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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 devices, by using their cloud API and fetch the data in Home Assistant.

Powerfox is a German company that provides smart meters (Poweropti) for reading electricity, water, gas, and heat. They have their own cloud platform where you can monitor the usage of your devices and get insights into your energy consumption.

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.

Manual configuration steps

If it wasn’t discovered automatically, don’t worry! You can set up a manual integration entry:

  • Browse to your Home Assistant instance.

  • Go to Settings > Devices & Services.

  • In the bottom right corner, select the Add Integration button.

  • From the list, select Powerfox.

  • Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.

Configuration parameters

Email

The email address of your Powerfox account.

Password

The password of your Powerfox account.

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 Not tested
WA 201902 Water meter Yes
Powerfox FLOW Gas meter No
HA 201902 Heat meter No

Data updates

The integration will update its information by polling Powerfox every minute. This ensures the data in Home Assistant is up to date.

Actions

This integration does not provide additional actions.

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.

Note

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.

Troubleshooting

There are no commonly known issues with this integration.

Remove integration

This integration follows standard integration removal. No extra steps are required.

To remove an integration instance from Home Assistant

  1. Go to Settings > Devices & services and select the integration card.
  2. From the list of devices, select the integration instance you want to remove.
  3. Next to the entry, select the three-dot menu. Then, select Delete.