SCSGate

The SCSGate integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] support the SCSGate device. This a home-brew device allows to interact with the MyHome system from BTicino/Legrande.

There is currently support for the following device types within Home Assistant:

To enable SCSGate 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. The integration is now shown on the integrations page under Settings > Devices & services. Its entities are listed on the integration card itself and on the Entities tab.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
scsgate:
  device: PATH_TO_DEVICE

Configuration Variables

device string Required

The path to your device, e.g., /dev/ttyACM0.

How to find the scs_id for your devices

The SCSGate integration relies on the scsgate Python module.

This module provides also a command line tool called scs-monitor. This program can be used to find the IDs of your lights, switches and roller shutters and produce the YAML snippet to insert into 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.

For more information checkout this section of scsgate’s documentation.

Cover

The SCSGate devices can control motorized covers connected to the BTicino MyHome system.

To enable SCSGate covers 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:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
cover:
  - platform: scsgate
    devices:
      living_room:
        name: Living Room
        scs_id: XXXXX

Configuration Variables

devices list Required

A list of devices.

slug list Required

Slug of the device.

name string Required

Name to use in the frontend.

scs_id string Required

The ID of your SCSGate device.

Note

Known limitation: It is not possible to know the current state of the cover.

Light

The SCSGate device can control lights of the BTicino MyHome system.

To enable SCSGate lights 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:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
light:
  - platform: scsgate
    devices:
      living_room:
        name: Living Room
        scs_id: XXXXX

Configuration Variables

devices list Required

A list of devices with their name to use in the frontend.

Switch

The SCSGate device can control switches of the BTicino MyHome system.

To enable SCSGate switches 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:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
switch:
  - platform: scsgate
    devices:
      living_room:
        scs_id: XXXXX

Configuration Variables

devices list Required

A list of devices with their name to use in the frontend.