Whisker Ting Integration for Home Assistant

Home Assistant integration for Whisker Labs Ting electrical fire safety sensors.

Features

• Real-time voltage monitoring via WebSocket connection
  • Current voltage
  • Voltage high/low
  • Average peaks
• Fire hazard status monitoring
  • Electrical Fire Hazard (EFH) detection
  • Utility Fire Hazard (UFH) detection
  • Learning mode status
• Device diagnostics
  • Firmware version
  • WiFi/Bluetooth MAC addresses
  • Serial number

Installation

HACS (Recommended)

1. Open HACS in Home Assistant
2. Click the three dots in the top right corner
3. Select "Custom repositories"
4. Add https://github.com/aidenmitchell/ha-whisker-ting as an Integration
5. Click "Download" on the Whisker Ting integration
6. Restart Home Assistant

Manual Installation

1. Download the latest release from GitHub
2. Extract and copy the custom_components/whisker_ting folder to your Home Assistant config/custom_components/ directory
3. Restart Home Assistant

Configuration

1. Go to Settings → Devices & Services
2. Click Add Integration
3. Search for "Whisker Ting"
4. Enter your Whisker Labs account credentials (email and password)

Sensors

Sensor	Description
Current voltage	Real-time voltage reading (WebSocket)
Voltage high	Peak high voltage
Voltage low	Peak low voltage
Hazard status	Overall hazard status (no_hazards, hazard_detected, learning)
EFH status	Electrical Fire Hazard status
UFH status	Utility Fire Hazard status

Binary Sensors

Sensor	Description
Fire hazard	On when any fire hazard is detected
Learning mode	On when the device is in learning mode

Requirements

• Home Assistant 2024.1.0 or newer
• Whisker Labs Ting device
• Whisker Labs account

Troubleshooting

Voltage shows "Unknown" briefly on startup

This is normal - the integration waits for the WebSocket connection to receive its first data packet before displaying values.

Authentication errors

Ensure you're using the same email and password you use in the Whisker Labs mobile app.

Credits

This integration is not affiliated with or endorsed by Whisker Labs, Inc.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.