Hi,
I have done integration that does not use any external cloud or any other API to access pellet burner over internet or NBE online, etc.. It uses reverse engineered NBE protocol that connects to device directly over your home wifi network, it does even need to have an internet connection for this to work.
This integration not only for Home Assistant but for all home automation systems that supports MQTT message protocol. Like HomeAssistant, NodeRed, Domoticz, OpenHab, IoBroker etc... It was designed not depending on any of the automation systems in mind, only plain MQTT message protocol is used. Additionally it supports "Home Assistant Autodiscovery" which is mqtt based also. This simplifies detecting of such service and automatically configuring it, as soon as you start it, you can control it via home assistant. No need to add any entities by hand and configuring sensor/button types, etc... Some other home automation systems supports this HA autodiscovery protocol too.
This integration requires that you have already running server or raspberryPI machine that stays always on and runs GNU/Linux OS. Also you must be already running MQTT broker server such as mosquitto (read more:
https://mosquitto.org). Also you need some Unix admin skills to setup MQTT broker server if you don't have it.
You can either run this integration standalone as Linux service or in docker container. For most simple way to run this service using docker you just clone the repository and run simple command:
git clone https://github.com/e1z0/nbe-blackstar-homeassistant.git
cd nbe-blackstar-homeassistant
make up
Of course before running it, you should look at the file docker-compose.yml and configure it to suit your needs. You must know your mqtt broker and
pellet burner ip addresses. The
NBE pellet burner password is usually the same as the burner wifi hotspot itself or it can be found in pellet burner,
written in some label (when you open doors of it). You can find
pellet burner ip address by some port scanning tool, just
look for 8483 udp port to be open. Also you need to know your
MQTT broker username/password if you have set it to use password, else just use some dummy user/pass combination and it should work.
NBE_SERIAL you can find in
https://stokercloud.dk/v3/#/main-page/system/settings it will be shown as
"Serial number on the controller". Other options leave at the default state and everything should work.
Other more complex way is to
run this integration as Linux service (lets assume that you are running
Debian based Linux distribution):
git clone https://github.com/e1z0/nbe-blackstar-homeassistant.git
apt install python3-simplejson python3-paho-mqtt
pip3 install pycrypto
cd nbe-blackstar-homeassistant
mkdir /opt/nbe/
cp src/* /opt/nbe/
cp nbe.service /etc/systemd/system/
cp config.json-example /opt/nbe/config.json
systemctl enable nbe && systemctl start nbe
btw, don't forget to configure /opt/nbe/config.json You should configure it the same way as in the docker setup section.
