README.MD

V2.0.0 BREAKING CHANGES

For version 2.0.0 the library has been rewritten and methods have changed.

Ecowater Softener

ecowater-softener is a Python library for collecting information from Ecowater water softeners.

Installation

Use the package manager pip to install ecowater.

pip install ecowater-softener

Usage

Liquids are measured in US Gallons, liquid speeds are measured in US Gallons per Minute (gpm), and weights are measured in Pounds (lbs)

Importing the library

import ecowater_softener

Account

Initialize Ecowater account using username and password credentials

ecowater_account = ecowater_softener.EcowaterAccount('username', 'password')

Devices

Retrieve a list of all devices associated with the Ecowater account

devices = ecowater_account.get_devices()

Access the first device from the list of devices

device = devices[0]

Get / Update the devices values (Needs to be ran before accessing data or the data will return None)

device.update()

Device Info

Get the device model (string)

model = device.model

Get the device serial number (string)

serial_number = device.serial_number

Get the device software version (string)

software_version = device.software_version

Get the signal strength (rssi) (integer)

rssi = device.rssi

Get the device ip address (string)

ip_address = device.ip_address

Water

Get the average daily water usage (integer)

water_use_avg_daily = device.water_use_avg_daily

Get the amount of water used today (integer)

water_use_today = device.water_use_today

Get the current amount of available water (integer)

water_available = device.water_available

Water Flow

Get the current water flow rate (float)

current_water_flow = device.current_water_flow

Salt

Get the current salt level as a percentage (float)

salt_level_percentage = device.salt_level_percentage

Get the number of days until the device runs out of salt (integer)

out_of_salt_days = device.out_of_salt_days

Get the estimated date when the device will run out of salt (datetime.date)

out_of_salt_date = device.out_of_salt_date

Get the salt type, either "NaCl" or "KCl" (string)

salt_type = device.salt_type

Rock

Get the average amount of rock removed daily (float)

rock_removed_avg_daily = device.rock_removed_avg_daily

Get the total amount of rock removed by the device over its lifetime (float)

rock_removed = device.rock_removed

Recharge

Get the recharge status, either "None", "Scheduled", or "Recharging" (string)

recharge_status = device.recharge_status

Check if recharge is enabled (boolean)

recharge_enabled = device.recharge_enabled

Check if a recharge is scheduled (boolean)

recharge_scheduled = device.recharge_scheduled

Check if recharging currently (boolean)

recharge_recharging = device.recharge_recharging

Get the number of days since the last recharge was performed (integer)

last_recharge_days = device.last_recharge_days

Get the date of the last recharge (datetime.date)

last_recharge_date = device.last_recharge_date

Credits

• Kyle Johnson for his work on using python to interface with Ecowater water softeners. Most of this libraries code was originally built upon code which he wrote. You can read his article regarding scraping data from Ecowater water softeners at https://gnulnx.net/2020/02/18/ecowater-api-scraping/
• @rewardone for creating ayla-iot-unofficial which is used to fetch the data
• Jeff Rescignano for creating sharkiq which ayla-iot-unofficial is based on.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT