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title	description	ha_category	ha_release	ha_iot_class	ha_config_flow	ha_codeowners	ha_domain	ha_platforms	ha_integration_type
Blue Current	Instructions on how to integrate Blue Current charge points within Home Assistant.	Car Sensor Switch	2024.1	Cloud Push	true	@gleeuwen @NickKoepr @jtodorova23	blue_current	button sensor switch	integration

Blue Current is an Dutch company that makes electric car chargers.

The Blue Current integration allows you to connect to your blue current account to Home Assistant and monitor your charge point(s).

Prerequisites

1. Log in to my.bluecurrent.nl.
2. Click on your username and go to settings.
3. Enable advanced options.
4. Click on your username again and go to advanced.
5. Generate an API token.

{% include integrations/config_flow.md %}

Sensor

The Blue Current integration provides the following sensors:

Charge point sensors

• Activity
• Average current
• Average voltage
• Energy usage in kWh
• Max usage in Amps
  • The max amps the charge point can use.
• Offline since
• Started on
• Stopped on
• Total cost in EUR
• Total power (estimate)
• Vehicle status

The following sensors are created as well, but disabled by default:

• Current phase 1-3
• offline max usage
• remaining current
• smart charging max usage
• Voltage phase 1-3

Grid sensors

• Grid average current
• Grid max current

The following sensors are created as well, but disabled by default:

• Grid current phase 1-3

Button

The Blue Current integration provides the following buttons:

Charge point buttons

• Reset
• Reboot
• Stop charge session

Actions

The following actions are provided by the Blue Current integration:

Action start_charge_session

Starts a new charge session. When no charging card ID is provided, no charging card will be used.

Data attribute	Optional	Description
device_id	no	Charge point device ID
charging_card_id	yes	Charging card ID that will be used to start a charge session.

Switch

The Blue Current integration provides the following switches:

• Toggle Plug & Charge
  • Allows you to start a session without having to scan a card.
• Toggle linked charging cards only
  • When enabled, visitors can't make use of the charge point. Only linked charging cards are allowed.
• Toggle charge point block
  • Enables or disables a charge point.