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P5 FutureNow Instructions on how to set up P5 FutureNow relay/dimmer units as lights within Home Assistant. p5.png
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Local Polling 0.75 futurenow

The futurenow light platform allows you to use P5 FutureNow relay/dimmer units as lights. Currently supported units:

Configuration Sample

To use your FutureNow units, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# 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 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