Extract vera switch energy attributes into sensors

This issue is for the switch platform of the vera integration.

The switch integration has embedded sensors for energy usage. This is no longer the preferred approach. Integrations using this approach should turn this data into standalone sensors.

This is important because Home Assistant is going to introduce home energy management (HEM) in 2021.8. HEM will be able to consume the data if it is exposed as standalone sensors.

To make sure that the sensors that represent total kWh is usable for HEM, set state_class to STATE_CLASS_TOTAL_INCREASING. See sensor documentation for more information.

Link to the architecture discussion.

[riclun80]

You can create rest sensors in your configuration for the time being. Just did it myself so don’t know if it’s optimal. Had it already for other sensors that have worked well!

sensor:
  - platform: rest
    name: "ender_kwh"
    resource: http://IP_OF_VERA:3480/data_request?id=variableget&DeviceNum=YOUR_DEVICE_NUMBER&serviceId=urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:EnergyMetering1&Variable=KWH
    method: GET
    unit_of_measurement: kWh
    device_class: energy
    state_class: total_increasing

[Abruzzi04]

Então essa conversa ficou um pouco fora do assunto. Você poderia usar os fóruns da comunidade para conversas gerais e suporte? Obrigado👍

you’re right. I apologize