Dumb Washing Machine Integration (HA Washdata)

arasmus · February 1, 2026, 6:43pm

Thanks for the new update! It (the release notes, at least ) looks great!

PMK · February 3, 2026, 12:41pm

Hi, today i’ve updated to 0.4.0, and while everything was perfect with previous versions, this one seems to not recognize the end of a cycle. Using it with a washing machine, and as you suggested, cleared all previous wash cycles, and started fresh. I turned off the washing machine completelly, still says its “unknown” and “detecting”.
Tried restarting the integration, didn’t help

sebcbien · February 9, 2026, 1:27pm

Hi everyone,

First of all, thank you for this integration! It’s a game-changer for making older appliances feel “smart.”

I would love to request a feature: the ability to trigger voice notifications (TTS) directly within the integration settings. While smartphone notifications are great, I find it much more useful to have a voice announcement in the house so I don’t need to check my phone to know the cycle is finished.

For context, I currently use a custom script for my dishwasher to achieve this on my Sonos speakers. It looks like this:

actions:
  - data:
      entity_id: media_player.living_room
      message: Attention: Cycle lave vaisselle terminé.
      volume_level: 0.55
      min_wait: 3
    action: script.tts_on_sonos_talvish

It would be amazing if we could configure a “TTS Action” or “Voice Message” field directly in the HA Washdata setup so that the announcement happens automatically when the state changes to Finished.

Is this something you would consider adding?
Thanks for the great work!

arasmus · February 9, 2026, 5:23pm

I think you already have what you need.

The integration (which I love!) requires a power monitor. Even before this integration, I taught HA how to monitor the washer & dryer and notify when they were done.

Hurde · February 17, 2026, 9:59am

I installed ha_washdata today on my Home Assistant (running HAOS on a VM on Unraid). I added two profiles manually and after that I recorded a manual cycle.

However, no image was displayed for after the cycle was marked as completed. The popup showed a broken image icon and when I opened the image URL, it displays 404 Not Found.

Going to profile statistics, I see the same issue:

joaopedros2 · February 18, 2026, 12:36pm

Hi! Excellent integration, I’m testing it now.

I noticed that there isn’t any entity (at least I couldn’t find one) that shows the total energy consumption in ‘kWh’.

It would be useful to track costs over the machine’s lifetime and also to monitor prices per wash cycle.

I have a flow that I created in Node-RED that returns the cost based on the total consumption per cycle.

It would be enough to have that sensor to then do the rest.

P6Dave · February 22, 2026, 4:06pm

I’ve had this installed for a few weeks but only really just starting to try using it.

I put a wash on and left the cycle program as ‘auto-detect’.

I now have:
sensor.washing_machine_program state = detecting
binary_sensor.washing_machine_running state = on
sensor.washing_machine_state state = running

In Diagnostics I have “Suggested Settings: 4 Pending” with the following attributes:

suggestions: 
watchdog_interval:
  value: 338
  reason: Based on observed update cadence (p95=33.8s) * 10 (min 30s buffer).
  updated: '2026-02-22T15:56:19.954646+00:00'
no_update_active_timeout:
  value: 676
  reason: Based on observed update cadence (p95=33.8s) * 20 (min 60s).
  updated: '2026-02-22T15:56:19.954666+00:00'
off_delay:
  value: 169
  reason: Based on observed update cadence (p95=33.8s) * 5 (min 60s).
  updated: '2026-02-22T15:56:19.954676+00:00'
profile_match_interval:
  value: 330
  reason: Based on observed update cadence (median=33.0s) * 10.
  updated: '2026-02-22T15:56:19.954685+00:00'

How do I turn these into wash profiles?

EDIT

Okay, after a bit more reading of the docs and this thread I think I’ve figured this out now. The game changer for us is discovering that I can automate a manual recording of a cycle, because at this time of year we do all our washing overnight when the electricity is cheapest.

monaco · March 7, 2026, 7:38pm

What cards do you suggest for usage?

monaco · March 9, 2026, 7:15am

Can you please explain a bit more? I am also confused about this “Suggested settings”.

schumi2004 · April 12, 2026, 8:49pm

Started playing with this integration this weekend and getting mixed results. I’m not 100% convinced that it’s accurate so I thought to give the suggested zigbee2mqtt settings a go.

" Tips for Zigbee2MQTT (Z2M) users

If you are using Zigbee2MQTT with smart plugs, ensure your device reporting is responsive enough for accurate matching:

Reporting Intervals: Decrease the reporting intervals in Z2M (e.g., Min: 1s-10s, Max: 1200s).
Power Threshold: Decrease the minimum updating threshold (e.g., from 5W to 1W or 2W) to ensure small power changes are captured promptly.
Note: These changes may slightly increase Zigbee network traffic."

I’m trying but it’s not as simple as it is described so who can help me out on this?

Currently I have this as it seemed to be the most logical settings but is it correct?

stban1983 · April 14, 2026, 2:35pm

Having again this behavior. Any idea ?

Machaeon · April 22, 2026, 11:32am

Thanks for the great integration! Is it possible to add an “Iron” device type? It would be useful for detecting a forgotten iron’s power pattern.

rudiklein · May 6, 2026, 4:59pm

What device type is the smart plug? Ikea by any chance?

rudiklein · May 6, 2026, 6:08pm

Question:
I have a Daikin heat pump boiler, which is partially heated by the heat pump and partially by a classic coil, depending on the heat need at that moment.

What device type or settings should I use to properly setup that boiler?

Rudi

stban1983 · May 7, 2026, 12:44pm

A fibaro Zwave: FGWPE/F-101

rudiklein · May 8, 2026, 3:08pm

Sorry, that's above my pay-grade.

mwiththeat · May 10, 2026, 10:28pm

I'd love to be able to track costs of the sessions exposed by the plugin