Generac MobileLink Binding

This binding communicates with the Generac MobileLink API and reports on the status of Generac manufactured generators, including versions resold under the brands Eaton, Honeywell and Siemens.

Supported Things

MobileLink Account

A MobileLink account bridge thing represents a user's MobileLink account and is responsible for authentication and polling for updates.

ThingTypeUID: account

Generator

A Generator thing represents an individual generator linked to an account bridge. Multiple generators are supported.

ThingTypeUID: generator

Discovery

The MobileLink account bridge must be added manually. Once added, generator things will automatically be added to the inbox.

Thing Configuration

MobileLink Account

Parameter	Description
username	The user name, typically an email address, used to login to the MobileLink service
password	The password used to login to the MobileLink service
refreshInterval	The frequency to poll for generator updates, minimum duration is 30 seconds

Channels

Generator Channels

All channels are read-only.

Channel ID	Item Type	Description
heroImageUrl	String	Hero Image URL
statusLabel	String	Status Label
statusText	String	Status Text
activationDate	DateTime	Activation Date
deviceSsid	String	Device SSID
status	Number	Status
isConnected	Switch	Is Connected
isConnecting	Switch	Is Connecting
showWarning	Switch	Show Warning
hasMaintenanceAlert	Switch	Has Maintenance Alert
lastSeen	DateTime	Last Seen
connectionTime	DateTime	Connection Time
runHours	Number:Time	Number of Hours Run
batteryVoltage	Number:ElectricPotential	Battery Voltage
hoursOfProtection	Number:Time	Number of Hours of Protection
signalStrength	Number:Dimensionless	Signal Strength

Full Example

Things

Bridge generacmobilelink:account:main "MobileLink Account" [ userName="[email protected]", password="secret",refreshInterval=60 ] {
    Thing generator 123456 "MobileLink Generator" [ generatorId="123456" ]
}

Items

String GeneratorHeroImageUrl "Hero Image URL [%s]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:heroImageUrl" }
String GeneratorStatusLabel "Status Label [%s]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:statusLabel" }
String GeneratorStatusText "Status Text [%s]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:statusText" }
DateTime GeneratorActivationDate "Activation Date [%s]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:activationDate" }
String GeneratorDeviceSsid "Device SSID [%s]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:deviceSsid" }
Number GeneratorStatus "Status [%d]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:status" }
Switch GeneratorIsConnected "Is Connected [%s]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:isConnected" }
Switch GeneratorIsConnecting "Is Connecting [%s]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:isConnecting" }
Switch GeneratorShowWarning "Show Warning [%s]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:showWarning" }
Switch GeneratorHasMaintenanceAlert "Has Maintenance Alert [%s]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:hasMaintenanceAlert" }
DateTime GeneratorLastSeen "Last Seen [%s]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:lastSeen" }
DateTime GeneratorConnectionTime "Connection Time [%s]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:connectionTime" }
Number:Time GeneratorRunHours "Number of Hours Run [%d]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:runHours" }
Number:ElectricPotential GeneratorBatteryVoltage "Battery Voltage [%d]v" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:batteryVoltage" }
Number:Time GeneratorHoursOfProtection "Number of Hours of Protection [%d]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:hoursOfProtection" }
Number:Dimensionless GeneratorSignalStrength "Signal Strength [%d]" { channel="generacmobilelink:generator:main:123456:signalStrength" }

Sitemap

sitemap generacmobilelink label="Generac MobileLink"
{
    Frame label="Generator Status" {
        Text item=GeneratorStatus
        Text item=GeneratorStatusLabel
        Text item=GeneratorStatusText
    }

    Frame label="Generator Properties" {
        Text item=GeneratorRunHours
        Text item=GeneratorHoursOfProtection
        Text item=GeneratorBatteryVoltage
        Text item=GeneratorSignalStrength
    }
}

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