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Mike O'Driscoll 76ab93af93 Add documentation for new Start.ca sensor (#4658)
New sensor for ISP usage data for Start.ca
2018-02-12 19:44:22 -08:00

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---
layout: page
title: "Start.ca"
description: "Instructions on how to integrate Start.ca data usage within Home Assistant."
date: 2018-02-12 00:00
sidebar: true
comments: false
sharing: true
footer: true
logo: startca.png
ha_category: Sensor
ha_release: 0.64
ha_iot_class: "Cloud Polling"
---
Integrate your [Start.ca](https://www.start.ca/) account information into Home Assistant.
You can get your API key from:
[Start.ca Usage API](https://www.start.ca/support/usage/api)
To use your Start.ca sensor in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
- platform: startca
api_key: API_KEY
total_bandwidth: 400
monitored_variables:
- usage
- usage_gb
- limit
- used_download
- used_upload
- used_total
- grace_download
- grace_upload
- grace_total
- total_download
- total_upload
- used_remaining
```
{% configuration %}
api_key:
description: The Start.ca API key to access the service.
required: true
type: string
total_bandwidth:
description: Your bandwidth limit in gigabytes. Set to `0` for unlimited plans without a cap.
required: true
type: string
monitored_conditions:
description: Conditions to display in the frontend.
required: true
type: list
keys:
usage:
description: Bandwidth usage (percentage).
usage_gb:
description: Bandwidth usage (gigabytes).
limit:
description: Monthly bandwidth limit (gigabytes).
used_download:
description: Bandwidth used by download outside the grace period (gigabytes).
used_upload:
description: Bandwidth used by upload outside the grace period (gigabytes).
used_total:
description: Total bandwidth (download and upload sum calculation) used outside the grace period (gigabytes).
grace_download:
description: Bandwidth used by download during the grace period (gigabytes).
grace_upload:
description: Bandwidth used by upload during the grace period (gigabytes).
grace_total:
description: Total bandwidth (download and upload sum calculation) used during the unlimited period (gigabytes).
total_download:
description: Total bandwidth download (Grace + Used) (gigabytes).
total_download:
description: Total bandwidth upload (Grace + Used) (gigabytes).
used_remaining:
description: Remaining bandwidth calucated from used and supplied total bandwidth (gigabytes).
{% endconfiguration %}