ioBroker.type-detector

This is not the adapter. This is a help function to detect devices from ioBroker states and channels.

You can find the description of devices in DEVICES.md.

Test website to test the detection of devices.

How to use

You can use this module in Browser and in Node.js projects.

Just now this module is used in material adapter to detect devices and to visualize them.

The following code detects devices in some state's tree:

import ChannelDetector, { type DetectOptions, type Types } from '@iobroker/type-detector';
const detector: ChannelDetector = new ChannelDetector();

const keys = Object.keys(objects); // For optimization
const usedIds: string[] = []; // To not allow using of same ID in more than one device
const ignoreIndicators: string[] = ['UNREACH_STICKY']; // Ignore indicators by name
const allowedTypes: Types[] = ['button', 'rgb', 'dimmer', 'light']; // Supported types. Leave it null if you want to get ALL devices.

const options: DetectOptions = {
    objects: this.props.objects,
    id: 'hm-rpc.0.LEQ1214232.1', // Channel, device or state, that must be detected
    _keysOptional: keys,
    _usedIdsOptional: usedIds,
    ignoreIndicators,
    // allowedTypes,
};

let controls: PatternControl[] = detector.detect(options);
if (controls) {
    controls = controls.map((control: PatternControl) => {
        const id = control.states.find((state: DetectorState) => state.id).id;
        if (id) {
            console.log(`In ${options.id} was detected "${control.type}" with following states:`);
            control.states
                .filter((state: DetectorState) => state.id)
                .forEach((state: DetectorState) => {
                    console.log(`    ${state.name} => ${state.id}`);
                });

            return { control, id };
        }
    });
} else {
    console.log(`Nothing found for ${options.id}`);
}

// Legacy
const { ChannelDetector } = require('@iobroker/type-detector');
const detector = new ChannelDetector();

const keys = Object.keys(objects); // For optimization
const usedIds = []; // To not allow using of same ID in more than one device
const ignoreIndicators = ['UNREACH_STICKY']; // Ignore indicators by name
const allowedTypes = ['button', 'rgb', 'dimmer', 'light']; // Supported types. Leave it null if you want to get ALL devices.

const options = {
    objects: this.props.objects,
    id: 'hm-rpc.0.LEQ1214232.1', // Channel, device or state, that must be detected
    _keysOptional: keys,
    _usedIdsOptional: usedIds,
    ignoreIndicators,
    //    allowedTypes,
};

let controls = detector.detect(options);
if (controls) {
    controls = controls.map(control => {
        const id = control.states.find(state => state.id).id;
        if (id) {
            console.log(`In ${options.id} was detected "${control.type}" with following states:`);
            control.states
                .filter(state => state.id)
                .forEach(state => {
                    console.log(`    ${state.name} => ${state.id}`);
                });

            return { control, id };
        }
    });
} else {
    console.log(`Nothing found for ${options.id}`);
}

Changelog

6.0.1 (2026-08-27)

(@GermanBluefox) Allowed mode to be not only a number with states, but also a string with states

6.0.0 (2026-08-12)

(@Apollon77) Fixed the default role of the wind speed of weatherCurrent, which carried a regular expression anchor
(@Apollon77) Fixed one object being assigned to two state definitions of the same name, which reported the swing of an air conditioner twice with a conflicting type and role
(@Apollon77) Added the electricity states to thermostat, fan and airPurifier
(@Apollon77) Added the optional state WINDOW to thermostat for the open window detection of the device
(@Apollon77) Added the optional states HOME, RUN_MODE, PROGRESS and PHASE and the missing WORKING to vacuumCleaner
(@Apollon77) A vacuumCleaner is now detected with either the cleaning mode or the new run mode, instead of requiring the cleaning mode
(@Apollon77) Added the optional end contacts OPENED and CLOSED to gate
(@Apollon77) Added UNREACH to media, so every device type reports reachability the same way. CONNECTED (indicator.reachable) stays on media for compatibility but is deprecated, prefer UNREACH
(@Apollon77) Added the optional state RSSI to all device types that describe a radio device
(@Apollon77) Added the optional state VALVE to thermostat and the optional state WORKING_MODE to thermostat (value.mode.thermostat) and airCondition (value.mode.airconditioner)
(@Apollon77) Added new device type electricity for devices that only measure electricity
(@Apollon77) The feedback state ACTUAL of socket no longer matches the generic role state, and ON_ACTUAL no longer matches any role that merely ends in switch
(@Apollon77) Fixed the escaping of object IDs used to build regular expressions, so IDs containing characters like \, + or * are matched literally
(@Apollon77) Added the optional states SPEED_LEVEL, AIRFLOW_DIRECTION, FILTER_CONDITION, FILTER_CONDITION_CARBON and FILTER_CHANGE to airCondition
(@Apollon77) Added the missing shared states WORKING, LOWBAT and BATTERY to airCondition. They were previously reported as a separate info device
(@Apollon77) Added the optional states SET_HEATING and SET_COOLING to airCondition and thermostat for devices that hold a heating and a cooling setpoint at once. One of SET, SET_HEATING and SET_COOLING is now required instead of SET alone. A device whose only setpoint carries the role level.temperature.heating or level.temperature.cooling is still detected, but that state is now reported as SET_HEATING / SET_COOLING instead of SET
(@Apollon77) Added the optional state ON_TIME to the light types, socket, fan and airPurifier
(@Apollon77) Added new device type coAlarm for carbon monoxide alarms
(@Apollon77) Added the optional states CO, SEVERITY, MUTED and TEST to fireAlarm, so a combined smoke and CO alarm is one device
(@Apollon77) Added new device type pump for pumps (Matter Pump device)
(@Apollon77) Added new device types pressure and flow for pressure and flow sensors
(@Apollon77) Added new device type contact for generic contact sensors
(@Apollon77) Added the optional states ON and ON_ACTUAL to slider, so a dimmed device that is not a light keeps its on/off in one control
(@Apollon77) The continuous fan speed of fan and airPurifier uses the existing role level.speed instead of a new role level.fan
(@Apollon77) Added the state flag requiredOneOf to require at least one state out of a group instead of one specific state
(@Apollon77) An airPurifier is now also detected when it reports only the activated carbon filter
(@Apollon77) Added new device type airPurifier for air purifiers (Matter Air Purifier device)
(@Apollon77) Fixed states that lost a pattern slot to a better candidate being marked as used, which hid them from the remaining states of the same pattern
(@Apollon77) Added new device type fan for fans (Matter Fan device)
(@Apollon77) Combined the fan states shared by airCondition, fan and airPurifier into one definition
(@Apollon77) Added new device type airQuality for air quality sensors (Matter Air Quality Sensor / Air Purifier)
(@Apollon77) BREAKING: Renamed the detected state name of the direction_enum shared pattern from DIRECTION to DIRECTION_ENUM to make it distinguishable from the boolean direction pattern. Affects the device types blind, blindButtons, gate and lock.

5.0.15 (2026-07-10)

(@GermanBluefox) Added tank level to devices

5.0.13 (2026-04-12)

(@GermanBluefox) Added to export the detection function from roleEnumUtils (used in iot)

5.0.11 (2026-03-26)

(@GermanBluefox) Media player was extended with player's name and type

5.0.10 (2026-02-05)

(@Garfonso) Corrected ACTUAL state for the socket device
(@Garfonso) Allowed timestamp for TIME_SUNRISE
(@Garfonso) Light effect state for lamps

5.0.9 (2025-12-16)

(@GermanBluefox) Breaking change: added new type percentage The device with unit=% was detected as slider, now it will be detected as percentage. Developers must implement a new type!

4.6.4 (2025-11-28)

(@GermanBluefox) Added GUI to test the objects
(@GermanBluefox) windowTilt and window requires now to have "write"=false explicitly to be detected

4.6.2 (2025-10-23)

(@GermanBluefox) Improved detection of devices if the structure has more than one control inside

4.6.1 (2025-10-21)

(@GermanBluefox) Added a new flag to detect only in the current channel (one level)

4.6.0 (2025-10-19)

(@GermanBluefox) Correcting detection of states consists only of one state

4.5.1 (2025-07-21)

(@Apollon77) ignore "setting" roles in some cases to ensure correct detection
(@GermanBluefox) added potential error handling for detection

4.5.0 (2025-04-29)

(@Apollon77) Enhance detection logic when multiple states are detected in the same pattern-state to favor ID, default-role and number-of-role-levels and not "state" roles

4.4.0 (2025-04-27)

(@Apollon77) Added detection option limitTypesToOneOf to define limiting sets of detected types

4.3.1 (2025-04-22)

(@GermanBluefox) Rename type location_one to locationOne

4.3.0 (2025-04-21)

(@GermanBluefox) Added default role for image
(@GermanBluefox) Added exported type ExternalDetectorState
(@Apollon77) Removed "Saturation" states from non-Hue light device types to not block that state for detection
(@Apollon77) Added default unit "%" to volume definitions
(@Apollon77) Combined some duplicate state definitions
(@Apollon77) Adjusted Airconditioner Mode definition
(@Apollon77) Optimized Detection logic in several places
(@Apollon77) Consider allowed/excluded types when returning cached results
(@Apollon77) Added "detectParent" mode to always search up in the objects to a device or channel when detecting
(@Apollon77) Added "prioritizedTypes" property for options to allow type detection prioritization
(@GermanBluefox) Improved documentation

4.2.1 (2025-04-19)

(@GermanBluefox) Added exported type ExternalPatternControl
(@GermanBluefox) Updated packages

4.2.0 (2025-01-31)

(@GermanBluefox) Added detection of level.direction
(@Apollon77) Added door state for device type "lock"
(@Apollon77) Added default unit for volume states
(@Apollon77) Added a new option ignoreEnums to execute the detection without enums-matching logic
(@Apollon77) Added a new option detectAllPossibleDevices to detect multiple devices in one run without checking for already used IDs
(@Garfonso) Added missing default roles and units for saturation

4.1.1 (2024-12-15)

(@Apollon77) Fixed the default unit for Illuminance to "lux"
(@Apollon77) Added Low-Battery state for switch to be consistent with other devices

4.1.0 (2024-12-06)

(@Garfonso) Added new device type - illuminance (brightness sensor)
(@Garfonso) Added battery state
(@Garfonso) Added the transition time state
(@Garfonso) Allowed the mixed device->state and device->channel->state structures
(@GermanBluefox) Used a new eslint config library
(@GermanBluefox) Types were slightly changed
(Apollon77) Removed a file state type
(Apollon77) Adjusted Camera states to remove Binary state and replace by link
(Apollon77) Fixed role for ACTUAL state for socket

4.0.1 (2024-07-26)

(Apollon77) Fix Electricity states for light type
(Apollon77) Add Electricity states for more types
(Apollon77) Internal Refactoring

3.0.5 (2023-10-24)

(bluefox) Implemented @iobroker/type-detector as npm module

2.0.6 (2023-10-18)

(bluefox) Removed valve and url as types (they just a slider and image)

2.0.4 (2023-10-13)

(bluefox) Removed multiple for weather location

2.0.3 (2023-10-09)

(Garfonso) Changed detection of fire and flood sensors
(Garfonso) Changed the role of TIME_SUNRISE and TIME_SUNSET

2.0.2 (2023-09-04)

(Garfonso) Added rgbwSingle device to types

2.0.1 (2023-08-21)

(bluefox) Added rgbwSingle device

2.0.0 (2023-08-21)

(bluefox) Removed rgbOld type from 2018

1.1.2 (2023-06-06)

(bluefox) Fixed creation of the DEVICES.md
(bluefox) Fixed the main attribute in package.json
(bluefox) Better detection of the door devices

1.1.1 (2022-11-09)

(Garfonso) corrected the double states in light devices
(Garfonso) added CIE color type as equivalent to rgbSingle type

1.1.0 (2022-05-22)

(Garfonso) blinds: corrected error in the default role for tilt

1.0.17 (2022-01-20)

(bluefox) Fixed the main attribute in package.json

1.0.15 (2021-07-09)

(algar42) extend the weather forecast device with TIME_SUNRISE and TIME_SUNSET
(Garfonso) added weatherForecast tests

1.0.14 (2021-06-30)

(bluefox) Added chart device

1.0.13 (2021-06-27)

(bluefox) Changed the air conditioner detection
(Garfonso) Corrected blind with buttons

1.0.12 (2021-06-16)

(bluefox) Changed the air conditioner detection
(Garfonso) Corrected blind with buttons

1.0.11 (2021-06-11)

(Garfonso) Added buttons to blinds and added THE new type: blinds with only buttons
(agross) refactoring
(bluefox) Extend socket and light with electricity parameters

1.0.10 (2021-06-07)

(bluefox) Added some states to thermostat

1.0.9 (2021-06-06)

(bluefox) Added new types: gate, camera, flood alarm, current weather.

1.0.8 (2021-03-11)

(bluefox) Escape chars in IDs.

1.0.7 (2020-08-12)

(bluefox) Added the vacuum cleaner.

1.0.4 (2020-08-12)

(bluefox) Added the air conditioner.

1.0.0 (2020-08-10)

(Garfonso) The switch could have the boolean type
(Garfonso) Fixed level.dimspeed issue

0.1.10 (2020-06-23)

(bluefox) Ignore level.dimspeed for dimmer
(bluefox) Added new type button.press

0.1.9 (2020-01-12)

(Garfonso) Added "white" to rgb

0.1.7 (2019-08-14)

(bluefox) Add default roles

0.1.5 (2019-07-23)

(bluefox) Fixed search for multiple items.

0.1.4 (2019-07-19)

(bluefox) Added function "getPatterns".

0.1.3 (2019-07-16)

(bluefox) Add description to function "detect".

0.1.1 (2019-06-29)

(kirovilya) In some cases, devices may not have channels but immediately have a state. For example, in the zigbee-adapter.

0.1.1 (2019-05-24)

(bluefox) added PRECIPITATION to weather
(bluefox) added location detection

0.1.0 (2018-08-14)

(bluefox) initial commit

License

MIT License

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