Feature Request: Car Plugged in Yes/No for use in automations

[lasagne1989]

Entity to show whether a car is plugged in or not for use in automations (help me stop forgetting to switch to Plug and Charge).

[gndean]

Yes, this looks to be possible. I'll add this shortly.

[github-dpmracing]

I was just looking for exactly this, seconded this request. It’s Handy for predbat integration.

[gndean]

I've just created a V2.2.0 Beta that includes a new sensor: Car Plugged 🎉

You'll need to enable Beta downloads within HACS to get it but please give it a try and report back here if it works for you.

I'm especially keen to know if it works with V2 chargers.

[github-dpmracing]

Thanks for the swift tweak. I’ve got v2.2.0-beta running on my latest code HA instance. It shows the new binary sensor “ binary_sensor.hypervolt_car_plugged” however it remains “off” even when I’ve attached a car.

This is on a v2 charger running pi4.202209271128.1962865

looks like HV still aren’t auto updating charger firmware as that looks suspiciously like 18 month old firmware, if it’s of any benefit I can give Hv support a call tomorrow and ask them to update it

[gndean]

@github-dpmracing Does your Hypervolt app show the plugged state? With a HV 3 charger, the app shows a picture of a car behind the charger if the car is plugged in, otherwise a plug.

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(ignore the colour differences)

[github-dpmracing]

The car only appears behind the charger when a charging session is in progress.

for instance I set plug&charge but with solar boost so it didn’t actually start a session and no car appears (see below)

[github-dpmracing]

I’ve just checked with HV and pi4.202209271128.1962865 is the latest version of firmware

[lasagne1989]

@gndean works perfectly on my v3.0. Thanks for adding the feature. Let me know if you want anymore info/testing

[ashleycbaker]

I have tested with my v2 charger too and the sensor remains "unplugged" regardless. My firmware version is 202112220802.523dc30

[ashleycbaker]

I got HV support to upgrade my firmware this evening, it's now on 202209271157.345295f.

What I did notice last night was the entity did switch over to plugged in only for the period in which the scheduled charge occured 00:30 -> 04:30 then switched back, even though the car was connected for ~12hr.

I will see if anything changes with the updated firmware over the next few days

[gndean]

OK, thanks for the feedback. It looks like the plugged status is only supported by V3 devices.
I'll only expose the new Plugged sensor for V3 devices then. Sorry V2 owners!

[gndean]

This is released in 2.2.2 now.