I make use of a Panasonic Airco (Pansonic climate control via Hacs) I can see the current and daily use of energy. However i have no idea how i can use this to monitor the energy use in the HA energy panel.
Do you maybe also know if “Home Connect” has the option to integrate in HA Energy?
The induction plate shows the used energy at end of the cook process, but nothing to see in HA
I have just set up my Induction Hob on Home Connect and integrated that into HA solely for the purpose of finding out the energy used. Externally measuring the electrical energy supplied to the hob is difficult because of the low power factor (it is an inductive load!) and undesirable because it is a very high load. I want to capture and integrate the values displayed as kWh on the device at the end of a cooking event but that doesn’t feature in HA or in the app. I haven’t tried to find if it is being sent from the hob to Home Connect yet. If not it may be possible to get some kind of calculated value from the power level and the power switch duration.
You’re right. Back to the drawing board. I will try writing to the developers too.
“What is the process for suggesting/requesting extensions to the home Connect API? I am specifically interested in getting the energy consumption data that is used to create the kWh displayed locally on the hob made available in the API. Given the very high power requirements for induction hobs, this information is important to consumers who have Battery power systems installed and want to manage demand. This would be a logical extension to the functions that allow devices to be switched on when Solar PV is available.”