Home Assistant integration for Husqvarna Automower

Custom component to support Automower.

• About
• Supported devices
• Installation
  • Installation through HACS
  • Manual installation
• Configuration
  • Husqvarna API-Key
  • Home Assistant
• Usage

About

This integration is based on the offical API. The integration is using the Husqvarna websocket API for pushed updates, so no polling is performed. You need a API key to use this integration, refer to this guide on how to get one.

Supported devices

Only mowers with built-in Automower® Connect or with the Automower® Connect Module are supported. e.g.

• AUTOMOWER® 315X
• AUTOMOWER® 405X
• AUTOMOWER® 415X
• AUTOMOWER® 430X
• AUTOMOWER® 435X AWD
• AUTOMOWER® 450X

Installation

Requires Home Assistant 2021.11.0 or newer.

Installation through HACS

If you have not yet installed HACS, go get it at https://hacs.xyz/ and walk through the installation and configuration.

Then find the Husqvarna Automower integration in HACS and install it.

Restart Home Assistant!

Install the new integration through Configuration -> Integrations in HA (see below).

Manual installation

Download the husqvarna_automower.zip file from the release section. Extract it and copy the content into the path /config/custom_components/husqvarna_automower of your HA installation. Do not download directly from the main branch.

Configuration

Husqvarna API-Key

In order to use this integration you must get a API-Key from Husqvarna.

1. Go to https://developer.husqvarnagroup.cloud/

2. Create an account if needed, otherwise sign in with your Husqvarna account.

3. After signing in you will be automatically redirected to "Your applications". (Otherwise go to: https://developer.husqvarnagroup.cloud/apps)

4. Create an new application, name it for example "My Home Assistant" (doesn't matter), leave the other fields empty.

5. Click on "+ Connect new API" and connect the Authentication API and the Husqvarna Automower API.

6. Copy your Application Key, this is what you need when you add the integration in Home Assistant.

Home Assistant

Setup under Integrations in Home Assistant, search for "husqvarna_automower" and click on it, or use the My button:

You need to enter e-mail, password and your API-Key. If the integration is not shown, try to refresh your browser (F5) or (Shift+F5). Maybe you need to reopen your browser.

Usage

vacuum.start The mower continues to mow, within the specifed schedule

vacuum.pause Pauses the mower until a new command

vacuum.stop The mower returns to the base and parks there until the next schedule starts

vacuum.return_to_base The mower returns to the base and parks there until it gets a new start command

husqvarna_automower.park_and_start With the this command you can override the curent schedule for a specific time. For more details see the Services chapter

Services

Name	Type	Possible values	Description
command	string	Start | Park	Start or park the mower
duration	int	1...60480	Duration for this command in minutes
target	string		The entity_id of your mower

Example for starting without the schedule for 120 minutes:

service: husqvarna_automower.park_and_start
data:
  command: Start
  duration: 120
target:
  entity_id: vacuum.automower_r_315x_haffi

Example for parking indepentend from the schedule for 5 minutes:

service: husqvarna_automower.park_and_start
data:
  command: Park
  duration: 5
target:
  entity_id: vacuum.automower_r_315x_haffi

Debugging

To enable debug logging for this integration and related libraries you can control this in your Home Assistant configuration.yaml file. Example:

logger:
  default: info
  logs:
    husqvarna_automower: debug
    aioautomower: debug

After a restart detailed log entries will appear in /config/home-assistant.log.