Sequent Microsystems Eight HV Digital Inputs Home Assistant Integration

Integrate Eight HV Digital Inputs seamlessly with Home Assistant, bringing all your custom functionality into the Home Assistant ecosystem for enhanced control, automation, and ease of use.

Installation

If you already have HACS, I2C and File editor configured, you can skip to The actual installation

Video tutorials

• Install HACS video for step 1.
• Enable I2C and Install file editor video for steps 2. and 3.
• Install and config card drivers video for steps 4. and 5.

Prerequirements

1. Install HACS

   • Follow the official instructions

2. Install and run HassOS I2C Configurator add-on

   • Install HassOS I2C Configurator
   • Select your profile from the buttom left corner and enable Advanced mode in User settings
   • In Settings, Add-ons, Add-on Store, search and install HassOS I2C Configurator
   • Disable Protection mode
   • Start the add-on

3. Install File editor add-on

   • In Settings, Add-ons, Add-on Store, search and install File editor
   • Enable Show in sidebar (see multiple config options bellow)

The actual installation

4. Install SM8inputs-ha from HACS

   • Open HACS (from the sidebar)
   • Click on the 3 dots in the top right corner and select Custom repositories
   • Repository is SequentMicrosystems/SM8inputs-ha and type is Integration
   • Once added, you can now search it in HACS menu and download it

5. Add SM8inputs config in configuration.yaml

   • In the sidebar, select File editor and start the add-on
   • Click the folder icon from the top left corner and edit configuration.yaml
   • At the end of the file append the SM8inputs config:

     SM8inputs:

     for more information, see configuration.yaml

   • Save the file

6. Reboot system

7. Reboot system (yes, it must be done twice)

configuration.yaml

configuration.yaml example:

# Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.
default_config:

# Load frontend themes from the themes folder
frontend:
  themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes

automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml

SM8inputs:
    # + optional configs

• Simple stack 0 config:

SM8inputs:

• Specific stack config:

SM8inputs:
    - stack: 2

• Multiple cards on different stack levels:

SM8inputs:
    - stack: 0
    - stack: 2
    - stack: 3

• Only specific entities for different stack levels:

The following example is provided for illustrative purposes only and does not necessarily represent real entities.

SM8inputs:
    - stack: 0
      relay_1:
      relay_3:
      opto_1:
        update_interval: 0.1
    - stack: 2
      relay:
        chan_range: "1..8"
      opto_cnt:
        chan_range: "2..6"
        update_interval: 1

configuration.yaml entities

Possible entities:

opto_1: -> opto_8:  (type: binary_sensor)

Entity options:

• chan_range: "start..end" (specify inclusive channel range)
• update_interval: seconds (specify the update interval for sensor and binary_sensor, default 30s)