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33 changes: 7 additions & 26 deletions source/_integrations/vera.markdown
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- Switch
- Climate
ha_release: pre 0.7
ha_config_flow: true
ha_domain: vera
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## Configuration

To use Vera devices in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file using the IP and port number of your Vera controller:

```yaml
vera:
vera_controller_url: http://192.168.1.161:3480/
```

{% configuration %}
vera_controller_url:
description: The URL for your Vera device.
required: true
type: string
{% endconfiguration %}

<div class='note'>

It is recommended to assign a static IP address to your Vera Controller. This ensures that it won't change IP addresses, so you won't have to change the `vera_controller_url` if it reboots and comes up with a different IP address. See your router's manual for details on how to set this up. If you need the MAC address of your Vera, check the label on the bottom.

</div>

### Configure devices
1. From the Home Assistant front-end, navigate to 'Configuration' then 'Integrations'. Under 'Set up a new integration' locate 'Vera' and click 'Configure'.
2. Enter the URL for the controller and click 'Submit'.

By default your switches will be added to Home Assistant as switches, however, if some of them are light switches, you can tell Home Assistant this using the optional `lights` parameter as shown below.
## Options
Once the Vera integration is configured, you can set additional options in the integration, click the gear icon.

Vera imports detailed Z-Wave devices into Home Assistant. This can include system devices and other devices that you don't use; you can tell Home Assistant not to load these devices using the `exclude:` parameter as shown below.
- Vera switch device - By default your switches will be added to Home Assistant as switches, however, if some of them are light switches, you can tell Home Assistant this by providing a list of light ids.
- Vera device ids to exclude - Vera imports detailed Z-Wave devices into Home Assistant. This can include system devices and other devices that you don't use; you can tell Home Assistant not to load these devices by providing a list of device ids.

You can find the Vera device id either via the advanced properties of the device in the Vera UI or by checking the `Vera Device Id` attribute on each device imported into Home Assistant (under the developer tools).

```yaml
vera:
vera_controller_url: http://192.168.1.161:3480/
# Optional to exclude devices - this is a list of vera device ids
exclude: [ 13, 14, 16, 20, 23, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 88, 89, 99]
# Optional to import switches as lights - this is a list of vera device ids
lights: [15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 43, 64, 70, 87]
```

### Using Z-Wave devices in automation

If you want to use a Z-Wave device from the Vera controller in Home Assistant automation, you'll need the entity id. In the Home Assistant UI you'll find all entities listed under the <img src='/images/screenshots/developer-tool-states-icon.png' alt='service developer tool icon' class="no-shadow" height="38" /> icon of the Developer Tools section. Look for entities that contain 'Vera Device Id' in their attributes, and you'll find the entity id on the left.
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