#Smart meter

Home Automation: Think Before You Connect Your Home

Home Assistant? What Is This Thing?

I wanted to retrieve data from my electricity meter and a smart plug. A few clicks later, Home Assistant had discovered part of my house and I was starting to wonder what else I could integrate into it. Energy, solar panels, lighting, cars, Zigbee... what started as a simple test is slowly beginning to raise a lot of new questions.

A Smart Meter, a P1 Port and a Few Misadventures

What should have been a routine meter replacement turned into a first exploration of the P1 port, local access to energy data and the possibilities offered by a few connected devices. With, naturally, a couple of misadventures along the way — and a certain Home Assistant eventually making an appearance.