Being able to use the function to retrieve a device’s state more easily when dealing with many devices.
Concrete example:
I use a SURVEILLANCE mode in my home, which triggers an alarm when a door/window is opened.
When launching my surveillance scene I want to be able to trigger a check of the state of my door/window sensors, to know if I haven’t left a window or door open when leaving.
But currently if I want to do that, I have to create, in my scene, for each sensor, a block « retrieve the last state of a device ». Which therefore implies 6 mouse clicks + having to search in a dropdown list that contains all the features of all my door/window sensors.
I have 14 door/window sensors at home… In short, creating this scene is a nightmare just thinking about it ^^
I would find it interesting to be able to use something more visual like what we already have in the dashboard:
A select that then fills with the features whose state we want to retrieve. The added advantage is that an already selected feature no longer appears in the suggestion list, which avoids accidental duplicates.
Would this be interesting for you too?
[Edit 31/01/2025 by Pierre-Gilles]: Removed discussions to keep the essence of the request.