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The rflink component support 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.

New/unknown sensors can be assigned to a default group automatically by specifying the new_devices_group option with a group name. If the group doesn't exist it will be created.

For example:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  platform: rflink
  new_devices_group: "New RFLink Sensors"

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 HA, for example to add it to a different group, hide it or configure a nice name.

Assigning name to a sensor:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  platform: rflink
  devices:
    # assign name to a sensor
    alectov1_0334_temp:
      name: Temperature Outside

Configuration variables:

• devices (Optional): A list of devices with their name to use in the frontend.
• new_devices_group (Optional): Create group to add new/unknown devices to.

Device configuration variables:

• name (Optional): Name for the device, defaults to RFLink ID.
• sensor_type (Required): Override automatically detected type of sensor.
• unit_of_measurement (Optional): Override automatically detected unit of sensor.
• aliasses (Optional): Alternative RFLink ID's this device is known by.

{% 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:

• Configure a new_devices_group for sensors and optionally add it to a different view.
• Hide unwanted devices using customizations
• Ignore devices on a platform level

{% linkable_title Device support %}

See device support