Got it to work, finally...
problem as I see it was with the example plugin I used as template, its the extended framework. while I used the Legacy commands.
For now no more help needed.

below the first working version:
# plugin to control beok thermostat
# very rough draft, new to phyton and ...

Hi, while creating a plugin for controlling a beok thermostat through broadlink protocol i run into problems trying to control the thermostat.
done so far:
1) create plugin
2) define hardware, this then creates the setpoint thermostat and temperature devices
3) on heartbeat poll the beok thermostat ...

that does the trick,
thanks

Hi,
While trying to create a python plugin for a beok thermostat using broadlink, the plugin generates an error while domoticz starts up.
this is the error:

[2022-10-15 22:03:47.649 Error: Beokeroni: (Beok) failed to load 'plugin.py', Python Path used was '/home/pi/domoticz/plugins/Beok305F/:/usr ...