Import Pifire Data in Home Assistant

Eventually I would like to make this a blueprint and make this a seamless integration, but for now this will have to do.

Beginning Steps

First

I recommend adding a packages folder in your HA config folder to keep your main yaml as clean as possible. I did this under the "File editor". Create the folder then add the following to your configuration.yaml

homeassistant: 
    packages: !include_dir_named packages

Second

Click on Settings->Devices & Services->Helpers(on the top tab)

Create the helpers included in the Helpers folder

Third

Go back to File editor, navigate to your packages folder, and create the following two yaml's

pifire.yaml Import Data as Sensor

pifire_control.yaml Control Data

In this file, be sure to change your IP address to whatever your Pifire instance is.

Restart you HA instance and confirm your sensors have been properly created

Fourth

Create the automations included in the Automations folder

Fifth

Make a new Dashboard and include either:

Expanded View

Minimalist View

Sixth

Test everything to make sure it works!

API Info and States

State

This is set in the "value_template:" yaml line. It can be anything you want. I like to set it as the current temperature of the grill.

Attributes

The table below lists which attributes are available in which states.

api/current

Name	Description	Values	States
Grill temp	Current Temperature of Grill		Integer
Probe1 temp	Current Temperature of Probe 1		Integer
Probe2 temp	Current Temperature of Probe 2		Integer
Grill	Grill's Setpoint. Set this to the temperature you want the grill to be.		Integer
Grill notify	Grill's Notification Setpoint		Integer
Probe1	Probe 1's Notification Setpoint		Integer
Probe2	Probe 2's Notification Setpoint		Integer
Mode	Grill's Mode	Stop Startup Smoke Hold Shutdown Prime Monitor
Name	Grill's Friendly Name		String
Pelletlevel	Grill's Pellet Level		Integer
Pellets	Grill's Pellet Type		String
S plus	Is the grill running Smoke Plus?		true false
Status	Grill's Status		active null
Units	Grill's Unit		F C

api/control

Name	Description	Values	States
Distance update	Update Pellet Distance Sensor		true false
Duty cycle	??????		Integer
Errors	??????		string
Hopper check	?????		INT
Manual	Manual Control of	auger change fan igniter power pwm	true false
Mode	Grill's Current Mode	Stop Startup Smoke Hold Shutdown Prime Monitor
Next Mode	Grill's Next Mode	Stop Startup Smoke Hold Shutdown Prime Monitor
Notify Data	Change what the grill does when setpoints is reached	hopper_low p1_keep_warm p1_shutdown p2_keep_warm p2_shutdown timer_keep_warn timer_shutdown	true false
Notify req	Notification request	grill probe1 probe2 timer	true false
Prime amount	Amount of Pellets you want to prime in grams		Integer
Probe profile update	??????		true false
PWM control	?????????		true false
Recipe	Current Recipe		`` null
S plus	Is the grill running Smoke Plus?		true false
Safety		afterstarttemp reignitelaststate reigniteretries startuptemp	Integer
Setpoints	Change this to change set point	grill grill_notify probe1 probe2	Integer
Settings update	????????		true false
Smartstart	???????	profile_selected startuptemp	integer
Status	?????????		null
Timer	Grill's Timer	end paused shutdown start
Tuning mode	????????		true false
Units change	?????????		true false
Updated	A check to see if mode has changed		true false