openhab-addons/bundles/org.openhab.binding.amberelectric/README.md

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# Amber Electric Binding
A binding that supports the Australian energy retailer Amber's API (<https://www.amber.com.au/>) and provides data on the current pricing for buying and selling power, as well as the current level of renewables in the NEM.
## Supported Things
- `service` Amber Electric API
## Discovery
The binding does not support auto discovery.
## Thing Configuration
As a minimum, the IP address is needed:
- `apiKey` - The API key from the 'Developer' section of <https://apps.amber.com.au>
- 'nmi' optional - the NMI for your property. Required if you have multiple properties with Amber
- 'refresh' the refresh rate for querying the API.
## Channels
| channel id | type | description |
|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| electricity-price | Number:EnergyPrice | Current price to import power from the grid
| controlled-load-price | Number:EnergyPrice | Current price to import power for Controlled Load
| feed-in-price | Number:EnergyPrice | Current price to export power to the grid
| electricity-status | String | Current price status of grid import
| controlled-load-status | String | Current price status of controlled load import
| feed-in-status | String | Current price status of Feed-In
| nem-time | String | NEM time of last pricing update
| renewables | Number:Dimensionless | Current level of renewables in the grid
| spike | Switch | Report if the grid has a current price spike
## Full Example
### `amberelectric.things`:
```java
amberelectric:service:AmberElectric [ apiKey="psk_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" ]
```
### `amberelectric.items`:
```java
Number:EnergyPrice AmberElectric_ElectricityPrice { channel="amberelectric:service:AmberElectric:electricity-price" }
Number:EnergyPrice AmberElectric_ControlledLoadPrice { channel="amberelectric:service:AmberElectric:controlled-load-price" }
Number:EnergyPrice AmberElectric_FeedInPrice { channel="amberelectric:service:AmberElectric:feed-in-price" }
String AmberElectric_ElectricityStatus { channel="amberelectric:service:AmberElectric:electricity-status" }
String AmberElectric_ControlledLoadStatus { channel="amberelectric:service:AmberElectric:controlled-load-status" }
String AmberElectric_FeedInStatus { channel="amberelectric:service:AmberElectric:feed-in-status" }
String AmberElectric_nemtime { channel="amberelectric:service:AmberElectric:nem-time" }
Number AmberElectric_Renewables { channel="amberelectric:service:AmberElectric:renewables" }
Switch AmberElectric_Spike { channel="amberelectric:service:AmberElectric:spike" }
```
### `amberelectric.sitemap`:
```perl
Text item=AmberElectric_ElectricityPrice label="Electricity Price"
Text item=AmberElectric_ControlledLoadPrice label="Controlled Load Price"
Text item=AmberElectric_FeedInPrice label="Feed-In Price"
Text item=AmberElectric_ElectricityStatus label="Electricity Price Status"
Text item=AmberElectric_ControlledLoadStatus label="Controlled Load Price Status"
Text item=AmberElectric_FeedInStatus label="Feed-In Price Status"
Text item=AmberElectric_nemtime label="Current time of NEM pricing"
Text item=AmberElectric_Renewables label="Renewables Level"
Switch item=AmberElectric_Spike label="Spike Status"
```