HomeAssistant Integration

[icemansid]

I currently have this system and have been using it since its inception. Love it. Is there any chance there is a way it can be integrated into HomeAssistant to get power readings there? Not just influx data but add it as a HomeAssistant sensor.

[David00]

Hey @icemansid, awesome!

So I'm not too familiar with Home Assistant (never personally deployed one myself), but I have gotten this question a few times. There's a script made by someone else to get data from this project into HA. I can't personally vouch for it, but check it out and let me know what you think!
https://github.com/heytensai/rpi-power-monitor-mqtt

I'm open to exploring HA in more detail though and possibly bringing native support for HA into the project.

[icemansid]

Man that was super fast! Thanks for the quick reply and script. MQTT is really the "answer" as MQTT is pretty common in Home Assistant. Highly recommend trying it out.

[David00]

There have been a couple more new community contributions that can get you up and running with Home Assistant. Here is an updated list containing all the options (including the one mentioned above).

• General MQTT export script, by @heytensai
• Full guide by @emersonsc
• MQTT plugin for this project, by @jmadden91 (this plugin will be listed on the plugins page in the documentation, once I can get a completed README template from the author)