Skip to main content
C
Rank 2
creatish
Rank 2
April 14, 2022
Solved

My second-hand IHD can't be paired, what's another way to integrate my smart meter data with a Home Assistant?

  • April 14, 2022
  • 30 replies
  • 4477 views

paid £26 for this ihd6, looks like it can’t be paired, rang my providor who said I needed and installcode, not something it came with.

 

No looking at the ivie bud at another 54£ thinking i’ve paid 26£ on ewaste, are these ihd6 only work if sent by providor?

Best answer by ArundaleP

Updated on 02/12/25 by Ben_OVO

If you have SMETS2 meters, feel free to get both the ivie Bud and the Hildebrand Glow if you want to. Not many people would do that, but it’s supported as long as you don’t have more than four IHDs active at once.

If you have S1 meters though, only the Hildebrand Glow will work at this time. They’ve informed me that they’ll have more S1 stock available within the next month or so - they just need to finalise a few details first.

And don’t get me started on those eBay sellers! XD

I personally only use 2-4kwh at the moment, barely anything, but I am bit of a geek and want to see live usage in Homeassistant,  ‘’just because’’  from looking hildebrand looks to do that.

just wondering if paying £70 is worth it lol

 

 

 

@creatish There are a lot of security restrictions with IHD’s and rightly so, which makes compatibility with third party devices a challenge.

I use the Hildebrand glow stick with home assistant and it works great. You get near real time power consumption and more importantly meter readings. With home assistance you can use the Hildebrand MQTT stream and the Node Red flow I tweaked to have visibility of electricity and gas consumption in almost real time (gas is updated 5 mins). I am with OVO and have a secure smets 1 meter so currently there is no access to the export data stream. 
 

With Home Assistant you can use this data stream to feed the new energy dashboard which is great. 
 

There are some limitations however; the cost / rates data is only showing what the supplier provides and is often slow to update with price changes (I don’t use this data anyway).

You will never get real time power data for gas consumption but the total meter data is updated far more frequently than any other method.

I personally wouldn’t bother with the IHD, just get the glow stick (cheaper and you can use Home Assistance or the Glow app to view the data).

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

 

 

If your In Home Display (IHD) isn’t working, please contact our Support Team who’ll try and fix or replace it.

 

Don’t purchase a second hand IHD online as it may not work properly / we may not be able to pair it to your smart meters.

 

 

30 replies

Show previous replies
S
Newcomer
stefmari
Newcomer
April 22, 2022

Many thanks for clarifications on Ivie Bud’s progress with HA integration. I am keen to get our own energy consumption data integrated and stored locally if possible. What about Hildebrand? How twisted / hard is to get integrated with HA and if there is a way to get data on your own sql database ?

It is quite unbelievable how far the industry is from a neat solution to empower clients.

Upto now SmartThings is probably the best we can find but looking into ldr sensor on raspberry pi asap. 

C
Rank 2
creatishAuthor
Rank 2
April 22, 2022

Many thanks for clarifications on Ivie Bud’s progress with HA integration. I am keen to get our own energy consumption data integrated and stored locally if possible. What about Hildebrand? How twisted / hard is to get integrated with HA and if there is a way to get data on your own sql database ?

It is quite unbelievable how far the industry is from a neat solution to empower clients.

Upto now SmartThings is probably the best we can find but looking into ldr sensor on raspberry pi asap. 

Hildebrand is what you want 

 

Currently £70 for the display but there coming out with the no screen usb thing for £50 in next month or so 

 

Not to difficult to setup and yes lot more useful to have in ha then smart things 

 

I detest buying a product when 50% of the selling point is to come

S
Newcomer
stefmari
Newcomer
April 22, 2022

  @creatish Thanks for heads up on Hildebrand. I think you have mentioned integration with HA and driving HA graphs and storing data locally also. Is there any step by step guide how to do that? If yes I shall buy Hildebrand with display today! If not you would be kind to document steps of Hildebrand integration into HA and how to save our own data locally from Smets1 or 2 smart meters? Thank you in advance.

C
Rank 2
creatishAuthor
Rank 2
April 22, 2022

  @creatish Thanks for heads up on Hildebrand. I think you have mentioned integration with HA and driving HA graphs and storing data locally also. Is there any step by step guide how to do that? If yes I shall buy Hildebrand with display today! If not you would be kind to document steps of Hildebrand integration into HA and how to save our own data locally from Smets1 or 2 smart meters? Thank you in advance.

I haven't done it myself but it doesn't look much different then most guides I've read it's a third party integration so have to do little bit of work on setting up something called "hacs" a third party app store essentially

 

https://github.com/unlobito/ha-hildebrandglow

 

 

 

 

    S
    Newcomer
    stefmari
    Newcomer
    April 22, 2022

    Hi 

    I shall have to look into this now. It looks like you need to ask Hildebrand for ‘ MQTT access be enabled for your account.’ and the Github you have mentioned needs a bit more support as it looks now. I probably need more encouragement to spend 70£ for something I eventually realise ‘it still doesn't do the job’. It is quite a simple request: store locally smart meters consumption data. Believe it or not RPI’s LDR sensor it the best I can see for now. 

     

    Do I miss anything from the picture? It is quite sad in 2022 seeing all of us quite frankly struggling to get hold of our energy data we OWN. Let’s hope solutions are coming soon. 

    S
    Newcomer
    stefmari
    Newcomer
    April 22, 2022

    Hi, before getting the IHD we shall try the Bright App. and our data graphs. This should connect  and read our smart meter data @DCC level. We are having SmartThings/Loop and a local sensor from GEO (monitor hub on LED sensor). I gave up on getting proper understanding on costs as none of these are capable to handle tariffs properly (peak/offpeak). I am focused on kWh but some are displaying Week graph starting from Sun some starting from Monday. Incredible. Let’s see what Brigh App can do. I shall keep you posted.

      A
      Newcomer
      ArundaleP
      Newcomer
      April 22, 2022

      Hi 

      I shall have to look into this now. It looks like you need to ask Hildebrand for ‘ MQTT access be enabled for your account.’ and the Github you have mentioned needs a bit more support as it looks now. I probably need more encouragement to spend 70£ for something I eventually realise ‘it still doesn't do the job’. It is quite a simple request: store locally smart meters consumption data. Believe it or not RPI’s LDR sensor it the best I can see for now. 

       

      Do I miss anything from the picture? It is quite sad in 2022 seeing all of us quite frankly struggling to get hold of our energy data we OWN. Let’s hope solutions are coming soon. 

      The £50 usb glow stick works fine (it’s what I use), a very simple node red flow (available from the Hildebrand forum) and Home Assistant work great together. I have been using this setup for 2 years with great success.

      If things don't change, they stay the same!
      S
      Newcomer
      stefmari
      Newcomer
      April 22, 2022

      Hi @ArundaleP Thank you I shall have a look next week on this.

        S
        Newcomer
        stefmari
        Newcomer
        April 22, 2022

        @ArundaleP is this what you were referring to above? https://shop.glowmarkt.com/products/glow-stick

         

        This one is only SMETS1 

         

         

        C
        Rank 2
        creatishAuthor
        Rank 2
        April 22, 2022

        @ArundaleP is this what you were referring to above? https://shop.glowmarkt.com/products/glow-stick

         

        This one is only SMETS1 

         

         

        Correct I've emailed and they should have smets2 one available for £50 in next few weeks 

         

         

        Show more replies
        Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement

        OVO Energy Ltd, Floor 5, Crescent, Temple Back, Redcliffe, BS1 6EZ, (Company no. 06890795) registered in England and Wales.

        OVO (S) Gas Limited is registered in England and Wales (Company No. 02716495) at Floor 5, Crescent, Temple Back, Redcliffe, BS1 6EZ.

        OVO (S) Gas Limited is part of OVO Group Ltd