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In KNX integration documentation, the response_to_read concept is misleading. The following section appears several time in the documentation page:

respond_to_read boolean (Optional, default: true)
Respond to GroupValueRead telegrams received to the configured address.

The response_to_read configuration variable indicates to the KNX integration entity that it needs to response to a GroupValueRead read request on the GroupAddress address. The intent is to have a way to preserve states in HA in case of HA acting as state provider rather than controlling a stateful Knx actuator.
But the documentation can be misunderstood in two different other ways:

• it can be understood that one device will answer to a GroupValueRead read request on the GroupAddress address.
• Some users on the forums have assumed that it was sent to state_address instead address.

Proposal is to modify the documentation as follow:

respond_to_read boolean (Optional, default: true)
If True, the KNX integration Entity will respond to GroupValueRead telegrams received to the configured address.

URL

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/knx/

Version

2025.5.3

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