Smart Home Toggles Trait Schema

action.devices.traits.Toggles - This trait belongs to any devices with settings that can only exist in one of two states.

These settings can represent a physical button with an on/off or active/inactive state, a checkbox in HTML, or any other sort of specifically enabled/disabled element. If the setting has more than two states, or has a state in which neither of the binary options is selected, it is better represented as a Modes trait, which equates to multi-state dials, radio buttons (physical or HTML), or binary states that are not explicitly on/off (for example, "AM/FM" or "hot/cold").

This trait covers one or more individual toggles which users can set. In general, these toggles should be used for functionality that is unlinked from other device behavior. Linked behavior, such as turning the device itself on or off, should use more specific traits (for example, the thermostatMode in the trait TemperatureSetting).

Device ATTRIBUTES

Devices with this trait may report the following attributes as part of the SYNC operation. To learn more about handling SYNC intents, see Intent fulfillment.

Attributes	Type	Description
availableToggles	Array	Required. List of available toggles.
[item, ...]	Object	Available toggle.
name	String	Required. Internal name of the toggle, which will be used in commands and states. This can be non-user-friendly, and will be shared across all languages.
name_values	Array	Required. Synonyms of the toggle in each supported languages.
[item, ...]	Object	Synonyms of the toggle in a given language.
name_synonym	Array	Required. Synonyms of the toggle. The first string in this list is used as the canonical name of the level in that language.
[item, ...]	String	Synonym name.
lang	String	Required. Language code (ISO 639-1). See supported languages.
commandOnlyToggles	Boolean	(Default: false) Indicates if the device supports using one-way (true) or two-way (false) communication. Set this attribute to true if the device cannot respond to a QUERY intent or Report State for this trait.
queryOnlyToggles	Boolean	(Default: false) Required if the device supports query-only execution. This attribute indicates if the device can only be queried for state information, and cannot be controlled.

Examples

Device with multiple toggle.

{
  "availableToggles": [
    {
      "name": "sterilization_toggle",
      "name_values": [
        {
          "name_synonym": [
            "clean",
            "bio clean"
          ],
          "lang": "en"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "energysaving_toggle",
      "name_values": [
        {
          "name_synonym": [
            "energy saving",
            "eco"
          ],
          "lang": "en"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Device with command-only toggles.

{
  "availableToggles": [
    {
      "name": "filter_toggle",
      "name_values": [
        {
          "name_synonym": [
            "filtered",
            "filter"
          ],
          "lang": "en"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "commandOnlyToggles": true
}

Device with query-only toggles.

{
  "availableToggles": [
    {
      "name": "filter_toggle",
      "name_values": [
        {
          "name_synonym": [
            "filtered",
            "filter"
          ],
          "lang": "en"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "queryOnlyToggles": true
}

Device STATES

Devices with this trait may report the following states as part of the QUERY operation. To learn more about handling QUERY intents, see Intent fulfillment.

States	Type	Description
currentToggleSettings	Object	Required. Key/value pair with the toggle name of the device as the key, and the current state as the value.
<string>	Boolean	Current toggle state.

Examples

Is sterilization on?

{
  "currentToggleSettings": {
    "sterilization_toggle": true,
    "energysaving_toggle": false
  }
}

Device COMMANDS

Devices with this trait may respond to the following commands as part of the EXECUTE operation. To learn more about handling EXECUTE intents, see Intent fulfillment.

action.devices.commands.SetToggles

Set a given toggle state.

Parameters

Parameters	Type	Description
updateToggleSettings	Object	Required. Key/value pair with the toggle name of the device as the key, and the new state as the value.
<string>	Boolean	New toggle state

Examples

Turn on energy saving.

{
  "command": "action.devices.commands.SetToggles",
  "params": {
    "updateToggleSettings": {
      "energysaving_toggle": true
    }
  }
}

Turn off filter.

{
  "command": "action.devices.commands.SetToggles",
  "params": {
    "updateToggleSettings": {
      "filter_toggle": false
    }
  }
}

Device ERRORS

See the full list of errors and exceptions.