diff --git a/source/_components/device_tracker.tado.markdown b/source/_components/device_tracker.tado.markdown index a9d3101b3e9..69795adcf30 100644 --- a/source/_components/device_tracker.tado.markdown +++ b/source/_components/device_tracker.tado.markdown @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ layout: page title: "Tado" description: "Instructions how to integrate Tado into Home Assistant." -date: 2015-10-08 12:00 +date: 2017-01-17 12:00 sidebar: true comments: false sharing: true @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ The `tado` device tracker is using the [Tado Smart Thermostat](https://www.tado. This tracker uses the Tado API to determine if a mobile device is at home. -To use theTado platform in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file: +To use the Tado platform in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file: ```yaml -# Example configuration.yaml entry for SNMP version 1 +# Example configuration.yaml entry for Tado device_tracker: - platform: tado username: YOUR_USERNAME @@ -31,4 +31,7 @@ Configuration variables: - **username** (*Required*): The username for your Tado account. - **password** (*Required*): The password for your Tado account. +After configuration, your device has to be at home at least once before showing up as 'home' or 'away'. +Polling Tado API for presence information will occure at most once every 30 seconds. + See the [device tracker component page](/components/device_tracker/) for instructions how to configure the people to be tracked.