Tibber lightsensor is a plugin for Homebridge which makes it possible to see your real time power consumption from Tibber in iOS/Homekit without the need to install a third party app!
💡 The plugin fetches the current watt usage from your Tibber Pulse and displays it as a lightsensor (lux) in Homekit. Using a built in timer, it can update the Home app UI with a new value as often as you'd like. For instance 10 Watt from Tibber API is displayed as 10 lux in Home app.
❤️ This wouldn't be possible without Tibber and their great open API.
You need to have a Tibber Pulse. You can buy them from their online store:
You will also need two API tokens from Tibber. One personal token, and your house id. Get them at:
This plugin is published on npm and can be installed through Config UI X / Plugins.
If you're running an old version of homebrdige or don't have Config UI X installed, you can install it manually using:
npm install -g homebridge-tibber-lightsensor
You need to create API tokens in Tibbers developer portal. Go to https://developer.tibber.com/ using your Tibber account and Generate an Access Token. You then need to go to API Explorer https://developer.tibber.com/explorer, load your personal token and get your unique house ID under Real time subscription.
You can now add these values to your homebridge config.json like the example below:
{
"bridge": {
"name": "Homebridge",
"username": "B1:12:EF:70:12:42",
"port": 50611,
"pin": "012-34-123"
},
"accessories": [
{
"accessory": "TibberLightSensor",
"name": "Tibber consumption (Watt)",
"pullInterval": "1000",
"apiToken": "ad3ef1ffLvGbgLAbT1Yc12CaoBkLGoL0LFaHAZiAYiA",
"apiHomeId": "2ff12a12-3ff1-122d-12f1-f111f1212f8e"
}
],
...
The pullInterval is how often the lightsensor should be updated with a new value in ms. In our example above it is set to 1 second (1000 ms).
Restart homebridge, and you should now see a lightsensor accessory in one of your rooms displaying real time data from Tibber.