Home Assistant
Optional: your charger in Home Assistant, all on your local network.
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WinterDash works fully on its own — this page is only for people who already run Home Assistant and want WinterDash to show up there too. If that's not you, skip it.
If you do run Home Assistant, WinterDash appears as a normal device — about twenty entities (roughly half hidden by default), over a direct, local connection on your own network, no cloud.
Shown by default
| Entity | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Battery voltage, current | sensors (V / A) | read-only |
| Charger temperature | sensor (°C) | read-only |
| Status + status detail (and the device state / charger error) | text | read-only |
| IP address | text · diagnostic | read-only |
| Demo mode | binary | read-only |
| Device mode — Auto / Demo / Live | select | you set it |
| Restart the device | button | you press it |
Battery voltage, current and temperature show up with the right units (volts, amps, °C), so they chart cleanly.
Charger temperature is often blank — many Blue Smart IP65 chargers don't broadcast one. Normal, not a fault; see Reading your WinterDash.
Hidden by default — 9 more entities you can switch on if you want them
WinterDash ships these disabled to keep the device list tidy; enable any in Home Assistant (the device page → "+N entities not shown" → enable). Most people leave them off and use the web dashboard.
Victron MAC · WiFi signal · temperature unit (°C / °F) · charge profile · timezone · banner image · the actions BLE-scan clear, Reset WiFi, Factory reset.
(Screen brightness and the dim/return timeouts are set on the device or the web dashboard, not in Home Assistant.)
The secret Bluetooth code you enter to pair your charger never leaves the device — it is not sent to Home Assistant, and Home Assistant never shows it. You enter it once on the device's own setup page and it stays there.
WinterDash connects through Home Assistant's built-in ESPHome integration — no add-on, no MQTT, and no cloud. A Home Assistant on the same network usually discovers it on its own: just follow the normal "new device discovered" prompt and confirm.
WinterDash ships with no API password or encryption key, so there's nothing to type — Home Assistant just discovers it and adds it over your local network. (If you later build your own firmware with ESPHome API encryption turned on, Home Assistant would then prompt for that key.)
Next: The web dashboard · Reading your WinterDash · Troubleshooting
Home Assistant is a trademark of the Open Home Foundation; WinterDash is not affiliated with it.