No Wi-fi near my meter, but I do have ethernet

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I have no Wi-fi near my meter, but I do have ethernet there. Would I be able to use a Homey USB-C Ethernet adapter on the Homey Engergy Dongle instead of wi-fi?

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Iā€™m fairly sure thatā€™s a no, the USB port on the new dongle will very likely support just a USB-to-serial interface.

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Maybe not even that as the main purpose of the USB interface is to power the dongle when connected to meters that arenā€™t able to supply enough current for the dongle.

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On a Dutch tech forum it was said that you can read the telegram data from the meter off the USB port, and even flash alternative firmware to it.

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This P1 dongle has an Ethernet connector

(And looks like the example for Homey P1 :face_with_hand_over_mouth: )

Works with https://homey.app/en-nl/app/nl.inversion.esphome/ESPhome/

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I also would prefer ethernet instead of WIFI.

Wonder why this isnā€™t an option, since probably a lot energymeters are in the same place as the router of the ISP.

And any news if delivery still stands for March?

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I guess itā€™s best to ask in the ā€˜centralā€™ topic:

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