## Supported Things
This binding provides two Thing types: a bridge to the SEMS Portal, and the Power Stations which are found at the Portal.
-The Portal (semsportal:portal) represents your account in the SEMS portal.
-The Power Station (semsportal:station) is an installation of a Power Station or inverter that reports to the SEMS portal and is available to your account.
+The Portal (``semsportal:portal``) represents your account in the SEMS portal.
+The Power Station (``semsportal:station``) is an installation of a Power Station or inverter that reports to the SEMS portal and is available to your account.
## Discovery
Power Stations have no settings and will be auto discovered when you add a Portal Bridge.
+If you prefer manual configuration of things in thing files, you need to supply the power station UUID.
+It can be found in the SEMS portal URL after you have logged in.
+The URL will look like this:
+
+```
+https://www.semsportal.com/PowerStation/PowerStatusSnMin/xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+```
+
+Where the part after the last / character is the UUID to be used.
+
+Example portal configuration with a station:
+
+```
+Bridge semsportal:portal:myPortal [ username="my@username.com", password="MyPassword" ] {
+ station solarPanels "Solar Panels" [ stationUUID="xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" ]
+}
+```
+
## Channels
The Portal(Bridge) has no channels.
## Parameters
-The PowerStation Thing has no parameters.
-Only the Bridge has the following configuration parameters:
+The Power Station Thing has no configuration parameters when auto discovered.
+When using thing files you need to provide the station UUID.
+
+
+| Parameter | Required? | Description |
+| ----------- |:---------:| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| stationUUID | X | UUID of the station. Can be found on the SEMS portal URL (see description above) |
+
+The Bridge has the following configuration parameters:
| Parameter | Required? | Description |
| ----------- |:---------:| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| username | X | Account name (email address) at the SEMS portal. Account must have been used at least once to log in. |
+| username | X | Account name (email address) at the SEMS portal. Account must have been used at least once to log in. |
| password | X | Password of the SEMS portal |
-| update | | Number of minutes between two updates. Between 1 and 60 minutes, defaults to 5 minutes |
+| interval | | Number of minutes between two updates. Between 1 and 60 minutes, defaults to 5 minutes |
## Credits