I have several eTekcity outlets that I use with SmartThings, and they work fine. They have a built-in function for power consumption. I can read that through their app, but see no way to get to it from SmartThings. I am able to control them with a virtual switch; however, that is clunky to keep in sync. Right now SmartThings says the switch is off, and if it were my monitors would be off.
Similarly, I am looking at “Smart Life”-controlled outlets, which also measure power consumption.
Questions:
Is it possible to read power consumption from eTekcity outlets within SmartThings?
Is it possible to read power consumption from “Smart Life” devices that support the functionality?
There is a custom device handler, but it doesn’t support power consumption yet. The API makes the power stats available but I haven’t figured out how to get that data into SmartThings.