From Transport Evolved.

While our time with the Ford Home Integration System hasn’t exactly been plain sailing (in fact, we’ve had a few glitches in our nearly three (not two, as Nikki said in the introduction) years of F150 Lightning ownership.

But now the system is just about reliable – and with Nikki’s interest in coding taking off, she spent the July 4th week-long holiday coding something fun off the back of the excellent work already done by Ford F150 Lightning owner Eric Pullen.

👉 Watch on YouTube — or if you’d prefer (we would), PeerTube.

⏱️ Chapter Breakdown:

00:00 – Opening introduction
03:15 – So what is Home Assistant?
06:18 – Explaining HACS
08:06 – fcsp-api – without which this wouldn’t exist.
08:53 – Local-fcsp – and how to get it installed on Home Assistant and configured.
11:51 – First set up: takes a while!
13:02 – Basic Information available from the integration.
17:44 – Writing a template to tell the house we’ve got a power cut
19:16 – Using the Inverter status to turn things off.
20:31 – Adding it to dashboards
23:05 – Thanks, and Goodbye!

🎙️ Credits:

Host & Script: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield

Camera, Edit & Color: Vi Horton

Art & Animation: Erin Carlie

Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield

Music: via Artlist.io

🔗 Links:

Home Assistant – https://www.home-assistant.io

HACS (Home Integration Community Store) – https://hacs.xyz

Eric Pullen’s fcsp-api – https://github.com/ericpullen/fcsp-api

Nikki’s Local-fcsp – https://github.com/aminorjourney/local-fcsp

Fordpass-HA (EV fork) https://github.com/marq24/ha-fordpass

💬 Have you tried Home Assistant automations and tie-ins for YOUR EV?

Have you ever tried using home automation products like Home Assistant to get extra data out of your EV? Would you? Or is it just like too much trouble? And if you do have some kind of home automation, what would you like it to do with regard to backup power, EVs, and energy?

Start the conversation in the down below, or come on over to our Discord (it’s free!).

(Seriously, if you haven’t tried our discord yet, please do. It’s easier than you might think, and you can chat with other TE fans in a non-judgmental, troll-free space).