Home Assistant

Melnor Raincloud Binary Sensor

To get your Melnor RainCloud binary sensors working within Home Assistant, please follow the instructions for the general Raincloud component.

Once you have enabled the Raincloud component, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
binary_sensor:
  - platform: raincloud

Configuration variables:

  • monitored_conditions array (Optional): Conditions to display in the frontend. If not specified, all conditions below will be enabled by default. The following conditions can be monitored.
    • is_watering: Return if is currently watering per zone.
    • status: Return status from the Melnor RainCloud Controller and Melnor RainCloud Faucet.