Add meter template for Everhome Ecotracker

[Copilot]

Users of the Everhome Ecotracker smart meter reader had no native template, requiring manual custom meter configuration to read grid power via the device's local HTTP API.

Changes

• Adds templates/definition/meter/everhome-ecotracker.yaml with grid usage, reading power (watts) from the local REST endpoint:

type: custom
power:
  source: http
  uri: http://{{ .host }}/v1/json
  jq: .power

The device reads bidirectional grid flow (positive = import, negative = export) from the smart meter's optical IR interface. grid-only usage reflects this — it is not a PV or battery meter.

Warning

Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)

I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

• 224.0.0.251
  • Triggering command: REDACTED, pid is -1 (packet block)
• community.evcc.io
  • Triggering command: /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node --enable-source-maps /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/copilot-developer-action-main/dist/index.js (dns block)
• everhome.cloud
  • Triggering command: /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node --enable-source-maps /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/copilot-developer-action-main/dist/index.js (dns block)
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/curl curl -s --max-time 10 REDACTED e.go .go ux-amd64/pkg/tool/linux_amd64/vet -p (dns block)
  • Triggering command: /usr/bin/curl curl -s --max-time 10 -A Mozilla/5.0 REDACTED ux-amd64/pkg/tool/linux_amd64/vet -p io/fs mpile ux-amd64/pkg/too-buildtags -qui�� -imultiarch 0.1-go1.26.0.lin-ifaceassert ux-amd64/pkg/tool/linux_amd64/vet -D_FORTIFY_SOURC/home/REDACTED/go/pkg/mod/golang.org/toolchain@v0.0.1-go1.26.0.linux-amd64/pkg/tool/linux_amd64/vet -quiet mpile ux-amd64/pkg/too-buildtags (dns block)
• web.archive.org
  • Triggering command: /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node --enable-source-maps /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/copilot-developer-action-main/dist/index.js (dns block)
• webcache.googleusercontent.com
  • Triggering command: /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node --enable-source-maps /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/copilot-developer-action-main/dist/index.js (dns block)

If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:

• Configure Actions setup steps to set up my environment, which run before the firewall is enabled
• Add the appropriate URLs or hosts to the custom allowlist in this repository's Copilot coding agent settings (admins only)

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