[P176] Handle ON and OFF values as 1 and 0

docs/source/Plugin/P176.rst

@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ The *Data* column shows the actual data as received.
 
 The *Value* column shows a factored result based on the value, as mV is not always very useful, so that's converted to V, mA to A, Wh to kWh, etc.
 
+For items that use ON and OFF (or On and Off for older firmwares) as Data, these will be available as 1 and 0 respectively, so they can be used as Values. If needed, a transformation like ``[VE.Direct#Alarm#O]`` can be used to present the value as ON/OFF for 1/0. Adding the ``C`` justification, like ``[VE.Direct#Alarm#O#C]``, will be presented as On/Off.
+
 It shows that it has received 2 packets, but as a packet only contains a part of the available data, and a next packet another part, etc. there's no fixed relation to the amount of samples, and the number of packets received. Some devices may send all data in a single packet, other devices may need 3 or even 4 packets to send all available data.
 
 Also, the number of checksum errors is shown, this counter is automatically reset after receiving 50 consecutive correct packets.

src/_P176_VE_Direct.ino

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 // #######################################################################################################
 
 /** Changelog:
+ * 2024-10-30 tonhuisman: Accept ON/On and OFF/Off as 1 and 0 numeric values, to be able to use them as Values in the device configuration
  * 2024-10-30 tonhuisman: Simplifying the code somewhat, making it more robust, partially by TD-er
  * 2024-10-29 tonhuisman: Optimize receiving and processing data, resulting in much lower load (based on suggestions by TD-er)
  *                        Removed the RX Timeout setting, as it doesn't help here, seems to slow things down.

src/src/PluginStructs/P176_data_struct.h

@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ struct P176_data_struct : public PluginTaskData_base {
 
         if (validIntFromString(_value, iValue)) {
           _numValue = iValue * _factor;
+        } else
+        if (_value.equalsIgnoreCase(F("ON"))) {  // Can be ON or On
+          _numValue = 1.0f;
+        } else
+        if (_value.equalsIgnoreCase(F("OFF"))) { // Can be OFF or Off
+          _numValue = 0.0f;
         } else {
           _isNumeric = false;
         }