OpenEVSE Sensor
This openevse
sensor platform pulls data from an OpenEVSE Charging station equipped with an ESP8266-based wifi connection.
To enable this sensor in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml
file:
# Example configuration.yml entry
sensor:
- platform: openevse
host: IP_ADDRESS
monitored_variables:
- status
Configuration variables:
- host (Required): The IP address or hostname of your charger
- monitored_variables array (Required): Conditions to display on the frontend.
- status: The status of the charger (i.e., “Connected”, “Charging”, etc.)
- charge_time: The number of minutes the charging has been charging, or 0 if it is not charging.
- rtc_temp: The temperature reported by the real time clock sensor, or 0 if the sensor is not installed.
- ir_temp: The temperature reported by the IR remote sensor, or 0 if the sensor is not installed.
- ambient_temp: The temperature reported by the ambient sensor, or 0 if the sensor is not installed.
- usage_session: The energy usage for the current charging session.
- usage_total: The total energy usage for the device.