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TellStick

The tellstick integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] integrates TellStick devices into Home Assistant. This integration allows users to add switches, lights, and sensors which are communicating with 433 MHz. There are a number of vendors (Capidi Elro, Intertechno, Nexa, Proove, Sartano, and Viking) who are selling products that work with TellStick. For more details, please check the TellStick protocol list.

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

Configuration

To get started, add the integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] 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
tellstick:

There is a TellStick add-on available in the Home Assistant add-on store.

# Example configuration.yaml entry with the TellStick add-on
tellstick:
  host: core-tellstick
  port: [50800, 50801]

Configuration Variables

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signal_repetitions integer (Optional, default: 1)

Because the TellStick sends its actions via radio and from most receivers it’s impossible to know if the signal was received or not. Therefore you can configure the switch and light to try to send each signal repeatedly.

host string (Inclusive)

If you run TellStick on another server or with the Home Assistant add-on.

port list (Inclusive)

Needed with the host configuration variable. Must be port pair, for example [50800, 50801].

Cover

This tellstick cover platform allows you to control your TellStick covers.

To use your TellStick device, you first have to set up your Tellstick hub and then 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: tellstick

Light

This tellstick light platform allows you to control your TellStick dimmers.

To use your TellStick device, you first have to set up your Tellstick hub and then 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: tellstick

Sensor

The tellstick sensor platform allows you to get current meteorological data from a TellStick device.

To use your TellStick device, you first have to set up your Tellstick hub and then 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
sensor:
  - platform: tellstick

Configuration Variables

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sensor string (Optional)

Entry for a sensor with the ID and its name, e.g., ID: Name.

only_named list (Optional, default: false)

Only add and include specified sensors. If this is not specified all sensors will be imported and the names will be based on each sensor’s ID number.

id integer Required

The ID-number of the sensor to include.

name string Required

Specify the name of the selected sensor.

protocol string (Optional)

The protocol that the sensor uses. Can be used if id isn’t unique enough.

model string (Optional)

The model that the sensor uses. Can be used if id and protocol isn’t unique enough.

temperature_scale string (Optional, default: °C)

The scale of the temperature value.

datatype_mask integer (Optional, default: 127)

Mask to determine which sensor values to show based on. Please check the TellCore tellcore.constants documentation for details.

Examples

In this section you find some real-life examples of how to use this sensor.

Full configuration 

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: tellstick
    temperature_scale: "°C"
    datatype_mask: 1
    only_named:
      - id: 135
        name: Outside
      - id: 21
        name: Inside
        protocol: mandolyn
      - id: 44
        name: In between
        protocol: fineoffset
        model: temperaturehumidity

Switch

This tellstick switch platform allows you to control TellStick devices.

To use your TellStick device, you first have to set up your Tellstick hub and then 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: tellstick

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