From aabd29bb55814098b55d881f3271b4b222a4f529 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: samuelsson86 <42771028+samuelsson86@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 21:33:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update rflink.markdown (#6101) * Update rflink.markdown * :pencil2: Tweaks --- source/_components/rflink.markdown | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/_components/rflink.markdown b/source/_components/rflink.markdown index 208301d229b..81b696fae33 100644 --- a/source/_components/rflink.markdown +++ b/source/_components/rflink.markdown @@ -94,14 +94,15 @@ When pressing the button on the physical remote, RFLink detects the signal and t light: - platform: rflink automatic_add: true -switch: - - platform: rflink - automatic_add: true sensor: - platform: rflink automatic_add: true ``` +[RFLink Switches](https://www.home-assistant.io/components/switch.rflink/) cannot be added automatically. + +The RFLink component does not know the difference between a switch and a light. Therefore all switchable devices are automatically added as light by default. However, once the ID of a switch is known, it can be used to configure it as a switch type in HA, for example, to add it to a different group, hide it or configure a nice name. + ### {% linkable_title Ignoring devices %} The RFLink platform can be configured to completely ignore a device on a platform level. This is useful when you have neighbors which also use 433 MHz technology.