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The rflink component supports devices that use RFLink gateway firmware, for example the Nodo RFLink Gateway. RFLink gateway is an Arduino firmware that allows two-way communication with a multitude of RF wireless devices using cheap hardware (Arduino + transceiver).

First, you have to set up your RFLink hub.

After configuring the RFLink hub, sensors will be automatically discovered and added.

RFLink sensor ID's are composed of: protocol, id and type (optional). For example: alectov1_0334_temp. Some sensors emit multiple types of data. Each will be created as its own.

Once the ID of a sensor is known, it can be used to configure the sensor in Home Assistant, for example to add it to a different group, hide it or configure a nice name.

Configuring a device as a sensor:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: rflink
    devices:
      alectov1_0334_temp: {}

{% configuration %} automatic_add: description: Automatically add new/unconfigured devices to Home Assistant if detected. required: false default: true type: boolean devices: description: A list of sensors. required: false type: list keys: rflink_ids: description: RFLink ID of the device required: true type: map keys: name: description: Name for the device. required: false default: RFLink ID type: string sensor_type: description: Override automatically detected type of sensor. For list of values see below. required: true type: string unit_of_measurement: description: Override automatically detected unit of sensor. required: false type: string aliases: description: "Alternative RFLink ID's this device is known by." required: false type: [list, string] aliasses: description: "(deprecated) Alternative RFLink ID's this device is known by." required: false type: [list, string] {% endconfiguration %}

{% linkable_title Sensors types%}

Sensor type values:

• average_windspeed
• barometric_pressure
• battery
• weather_forecast
• doorbell_melody
• command
• co2_air_quality
• current_phase_1
• current_phase_2
• current_phase_3
• distance
• firmware
• humidity_status
• humidity
• hardware
• kilowatt
• light_intensity
• meter_value
• total_rain
• rain_rate
• revision
• noise_level
• temperature
• uv_intensity
• version
• voltage
• watt
• windchill
• winddirection
• windgusts
• windspeed
• windtemp

{% linkable_title Hiding/ignoring sensors %}

Sensors are added automatically when the RFLink gateway intercepts a wireless command in the ether. To prevent cluttering the frontend use any of these methods:

• Disable automatically adding of unconfigured new sensors (set automatic_add to false).
• Hide unwanted devices using customizations
• Ignore devices on a platform level

{% linkable_title Device support %}

See device support

{% linkable_title Additional configuration examples %}

Multiple sensors with automatic_add disabled and aliases

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: rflink
    automatic_add: false
    devices:
      oregontemp_0d93_temp:
        sensor_type: temperature
      oregontemp_0d93_bat:
        sensor_type: battery
      tunex_c001_temp:
        sensor_type: temperature
        aliases:
          - xiron_4001_temp
      tunex_c001_hum:
        sensor_type: humidity
        aliases:
          - xiron_4001_hum
      tunex_c001_bat:
        sensor_type: battery
        aliases:
          - xiron_4001_bat