[Feature Request]: PLAF109 / Polar Wet Feeder | Missing Implementation for Feeding

[goatrocks]

Device model name

Polar Wet Feeder

Device model number

PLAF109

Device type

Feeder

What state, statistic or control do you want to be reported in the integration ?

most wanted:
meal schedules
if it is currently feeding

also nice:
to be able to trigger the feeder to feed now
rotate bowl
see when cat has eaten

I have two of these feeders and am happy to try to get set up to capture API calls :)

Available to help integrate the new device

• I agree to help with the integration of the new device by providing the necessary information that will be requested

[jjjonesjr33]

Hey @goatrocks would you be able to provide information on what the api pulls or give temporary shared access to this device via my support account? If you are okay with that, I have a test account setup via support@jonesinc.dev that you can give access to via the Petlibro app on your phone.

Please let me know when you/if you do as there is a 30 min window for me to accept the shared device.

[goatrocks]

I'm happy to give you access! I will send an invite at 6pm eastern time today -- but if there is another time that would work for you, let me know and I can send it then :)

[jjjonesjr33]

Thanks @goatrocks I have it added now and will take a look at it later today and see what I can get added in for you!

[jjjonesjr33]

Just to give you an update @goatrocks I have the device loaded and some stats are pulling. There seems to be an issue with the feeding plan to disable/enable. I think this is due to the device being setup in a 3 meal/day cycle. When disabling a day after it has already processed the meal for that day it goes into an unknown state. Vs what I would rather have it do is disable the next meal. or all the meals like how it does for the other feeders.

There are a few other sensors I want to get added/adjusted. Once I get those done I will let you know. Thanks again for sharing the device so I can pull the data! 😄

[Sausagerolls]

Hi there, you say it pulls data in from the polar, but I've just set up a polar and there's nothing appearing in home assistant. Am I missing something or is it not integrated in yet?

[jjjonesjr33]

@Sausagerolls on the dev side I was able to pull data. Was still in the process of getting some things sorted before I did a release for v1.0.10 which now includes the PetLibro Polar Wet Food Feeder (PLAF109). You should be able to now go into HA and HACS and "update the information" for PetLibro to pull the latest download.

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@goatrocks I was able to get it added in so we can pull stats for it now in HA. The only thing that we might be able to add in the future would be the "Open Now" button that you see in the app. But as the API has it currently I don't see a way to send that request. I was seeing a similar issue with the 3 meal/day cycle on enabling/disabling it. I can tell it to update it to on/off, but regardless of its setting it doesn't enable/disable for the feeder. Hopefully we can add those features in the future. Until then I am going to leave this issue open as for future ENHANCEMENT

FYI: Temperature Setting

On the temperature setting when it first loads it will show °C, wait for a min, and when it pulls the latest API info it will update correctly to °F.

Here is what I was able to implement, for now, let me know if there is anything you would like to add / change to stats wise