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Vacuum Entity Vacuum

Properties

Properties should always only return information from memory and not do I/O (like network requests). Implement update() or async_update() to fetch data.

Name Type Default Description
name string Required Name of the device.
state string Required One of the states listed in the states section.
battery_level int none Current battery level.
battery_icon string function Battery icon to show in UI.
cleaning_mode string none The current cleaning mode.
cleaning_mode_list list NotImplementedError() List of available fan speeds and cleaning modes.
error string Required with STATE_ERROR An error message if the vacuum is in STATE_ERROR.

States

State Description
STATE_CLEANING The vacuum is currently cleaning.
STATE_DOCKED The vacuum is currently docked, it is assumed that docked can also mean charging.
STATE_PAUSED The vacuum was cleaning but was paused without returning to the dock.
STATE_IDLE The vacuum is not paused, not docked and does not have any errors.
STATE_RETURNING The vacuum is done cleaning and is currently returning to the dock, but not yet docked.
STATE_ERROR The vacuum encountered an error while cleaning, the error can be specified as a property on the entity.

Methods

turn_on or async_turn_on

Turn the vacuum on and start cleaning.

turn_offor async_turn_off

Turn the vacuum off stopping the cleaning and returning home.

return_to_base or async_return_to_base

Set the vacuum cleaner to return to the dock.

stop or async_stop

Stop the vacuum cleaner, do not return to base.

clean_spot or async_clean_spot

Perform a spot clean-up.

locate or async_locate

Locate the vacuum cleaner.

set_cleaning_mode or async_set_cleaning_mode

Set the cleaning mode.

send_command or async_send_command

Send a command to a vacuum cleaner.