IHC Controller

IHC Controller integration for Home Assistant allows you to connect the LK IHC controller to Home Assistant. The controller is sold under other names in different countries - “ELKO Living system” in Sweden and Norway.

There is currently support for the following device types within Home Assistant:

Binary sensor
Sensor
Light
Switch

An ihc section must be present in the configuration.yaml file and contain the following options:

# Example configuration.yaml entry for two IHC controllers
ihc:
  - url: 'http://192.168.1.3'
    username: YOUR_USERNAME
    password: YOUR_PASSWORD
  - url: 'http://192.168.1.4'
    username: YOUR_USERNAME2
    password: YOUR_PASSWORD2

Configuration Variables

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url string Required

The URL of the IHC Controller.

username string Required

The username for the IHC Controller.

password string Required

The password for the IHC Controller.

auto_setup boolean (Optional, default: true)

Automatic setup of IHC products.

info boolean (Optional, default: true)

Shows the IHC “name”, “note” and “position” attributes of each integration. This will make it easier to identify the IHC products within Home Assistant.

Auto setup of IHC products

If the auto setup is enabled, the ihc integration will automatically find IHC products and insert these as devices in Home Assistant. To disable this set auto_setup to false. See the individual device types for a list of IHC products to be recognized automatically.

Components will get a default name that is a combination of the IHC group and IHC resource id. If you want to change the display names use the Customizing entities.

Manual setup

Each device is associated with an IHC resource id. To manually setup integrations you specify resource ids from the IHC project. The IHC project is the file you edit/upload to the IHC Controller using LK IHC Visual - or similar program if your controller is not the LK brand.

The project file is an XML file and you can view it with any text/XML editor. You can rename it to have the XML extension and use a browser like Chrome or Internet Explorer. The resources are the <airlink_xxx> or <dataline_xxx> elements. Shown as inputs or outputs of products in the IHC application. You can also use inputs and outputs from function blocks. These are the <resource_input> and <resource_output> elements from the project file.

The IHC resource id should be specified as an integer value. In the project file the id will be specified as a hex number.

If you want an easier way to get the IHC resource ids, you can download the Alternative Service View application. The application will show the product tree. You can expand it, select inputs and outputs and when selected you can see the resource id.

See the manual of each device type for configuration options.

Binary sensor

Before you can use the IHC Binary Sensor platform, you must setup the IHC integration.

When auto setup is enabled the following products will be found in the IHC project and setup as binary sensors:

Dataline magnet contacts
Dataline Pir sensors
Dataline Pir sensors with twilight detection
Dataline Pir alarm sensor
Dataline smoke detector
Dataline gas detector
Dataline light sensor

Manual configuration

To manually configure IHC Binary Sensors insert the “binary_sensor” section in your IHC configuration:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
ihc:
  - url: 'http://192.168.1.3'
    username: YOUR_USERNAME
    password: YOUR_PASSWORD
    info: true
    binary_sensor:
      - id: 12345
        name: switch_front_door
        inverting: false
        note: Magnet contact
        position: Switch in door
        type: door

Configuration Variables

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binary_sensor map (Optional)

List of binary sensors to setup manually.

id integer Required

The IHC resource id.

inverting boolean (Optional, default: false)

If True the sensor will be inverted.

name string (Optional)

The name of the sensor.

type string (Optional)

The binary sensor type. See Home Assistant binary sensor for available types.

note string (Optional)

Descriptive note

position string (Optional)

Where is it placed

The resource id should be an id of a boolean IHC resource. For more information about IHC resource ids see Manual Setup.

Sensor

Before you can use the IHC Sensor platform, you must setup the IHC integration.

When auto setup is enabled the following products will be found in the IHC project and setup as sensors:

Dataline temperature sensor - Will insert 2 temperature sensors
Dataline Humidity - Will insert 1 humidity and 2 temperature sensors (calculated dewpoint)
Dataline Lux - will insert 1 light and 1 temperature sensor

To manually configure IHC sensors insert the “sensor” section in your IHC configuration:

ihc:
  - url: 'http://192.168.1.3'
    username: YOUR_USERNAME2
    password: YOUR_PASSWORD2
    info: true
    sensor:
      - id: 12345
        name: Temperatur_living_room
        unit_of_measurement: "°C"
        note: Floor and wall temp.
        position: On wall between windows
      - id: 23456
        ...

Configuration Variables

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sensor map (Optional)

List of sensors to setup manually.

id integer Required

The IHC resource id.

name string (Optional)

The name of the sensor.

unit_of_measurement string (Optional)

Defines the unit of measurement of the sensor, if any.

note string (Optional)

Descriptive note.

position string (Optional)

Where it is placed.

The resource id should be a IHC float resource. For more information about IHC resource ids see Manual Setup.

Light

Before you can use the IHC Light platform, you must setup the IHC integration.

When auto setup is enabled the following products will be found in the IHC project and setup as light devices:

Wireless lamp outlet dimmer
Wireless dimmer
Wireless combi dimmer 4 buttons
Wireless combi dimmer 4 buttons touch
Wireless combi dimmer 2 buttons touch
Wireless lamp outlet relay
Wireless combi relay 4 buttons
Wireless combi relay 2 buttons
Wireless mobile dimmer
Dataline lamp outlet

To manually configure IHC lights insert the “light” section in your IHC configuration:

ihc:
  - url: 'http://192.168.1.3'
    username: YOUR_USERNAME2
    password: YOUR_PASSWORD2
    info: true
    light:
      - id: 12345
        name: tablelight
      - id: 23432

Configuration Variables

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light map (Optional)

List of lights to setup manually

dimmable boolean (Optional, default: false)

Set to True if the IHC resource is a light level.

id integer Required

The IHC resource id.

on_id integer (Optional)

Optional IHC resource id that will be pulsed to turn ON this light.

off_id integer (Optional)

Optional IHC resource id that will be pulsed to turn OFF this light.

name string (Optional)

The name of the integration

note string (Optional)

Descriptive note.

position string (Optional)

Where it is placed.

In the example above 12345 is ihc resource id and “tablelight” is the name. The IHC resource id can be a light level for dimmers or a boolean output of a relay. For more information about IHC resource ids see Manual Setup.

Switch

Before you can use the IHC Switch platform, you must setup the IHC integration.

When auto setup is enabled the following products will be found in the ihc project and setup as switch devices:

Wireless plug outlet
Wireless relay
Mobile wireless relay
Dataline plug outlet

To manually configure IHC switches insert the “switch” section in yourIHC configuration:

ihc:
  - url: 'http://192.168.1.3'
    username: YOUR_USERNAME
    password: YOUR_PASSWORD
    info: true
    switch:
      - id: 12345
      - id: 12346

Configuration Variables

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switch map (Optional)

List of switches to setup manually

id integer Required

The IHC resource id.

on_id integer (Optional)

Optional IHC resource id that will be pulsed to turn ON this switch.

off_id integer (Optional)

Optional IHC resource id that will be pulsed to turn OFF this switch.

name string (Optional)

The name of the integration

note string (Optional)

Descriptive note.

position string (Optional)

Where it is placed.

The resource id should be a boolean resource (On/Off). For more information about IHC resource ids see Manual Setup.

Services

Below are the service functions for the IHC integrations.

Service ihc.pulse

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
`controller_id`	yes	If you have multiple controller, this is the index of you controller starting with 0 (0 is default)
`ihc_id`	no	The boolean IHC resource ID.

This service will send a pulse to the specified IHC resource. On and Off with a 400ms delay.

Service ihc.set_runtime_value_bool

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
`controller_id`	yes	If you have multiple controller, this is the index of you controller starting with 0 (0 is default)
`ihc_id`	no	The boolean IHC resource ID.
`value`	no	The boolean value to set. (true or false)

This service will set the specified boolean resource on the IHC controller.

Service ihc.set_runtime_value_float

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
`controller_id`	yes	If you have multiple controller, this is the index of you controller starting with 0 (0 is default)
`ihc_id`	no	The float IHC resource ID.
`value`	no	The float value to set.

This service will set the specified float resource on the IHC controller.

Service ihc.set_runtime_value_int

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
`controller_id`	yes	If you have multiple controller, this is the index of you controller starting with 0 (0 is default)
`ihc_id`	no	The integer IHC resource ID.
`value`	no	The integer value to set.

This service will set the specified integer resource on the IHC controller.

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