Sensor

Sensors are gathering information about states and conditions.

Open Peer Power currently supports a wide range of sensors. They are able to display information which are provides by Open Peer Power directly, are gathered from web services, and, of course, physical devices.

Device Class

The way these sensors are displayed in the frontend can be modified in the customize section. The following device classes are supported for sensors:

• None: Generic sensor. This is the default and doesn’t need to be set.
• battery: Percentage of battery that is left.
• humidity: Percentage of humidity in the air.
• illuminance: The current light level in lx or lm.
• signal_strength: Signal strength in dB or dBm.
• temperature: Temperature in °C or °F.
• power: Power in W or kW.
• pressure: Pressure in hPa or mbar.
• timestamp: Datetime object or timestamp string.

Example of various device class icons for sensors.