows as such device in Home Assistant. Value none means that this output is not published to MQTT. It's internal use only for other component eg cover.
  • momentary_turn_on (Optional, timeperiod) - Time period after relay will be turned off. Examples 50ms, 500ms, 5s, 20mins, 2hours
  • momentary_turn_off (Optional, timeperiod) - Time period after relay will be turned on. Examples 50ms, 500ms, 5s, 20mins, 2hours
  • restore_state (Optional, boolean, default: False) - You can enable restore_state option. It's bit experimental. It saves state of relay or cover in state.json file, which is located in same directory as your config.json. If output_type is None, then this value is overwritten to False!