home-assistant.io/source/_integrations/futurenow.markdown

title	description	ha_category	ha_iot_class	ha_release	ha_domain	ha_platforms	ha_integration_type	related	ha_quality_scale
P5 FutureNow	Instructions on how to set up P5 FutureNow relay/dimmer units as lights within Home Assistant.	Light	Local Polling	0.75	futurenow	light	integration	docs title /docs/configuration/ Configuration file	legacy

The futurenow light {% term integration %} allows you to use P5 FutureNow relay/dimmer units as lights. Currently supported units:

• FutureNow FNIP-6x2AD dimmer unit (outputs only)
• FutureNow FNIP-8x10A relay unit (outputs only)

Configuration Sample

To use your FutureNow units, add the following to your {% term "configuration.yaml" %} file. {% include integrations/restart_ha_after_config_inclusion.md %}

# Example configuration.yaml entry
light:
  - platform: futurenow
    driver: FNIP6x10ad
    host: 192.168.1.101
    port: 7078
    devices:
      5:
        name: Dimmer Channel 5
        dimmable: true

{% configuration %} driver: description: "Type of the device. Currently FNIP6x10ad or FNIP8x10a." required: true type: string host: description: "The IP address or hostname of your unit, e.g., 192.168.1.101." required: true type: string port: description: "The TCP port, as set in the unit's settings. Default is 7078." required: true type: string devices: description: "List of output channels to set up as lights." required: true type: map keys: channel_number: description: "Output's (light) properties." required: true type: map keys: name: description: "The name of the light." required: true type: string dimmable: description: "Set to true to enable dimming (FNIP6x10ad only)." required: false type: boolean default: false {% endconfiguration %}

Extended Configuration Sample

The following example {% term "configuration.yaml" %} has two different FutureNow units with multiple channels:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
light:
  - platform: futurenow
    driver: FNIP6x10ad
    host: 192.168.1.101
    port: 7078
    devices:
      5:
        name: Dimmer Channel 5
      6:
        name: Dimmer Channel 6
        dimmable: true

  - platform: futurenow
    driver: FNIP8x10a
    host: 192.168.1.102
    port: 7078
    devices:
      1:
        name: Relay Channel 1
      2:
        name: Relay Channel 2