Service Integration

This chapter contains a list of targets and what configuration is needed to interact with them.

Brewfather

Brewfather is an all in one service that allows you to manage you recepies and brews.

Just enter the http adress found on brewfather, not other settings are needed. The endpoint has the following format:

http://log.brewfather.net/http://log.brewfather.net/stream?id=<yourid>

The URL is found under settings.

Fermentrack

Fermentrack is a open source brewing software to monitor and control fermentation.

GravityMon can be installed and used as an iSpindle. Just register the device as an iSpindle and use the defined endpoint which normally is:

http://myservername/ispindel

UBIdots

UBIdots is a IoT service that display data collected various sources.

For this service there are two options to configure the integration. First you will need your default token which is found under API Credentials (<api-tokem> in the example below). Swap the text <devicename> with the name you want to show in ubidots.

Option 1 - token as an URL parameter

Enter the following as URL:

http://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/devices/<devicename>/?token=<api-token>

This is the less secure option.

Option 2 - token as the http header

Enter the following as URL, use either standard or ssl.

http://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/devices/<devicename>
https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v1.6/devices/<devicename>

Under Headers (button after the http url in the UI) enter the following string:

X-Auth-Token: <api-token>

This is the more secure option.

Even though ubidots can handle the default ispindle format it probably better to just post the data you want. This is an example of a format template that can be used. For information on customizing the format see Format editor.

{
   "temperature": ${temp},
   "gravity": ${gravity},
   "angle": ${angle},
   "battery": ${battery},
   "rssi": ${rssi}
}

Home Assistant

HomeAssistant is a platform for home automation and can collect sensor data from multiple devices.

This setup uses the MQTT integration with home assistant to collect values from the device.

This part of the configuration goes into the home assistant configuration.yaml file. The example assumes that the device is named gravmon2

sensor:
- platform: mqtt
   name: "gravmon2_gravity"
   state_topic: "gravmon/gravmon2/gravity"
- platform: mqtt
   name: "gravmon2_battery"
   state_topic: "gravmon/gravmon2/battery"
- platform: mqtt
   name: "gravmon2_rssi"
   state_topic: "gravmon/gravmon2/rssi"

Enter the name of the MQTT server in Home Assistant in the URL. You might need to install that option first. This is the format needed to submit the data to the correct topics as needed above. You can add as many sensors / topics as you want.

gravmon/${mdns}/tilt:${angle}|
gravmon/${mdns}/temperature:${temp}|
gravmon/${mdns}/temp_units:${temp-unit}|

Brewer’s Friend

Brewer’s friend is an all in one service that allows you to manage you recepies and brews.

Warning

I dont have an account for brewers friend so I have not been able to verfy this completely. Its based on the available documentation. If this works please let

You can find you API key when logged in to the service. Follow these instructions

Note there are different URLs if you are using plato or specific gravity!

http://log.brewersfriend.com/ispindel/[API KEY]
http://log.brewersfriend.com/ispindel_sg/[API KEY]

From what I can read in the documentation you need to add the API key as a token as well. This can be done using a custom format for the endpoint. Just add you API key after token.

{
 "name" : "${mdns}",
 "ID": "${id}",
 "token" : "[API KEY]",
 "interval": ${sleep-interval},
 "temperature": ${temp},
 "temp-units": "${temp-unit}",
 "gravity": ${gravity},
 "angle": ${angle},
 "battery": ${battery},
 "rssi": ${rssi}
}

Brewspy

BrewSpy is a service that can show the history and manage the brew.

You need to enter the Token found in brewspy. The field is found under the field for http configuration.

http://brew-spy.com/api/ispindel

Thingspeak

Thingspeak is an IoT platform for receiving data which can be visualized.

In order to use this platform you need to create a channel (channel = device) and get the APIKEY for writing to the channel. Each channel can handle up to 8 measurements. In the http field enter the following URL.

http://api.thingspeak.com/update.json

You also need to create a custom format for the selected endpoint where the field1-field8 contains the data you want to include. The example below sends 5 different values to the channel identified by the API key.

{
   "api_key": "<your write api key for channel>",
   "field1": ${gravity},
   "field2": ${temp},
   "field3": ${angle},
   "field4": ${battery},
   "field5": ${rssi}
}