!!! This component is no longer maintained.!!!
Please have a look at this alternative: https://github.com/oziee/ha-solcast-solar
Copy content of custom_components to your local custom_components folder and add the following lines to your configuration.
solcast:
api_key: XXXXXX
resource_id: YYYYYY
api_limit: 20
disable_ssl_check: False
disable_automatic_forecast_fetching: False
disable_automatic_history_fetching: False
Switch configuration variables:
update_forecast:
description: >
Fetches the forecasts from Solcast.
update_history:
description: >
Fetches historical data from Solcast.
push_measurement:
desciption: >
Pushes PV measurements to Solcast for model fine tuning.
fields:
total_power:
desciption: >
The total power of the PV system for the given period.
example: 1.23456
period:
desciption: >
The period of the total power (e.g. PT5M, PT15M, PT30M, ...)
example: PT5M
period_end:
desciption: >
The end period of the total power in UTC timezone
example: 2018-02-02T03:30:00.0000000Z