ELV PCA


The pca switch integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] allows you to control the state of your ELV PCA 301 smart switch. You need an 868 MHz interface like the JeeLink flashed with the pca-hex firmware.

Configuration

To use your PCA 301 switch or socket in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file. After changing the configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes. To view the changes, go to Settings > Devices & services > Entities.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
elv:
  device: SERIAL_PORT

This integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] will add all PCA 301 switches which are in range. You can read the total used energy in kWh and the current power in Watt.

Configuration Variables

device string Required

The path to you serial console. Get it via: ls /dev/tty*.

name string (Optional)

Default name for the plugs.