I’d like to use matter binding to have the config switch behave similar to cover.toggle in home assistant. I’ve successfully bound endpoint two with matter lights, and this is working well. I’d like to do the same thing with the config button to control my matter blinds, but I don’t see a binding cluster for endpoints 3-5 (not sure which would be appropriate).
If the bind support were there for the config button, what would be the behavior of binding it too a cover? i.e. want to check if I’d get the behavior I want assuming Inovelli added binding.
What’s the right way submit a feature request for the binding?
Matter doesn’t support bindings for the Generic Switch endpoints (which are endpoints 3-5 that are used for momentary button detection and reporting) so this isn’t something that can be done in Matter. For what you are describing, an automation is the way to go.
Couldn’t on/off switch be added for the button to accomplish this? “6.6.5. Relation with other Switch device types” in the spec seems to suggest it can be done.
I don’t think you’d get the behavior you want. Even if a On/Off Switch Type (0x0103) endpoint were added (as an aside: it has to be a new endpoint - the standards don’t allow combining it with the Generic Switch endpoint and its unclear how it would work with a single button), that type allows binding of the On/Off cluster to another device with an On/Off cluster. The Window covering device type 0x0202 does not have an On/Off cluster so there is nothing there to be the target of the binding. So, this use case seems like one where automations are the practical solution.
FWIW, automation is working with the shades. I was hoping to have binding for cases like selling the house (where I take my matter controller with me) or my matter controller is down (due to bugs in upgrades or my own tinkering), but looks like there is not a path forward at this time.
The great thing about Matter is you can connect to multiple controllers, so a Homey Mini or other decent powered controller might be a good backup plan (and in a home sale, you’d probably get more value including something like a homey mini controller than stripping it out and having people try to figure out what-the-hell is with the switches and shades).