This is a Custom Component for Home-Assistant (https://home-assistant.io), it can read values from and control Plugwise circles and plugs.
- Have HACS installed, this will allow you to easily manage and track updates.
- Search for 'Plugwise'.
- Click Install below the found integration.
- Configure using the configuration instuctions below.
- Restart Home-Assistant.
- Copy directory
plugwise
to your<config dir>/custom_components
directory. - It has as dependency the 'plugwise' module from PyPi, but it will be installed automatically.
- Configure with config below.
- Restart Home-Assistant.
To use this component in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml
file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
switch:
- platform: plugwise
port: /dev/ttyUSB0
circles:
CirclePlus: 000D6F000023711C
Koelkast: 000D6F00001C8F33
Configuration variables:
- port (Optional): Port used by your plugwise stick. (default = /dev/ttyUSB0)
- circles (Required): This section tells the component which mac addresses your plugs have and which device names you want to use.
If you want to graph power consumption values you can convert the attribute of the switch into a sensor using template platform like so:
# Example sensor.yaml entry
- platform: template
sensors:
circleplus_power_usage:
friendly_name: "CirclePlus Power Usage"
unit_of_measurement: 'Watt'
value_template: "{{ states.switch.circleplus.attributes.current_consumption }}"
NOTE: works in Hass.io