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Shelly EM Power Meter

This power meter is designed get power consumption directly from Shelly EM sensor.

To use this package, add the following lines to your configuration file:

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packages:
  power_meter:
    url: https://github.com/XavierBerger/Solar-Router-for-ESPHome/
    file: solar_router/power_meter_shelly_em.yaml
    vars:
      power_meter_ip_address: "192.168.1.21"
      emeter_index: "0"

This package needs to know the IP address of the inverter. This IP address has to be defined by power_meter_ip_address and emeter_index into vars section as show upper.

HTTP Authentication Header

This power meter allow to define HTTP Authentication Header with the variable power_meter_auth_header. This variable can be set in vars section.

This package is activated/deactivated with the variable power_meter_activated. By default, a power meter is deactivated at startup. The activation switch in home assistant determines if the power meter should be started or not.

This power meter can be use in a proxy (a Solar Router only using a power meter). If this power meter is used in a proxy, it is required to activate it at startup by setting power_meter_activated_at_start to 1 in your yaml in the vars section defining the power meter configuration :

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power_meter_activated_at_start: "1"

Network dependency

This power meter require the network to gather information about energy exchanged with the grid.