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Question : Lux
I was wondering should there be a LUX sensor. I have the Ecowit HP2551 weather station and it has a LUX reading on the connected display so thought it might be available in HA. It would be handy for the automated lighting in my house. Kind regards, Jason
Yeah, the sensor is called "solar_radiation". I have an HP3551, I think it's part of the anemometer, along with the UV sensor? Can't remember offhand.
Go to configuration -> devices -> find the ecowitt, and then you should be able to see all of it's sensors in one place.
Thank you for that information, I hadn't realised I could use the solar_radiation sensor in the same way as I had become so transfixed on LUX as that is what I was using on another sensor in a jam jar on the roof which recently passed away in a thunder storm.
Ha, exact same thing happened to my onewire lux sensor. Yeah, the solar_radiation one reports in W/m^2, you could probably do some math to translate that to lux with a template sensor.
I would love to have a LUX-value sensor in the integration as well. The info is available in ecowitt, so would be awesome to get the value directly as a sensor!
I would love to have a LUX-value sensor in the integration as well. The info is available in ecowitt, so would be awesome to get the value directly as a sensor!
Came to say the same! Just installed the sensor and was hoping for lux. I will look into the payload and see if it can be pulled without doing math. Maybe a PR coming.
