Buttons in HomeKit?

[uspino2]

For every one of my appliances (Hood, Dishwasher and Cooktop), I get 2 tiles: a switch (with the accessories inside that I can show as separate tiles) and a button (that is also inside the switch). All buttons have unconfigured actions (1 for the hood, 2 for the dishwasher, 3 for the cooktop). I don't get what these are for...? If I just want an on/off switch + light control for each appliance, can I hide them all?

Thanks!

[thoukydides]

Have you tried looking at the documentation?

From the README:

• Hood:
  • Automation trigger for finished.
• Dishwasher:
  • Automation triggers for finished and aborted.
• Hob:
  • Automation triggers for finished, timer finished, and preheat finished.

and from the Wiki HomeKit-Mapping:

Stateless Programmable Switch Services for Events

Most appliance types can generate events, e.g. indicating when a program has finished, when a Freezer/Refrigerator door has been left open, or when a CoffeeMaker drip tray is full. This plugin creates a Stateless Programmable Switch service for each possible event (plus a single Service Label service) so that they can be used to trigger HomeKit automations.

Apple's Home app only shows numeric labels for these services instead of their names. This makes it difficult to construct HomeKit automations from these triggers. See the recommended HomeKit Apps that should be used instead.

Some of the better HomeKit apps (such as Matthias Hochgatterer's Home+) allow you to customise which services and characteristics are displayed. If you aren’t using one of those then you would need to modify this plugin if you don’t want those services to appear.

[thoukydides]

v0.32.0 provides per-appliance configuration options to remove the Stateless Programmable Switch services for appliance events (as well as selectively enabling the Switch services for appliance mode settings and the Door services for the appliance door status).