pyrademacher 0.18.0

Control devices connected to your Rademacher Homepilot (or Start2Smart) hub

pyrademacher

Python Library to read/control devices connected to your Rademacher HomePilot (or Start2Smart) hub.

This library uses the latest REST API, so you must update your hub to the latest firmware if you want to use this library.

Installation

Use pip to install pyrademacher lib:

pip install pyrademacher

Usage

API Class

With the HomePilotApi class you can acess the REST API directly:

from homepilot.api import HomePilotApi

api = HomePilotApi("hostname", "password") # password can be empty if not defined ("")

print(asyncio.run(asyncio.run(api.get_devices()))) # get all devices

asyncio.run(api.async_open_cover(did="1")) # open cover for device id "1" (assuming it's a cover device)

Manager Class

You can use the HomePilotManager helper class to more easily manage the devices:

import asyncio
from homepilot.manager import HomePilotManager
from homepilot.api import HomePilotApi

api = HomePilotApi("hostname", "password") # password can be empty if not defined ("")

manager = asyncio.run(HomePilotManager.async_build_manager(api))
asyncio.run(manager.update_states())

print(manager.devices["1"].is_closed)
print(manager.devices["1"].cover_position)

print(manager.devices["-1"].fw_version) # ID -1 is reserved for the hub itself

Each device in manager.devices is an instance of the specific device class.

Auto Config Devices: Commands

Every device that inherits from HomePilotAutoConfigDevice (covers, switches/actuators, thermostats, lights) exposes the weather and contact commands that the hub advertises for that device. Each command has a capability flag (has_*_cmd) and an awaitable method that is a no-op when the capability is missing:

Command	Capability flag	Method
Sun start / stop	has_sun_start_cmd / has_sun_stop_cmd	async_sun_start_cmd() / async_sun_stop_cmd()
Wind start / stop	has_wind_start_cmd / has_wind_stop_cmd	async_wind_start_cmd() / async_wind_stop_cmd()
Rain start / stop	has_rain_start_cmd / has_rain_stop_cmd	async_rain_start_cmd() / async_rain_stop_cmd()
Go to dawn / dusk position	has_goto_dawn_pos_cmd / has_goto_dusk_pos_cmd	async_goto_dawn_pos_cmd() / async_goto_dusk_pos_cmd()
Contact open / close	has_contact_open_cmd / has_contact_close_cmd	async_contact_open_cmd() / async_contact_close_cmd()

device = manager.devices["1"]

if device.has_sun_start_cmd:
    await device.async_sun_start_cmd()   # trigger the sun command

if device.has_contact_open_cmd:
    await device.async_contact_open_cmd()

These devices also support the auto modes (has_*_auto_mode / *_auto_mode_value / async_set_*_auto_mode(...)) for auto, time, contact, wind, dawn, dusk, rain and sun.

They additionally expose the read-only weather program "active" states for devices that advertise the corresponding event — has_sun_prog_active / sun_prog_active_value, has_wind_prog_active / wind_prog_active_value and has_rain_prog_active / rain_prog_active_value — updated on every state refresh.

Scene Management

The library supports managing HomePilot scenes with comprehensive functionality:

import asyncio
from homepilot.manager import HomePilotManager
from homepilot.api import HomePilotApi
from homepilot.scenes import SceneNotAvailableError, SceneNotManuallyExecutableError

api = HomePilotApi("hostname", "password")

# Build manager with scenes (manual executable scenes only by default)
manager = asyncio.run(HomePilotManager.async_build_manager(api))

# Include all scenes (including non-manual executable)
manager = asyncio.run(HomePilotManager.async_build_manager(api, include_non_manual_executable=True))

# Access scene properties
scene = manager.scenes["1"]  # Scene with ID "1"
print(f"Scene: {scene.name}")
print(f"Description: {scene.description}")
print(f"Enabled: {scene.is_enabled}")
print(f"Manual Executable: {scene.is_manual_executable}")
print(f"Available: {scene.available}")

# Execute scene operations with automatic validation
try:
    await scene.async_execute_scene()    # Only works if scene is available and manually executable
    await scene.async_activate_scene()   # Only works if scene is available
    await scene.async_deactivate_scene() # Only works if scene is available
except SceneNotAvailableError as e:
    print(f"Scene operation failed: {e}")
except SceneNotManuallyExecutableError as e:
    print(f"Cannot manually execute scene: {e}")

# Update scenes from API
await manager.async_update_scenes()