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I bought a Valena Life Starter Kit and Valena Life Power Outlet. After pairing with Homekit i see that outlets always in use when outlet has no appliance in HomeKit, but Home+ displays correct state.

I tried to debug that behaviour and found that public.hap.characteristic.outlet-in-use characteristic is always true for both outlets. It seems to be incorrect regarding “HomeKit Accessory Protocol Specification”. Quote from specification:

This characteristic describes if the power outlet has an appliance e.g., a floor lamp, physically plugged in.

Hello,

Thanks for the feedback. I forwarded your message to the teams and I’ll warn you as soon as I know more

Have a good day,

Leslie – Community Manager