We have made some improvements on on the Shelly integration in order to better support our customers.
One of the current use cases is to allow boat harbours to charge for electricity without having to invest huge amounts in new equipment. All that is needed are Shelly relays and the new Shelly LoRa add-ons. With this, existing electricity poles can be converted to allow payments.
How-to:
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Purchase the relays and the LoRa modules (see https://www.shelly.com/).
Example: Shelly 2PM Gen3+Shelly LoRa Add-on
Note: Only Gen 3 and Gen 4 relays are supported. -
Activate the relays with the Shelly app.
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Go to Shelly Control
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Get an API Authorisation key and the Server name:
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Go to Home and select Devices.
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Select one of the relays (devices) and then click on the settings icon (in the right window) to get the device ID and channel.
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In Blippa Labelsadmin-integrations, add Shelly using your login credentials.
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In a Blippa Form, select Actions and add the desired action.
Note: Use Rules to separate On/OFF
Note: You can also use variables instead of entering the device details in the Form, allowing you to have multiple devices using a common Form.