Powerfox
The Powerfox integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] allows you to gather data from your Poweropti
Powerfox
Configuration
To add the Powerfox integration to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:
Powerfox can be auto-discovered by Home Assistant. If an instance was found, it will be shown as Discovered. You can then set it up right away.
If it wasn’t discovered automatically, don’t worry! You can set up a manual integration entry:
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Browse to your Home Assistant instance.
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In the bottom right corner, select the
Add Integration button. -
From the list, select Powerfox.
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Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.
Configuration parameters
Poweropti devices
Not all Poweropti devices are supported currently. Check the list below to see if your device is working with this integration. Create a feature request if your device is not supported yet.
| Device | Type | Supported |
|---|---|---|
| PA 201901 / PA 201902 | Power meter | Yes |
| PB 202001 | Power meter | Yes |
| WA 201902 | Water meter | Yes |
| Powerfox FLOW | Gas meter | No |
| HA 201902 | Heat meter | Yes |
Data updates
The integration will update its information by polling Powerfox every 10 seconds. This ensures the data in Home Assistant is up to date.
Actions
This integration does not provide additional actions.
Examples
Get alerted when power usage spikes
Use this automation to keep an eye on sudden peaks in your electricity usage. When the Powerfox sensor reports more than 4 kW for two minutes, Home Assistant sends a notification so you can react quickly (for example by switching off large loads).
Example YAML automation
alias: "Powerfox high usage alert"
description: "Notify me when the Powerfox meter reports sustained high power draw."
triggers:
- trigger: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.poweropti_power
above: 4000
for:
minutes: 2
actions:
- action: notify.mobile_app_phone
data:
title: "High consumption detected"
message: "Powerfox currently reports {{ states('sensor.poweropti_power') }} W."
Replace the threshold value, and the notify target with the entities that exist in your installation.
Supported functionality
The Powerfox platform mainly provides sensors that you can use in your energy dashboard.
Power meter
It will create the following sensors:
- Power (W): Active power that is measured.
- Energy usage (kWh): How much energy is used since the installation.
- Energy usage - low tariff (kWh): Energy usage on the low tariff.
- Energy usage - high tariff (kWh): Energy usage on the high tariff.
- Energy returned (kWh): Energy returned to the grid.
The energy tariff sensors are only available if your Poweropti device supports it.
Water meter
It will create the following sensors:
- Cold water (m³): How much cold water is used.
- Warm water (m³): How much warm water is used.
Heat meter
It will create the following sensors:
- Total energy (kWh): How much energy is used.
- Delta energy (kWh): How much energy is used since the last update.
- Total volume (m³): How much water is used.
- Delta volume (m³): How much water is used since the last update.
Troubleshooting
Cost sensors stay at zero
Powerfox only publishes currency fields when a tariffs are configured in their app. Set the tariff inside the Powerfox app, then wait for the next report; the Home Assistant sensors will populate once the API exposes those fields.
Removing the integration
This integration follows standard integration removal. No extra steps are required.
To remove an integration instance from Home Assistant
- Go to Settings > Devices & services and select the integration card.
- From the list of devices, select the integration instance you want to remove.
- Next to the entry, select the three dots
menu. Then, select Delete.