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Keg

Set up Plaato Keg monitoring in Brewfather to track keg volume and status.

Plaato Keg has been discontinued.

Support for Plaato Keg through open-plaato-keg is currently under consideration. If this integration is of interest to you, please let us know.

Legacy Plaato integration

The steps below document the original Brewfather integration for reference only. This integration depended on Plaato's discontinued cloud service and no longer works, even with an existing auth key.

The original setup required users to:

  1. Activate Plaato Keg in the settings page

  2. Go to the Devices page in the menu to set up your Plaato kegs

3. Click configure.

4. Click Add Plaato Keg, this needs to be done once per keg device.

5. Each Keg needed its own auth key, which was supplied by Plaato support while the service was active.

The Plaato Keg integration displayed the status of your kegs on the Devices page, including remaining volume, temperature, and gravity readings.

Setup Details

The original workflow was:

  1. Activate Plaato Keg in Settings > Power-ups.

  2. Navigate to the Devices page from the main menu.

  3. Click Configure to manage your Plaato Keg devices.

  4. Click Add Plaato Keg for each keg device you want to track.

  5. Enter the auth key for each keg. The original service required one auth key per device, supplied by Plaato support.

What Data Is Tracked

The Plaato Keg displayed the following information on the Devices page:

  • Remaining volume in the keg

  • Temperature of the keg

  • Gravity readings

Important Notes

  • Each physical Keg required its own auth key from Plaato support.

  • The Plaato Keg integration was managed from the Devices page rather than from within a batch, since kegs are typically long-term devices not tied to a single batch.

Hosted option: CraftLab

If you do not want to run your own server, CraftLab AirlockRevival provides a free, public open-plaato-keg instance for Plaato Keg and Airlock devices. No CraftLab account is required.

CraftLab currently displays Plaato Keg data in its own dashboard but does not forward Keg data to Brewfather. Use this hosted option to keep the Keg online and view its data on CraftLab.

  1. Open Get a Token and generate a unique Auth Token for this Keg. Generate a separate token for each additional device.

  2. Reset the Keg, connect to its PLAATO-XXXXX Wi-Fi network, and open http://192.168.4.1.

  3. Enter your 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi details, the generated Auth Token, airlock.craftlab.no as the host, and port 1234.

  4. Follow the remaining instructions on CraftLab to open your device dashboard.

If you add multiple devices to the CraftLab dashboard, bookmark the latest dashboard link after each change because the device list is stored in the link.

The server detects the device type automatically. See the CraftLab FAQ for troubleshooting, data handling, and service availability information.

The CraftLab Auth Token and personal dashboard link provide access to your device data. Keep them private.

CraftLab AirlockRevival is an independent, third-party hobby service. It has not been verified or endorsed by Brewfather, is not operated by Brewfather, and does not provide a service-level guarantee.

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