I am looking to integrate JVA Electric Fence energizer (energiser) into home assistant so I can, monitor and control.
I have the energizer and set up the app, all good, now to work out what it is doing.
I have reached out to the company to see if they have an API… no reply as yet.
So my question is where do I start ?
Do I start sniffing my network to see what communications are going back and forth?
Any advice
A quick Google search revealed that they do have an API. It is called the “JVA Perimeter Patrol API”. Unfortunately I could not find the specification online.
A lot of companies are on holiday early in the new year, you may just have to wait for a response. Or try asking the distributor that you bought it from to get you a copy of the API spec.
EDIT: looks like the API is only available if you purchase a PRO version of their software.
Start sniffing traffic.
Did you get anywhere with this? I see the Gateway module runs on ESP8266 so it is clearly not resource intensive with their web calls.
From my own digging around, it appears that the Perimeter Patrol software only works with Z series energisers, not the IP range.
But happy to be proved wrong if someone has this up and working.