Sensor configuration

For each entity you want to create a virtual power sensor for you’ll need to add an entry in configuration.yaml or use the GUI config flow. Below you’ll find a listing of possible configuration parameters for each sensor. Not all configuration params listed below are available in the GUI, when you want to use the “advanced” options you need to use YAML configuration.

Note

When you define an option per sensor it will override any Global configuration option

Name	Type	Requirement	Description	GUI
entity_id	string	Required	HA entity ID. The id of the device you want your power sensor for	X
unique_id	string	Optional	Powercalc tries to get a unique_id from the source entity by default. When the source entity does not have a unique_id you can configure one yourself. This allows you to change the name, area etc from the GUI. You can use for example https://www.uuidgenerator.net/ to generate a unique one	X
manufacturer	string	Optional	Manufacturer, most of the time this can be automatically discovered	X
model	string	Optional	Model id, most of the time this can be automatically discovered	X
standby_power	float	Optional	Supply the wattage when the device is off. See Standby power. Can also be a template	X
sleep_power	object	Optional	Changes the power to some value x seconds after the device has turned off. See Standby power.
unavailable_power	float	Optional	Supply the wattage when the device has unavailable state. When not specified standby_power will be used, or 0.	X
disable_standby_power	boolean	Optional	Set to true to not show any power consumption when the device is standby
name	string	Optional	Override the name	X
create_energy_sensor	boolean	Optional	Set to disable/enable energy sensor creation. When set this will override global setting create_energy_sensors	X
create_utility_meters	boolean	Optional	Set to disable/enable utility meter creation. When set this will override global setting create_utility_meters. See /utility-meter	X
utility_meter_types	list	Optional	Define which cycles you want to create utility meters for. See utility_cycle. This will override global setting utility_meter_types
utility_meter_offset	string	Optional	Define the offset for utility meters. See utility_offset.
utility_meter_tariffs	list	Optional	Define different tariffs. See utility_tariffs.	x
custom_model_directory	string	Optional	Directory for a custom light model. Relative from the config directory
power_sensor_category	string	Optional	Category for the created power sensor. See HA docs.
power_sensor_naming	string	Optional	Change the name (and id) of the sensors. Use the {} placeholder for the entity name of your appliance. When set this will override global setting power_sensor_naming. Also see /naming.
energy_sensor_category	string	Optional	Category for the created energy sensor. See HA docs.
energy_sensor_naming	string	Optional	Change the name (and id) of the sensors. Use the {} placeholder for the entity name of your appliance. When set this will override global setting energy_sensor_naming. Also see /naming.
energy_integration_method	string	Optional	Integration method for the energy sensor. See HA docs
energy_sensor_unit_prefix	string	Optional	Unit prefix for the energy sensor. See HA docs. Set to none for to create a Wh sensor
mode	string	Optional	Calculation mode, one of lut, linear, fixed. The default mode is lut	X
multiply_factor	float	Optional	Multiplies the calculated power by this number. See Multiply Factor	X
multiply_factor_standby	boolean	Optional	When set to true the multiply_factor will also be applied to the standby power
fixed	object	Optional	Fixed strategy options	X
linear	object	Optional	Linear strategy options	X
wled	object	Optional	WLED strategy options	X
entities	list	Optional	Makes it possible to add multiple entities at once in one powercalc entry. Also enable possibility to create group sensors automatically. See /group
create_group	string	Optional	This setting is only applicable when you also use entities setting or include. Define a group name here. See /group
hide_members	boolean	Optional	Hide all group members in HA GUI, only applicable when create_group is also defined.	X
include	object	Optional	Use this in combination with create_group to automatically include entities from a certain area, group or template. See /include-entities
power_sensor_id	string	Optional	Entity id of an existing power sensor. This can be used to let powercalc create energy sensors and utility meters. This will create no virtual power sensor.
force_energy_sensor_creation	boolean	Optional	Set this to true when you want a new energy sensor to be created for the power sensor with power_sensor_id, even if the device already has an energy sensor entity of its own.
force_calculate_group_energy	boolean	Optional	Set this to true when you want to create a Riemann sum sensor for powercalc group. By default the group energy sensor sums all individual energy sensors from member entities.
energy_sensor_id	string	Optional	Entity id of an existing energy sensor. Mostly used in conjunction with power_sensor_id.
ignore_unavailable_state	boolean	Optional	Set this to true when you want the power sensor to display a value (unavailable_power, standby_power or 0) regardless of whether the source entity is available. The can be useful for example on a TV which state can become unavailable when it is set to off.	X
calculation_enabled_condition	template	Optional	The configured power calculation strategy will only be executed when this template results in True, otherwise the power sensor will display 0	X