Glowforge?

Has anyone tried to use HA to monitor and/or control a Glowforge laser cutter? A friend has one and would like more robust notifications than their app provides, and I’m wondering if it can be made to run through HA…

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I have a Sonoff S31 plugged into mine to monitor the power usage. I have automations setup to assign 3 statuses based on a power output threshold:

  1. Off … < 10 watts
  2. Idle … 10 - 50 watts
  3. Running … > 150

When the Glowforge returns to Idle after Running Alexa announces “The Glowforge is complete!” and a notification is sent to my phone.


P.S. I used ESPHome to customize my S31 so it would act as a passive monitor, and could not be accidentally be turned off (this was a requirement to get the wife to accept it).

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