aioafero

Connects to Afero cloud API and provides an easy way to interact with devices.

This project was designed to asynchronously connect to the Afero IOT API. It has the ability to retrieve the devices and set new states.

Overview

All data is stored within a "bridge" that knows of all of the devices aligned with the Afero IOT account. This bridge contains multiple controllers for each device type. These controllers know how to interact with the Afero IOT devices. Each controller manages the device's states. To retrieve a device, you must query bridge.<controller>.get_device(<device_id>) which will return a model containing all the states. Any changes to the model will not update Afero IOT as the correct call needs to be made.

Controllers

The following controllers are implemented:

• bridge.devices: Top-level devices (such as a ceiling-fan, or light that

  is not associated with another device). These entities also contain their respective sensors and binary sensors. This is purely an informational controller and cannot set any states.

• bridge.fans: Any device that matches a fan. Can perform the following actions:

  • turn_on
  • turn_off
  • set_speed
  • set_direction
  • set_preset

• bridge.lights: Any device that matches a fan. Can perform the following actions:

  • turn_on
  • turn_off
  • set_color_temperature
  • set_brightness
  • set_rgb
  • set_effect

• bridge.locks: Any device that matches a lock. Can perform the following actions:

  • lock
  • unlock

• bridge.portable_acs: Any device that matches a portable-ac. Can perform the following actions:

  • Everything is done through set_state

• bridge.switches: Any device that matches a switch. Can perform the following actions:

  • turn_on
  • turn_off

• bridge.thermostats: Any device that matches a thermostat. Can perform the following actions:

  • set_fan_mode
  • set_hvac_mode
  • set_target_temperature
  • set_temperature_range

• bridge.security_systems: Any device that matches security-system. Can perform the following actions

  • alarm_trigger
  • arm_away
  • arm_home
  • disarm

• bridge.security_system_keypads: Any device that matches security-system-keypad. Can perform the following actions

  • Everything is done through set_state

• bridge.security_system_sensors: Sensors split from security-system. Can perform the following actions

  • Everything is done through set_state

• bridge.valves: Any device that matches a valves. Can perform the following actions:

  • turn_on
  • turn_off

Example Usage

All examples assume you entered the shell with python -m asyncio

from aioafero import v1
import logging
logging.getLogger("aioafero").setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
USERNAME="" # Afero IOT username
PASSWORD="" # Afero IOT password
POLLING_INTERVAL=30 # Number of seconds between polling cycles
# Create the bridge
bridge = v1.AferoBridgeV1(USERNAME, PASSWORD, polling_interval=POLLING_INTERVAL, hide_secrets=False)
# Query the API and populate the controllers
await bridge.initialize()
# If OTP is enabled on the account, it will need to be provided here
await bridge.otp_login("<OTP_CODE>")
# Turn on the light that matches id="84338ebe-7ddf-4bfa-9753-3ee8cdcc8da6"
await bridge.lights.turn_off("84338ebe-7ddf-4bfa-9753-3ee8cdcc8da6")

Troubleshooting

• Device shows incorrect model
  • Afero IoT does not always report all the pertinent information through the API. To resolve this, open a PR to src/aioafero/device.py and update the dataclass AferoDevice.__post_init__ function to correctly identify the device.
• Afero IoT is slow to update
  • The API rate-limits request. If other things are hitting the API (such as the phone app or Home Assistant), you may need to stop using one to ensure a better connection.

Creating multiple devices from a single device

Sometimes a device can contain multiple devices that should be controlled individually for ease-of-use within other integrations. This can be done by implementing the following functionality:

• Primary class (class of the non-split device): Fill out class attribute DEVICE_SPLIT_CALLBACKS
• Model for the split class:
  • Initialization uses model._id instead of model._id. This should be unique and not the main class ID
  • Add the following properties to the model
    • id: Uses model._id
    • update_id: Device ID used during the update. This should match the parent class ID
    • (optional): Additional property to specify the "instance" of the split class