🚀 Virtual v0.10.0-alpha.2 — Media Player, Climate, Alarm Panel, Button, Select, and Text Platform Expansion

⚠️ Alpha Release & Community Testing Notice

Virtual v0.10 is an active alpha pre-release.

If you encounter any bugs, regressions, or configuration issues, please open a GitHub issue with your configuration snippet and debug logs.

(Legacy v0.9 documentation is archived in README_v9.md).

🌟 What's New in v0.10.0-alpha.2

1. Six New Virtual Platforms

Expanded the virtual device platform lineup from 10 to 16 supported platforms:

1. media_player (MediaPlayerEntity):
   • Virtual TVs, speakers, and receivers for testing dashboard media cards, automations, and silent TTS / announcement playback.
   • Supports play/pause/stop, volume slider (0.0–1.0), mute toggle, input source selection, sound mode selection, and play_media.
2. climate (ClimateEntity):
   • Virtual thermostat and HVAC units supporting target setpoints, presets, and fan modes.
   • Dynamic hvac_action calculation (heating, cooling, idle, off) automatically computed from ambient temperature vs. setpoint.
   • Controllable via native climate.set_temperature, climate.set_hvac_mode, climate.set_preset_mode, climate.set_fan_mode.
   • Custom virtual.set_current_temperature service for simulating ambient room temperature drops/rises in automations.
3. alarm_control_panel (AlarmControlPanelEntity):
   • Virtual security alarm panel with configurable PIN codes (code), arming exit delays (arming_time), and trigger entry delays (trigger_time).
   • Supports states: disarmed, armed_home, armed_away, armed_night, armed_vacation, arming, pending, and triggered.
   • Controllable via native services: alarm_arm_home, alarm_arm_away, alarm_arm_night, alarm_arm_vacation, alarm_disarm, and alarm_trigger.
4. button (ButtonEntity):
   • Push-button entities to trigger automations and actions.
   • Supports standard device classes (identify, restart, update).
   • Fires a virtual_button_pressed event on the Home Assistant event bus with entity_id and name when pressed.
   • Controllable via the native button.press service.
5. select (SelectEntity):
   • Multi-option dropdown selectors.
   • Configure custom option lists (options: ["Home", "Away", "Night", "Vacation"]).
   • Remembers current option across restarts with persistent: true.
   • Controllable via the native select.select_option, select.select_first, select.select_last, and select.select_next services.
6. text (TextEntity):
   • Text input entities with customizable string constraints.
   • Supports min and max character limits.
   • Supports input display modes (text or password).
   • Supports optional regex validation pattern (pattern).
   • Controllable via the native text.set_value service.

2. Virtual Device Editor Updates

• Added media_player, climate, alarm_control_panel, button, select, and text platform support to the Visual Device Editor.
• Added new preset templates:
  • Smart Television: Virtual TV with volume controls and selectable HDMI/App sources.
  • Media Speaker: Virtual speaker for audio and silent TTS testing.
  • Smart Thermostat: Climate entity with target & ambient temps, heat/cool/auto modes, and presets.
  • Security Alarm Panel: Alarm panel with PIN code 1234 and 10s entry/exit delays.
  • Mode Selector: Preset dropdown with Home, Away, Night, Vacation.
  • Action Button: Push-button configured to trigger automations.
  • Text Input: Configurable text message field.
• Added options string inputs, text constraints, and alarm PIN/delay fields directly in entity cards.