'Bad byte' error

[martinhjelmare]

If you check the content of

/var/opt/homeassistant

What does it show?

[A Former User]

That's where all my configuration is. And there is a mysensors.json file present.

[martinhjelmare]

Try deleting the json file and have the full path to the json file in the config, as before. Restart hass.

Edit: Also delete any pickle files, if any.

[A Former User]

full path and no file, gets me

File does not exist or is not readable: /var/opt/homeassistant/mysensors.json

but will get me a gateway started.

[martinhjelmare]

That's fine, I think. If you check the contents of the folder again, you should see a json file again. It creates the file the first time.

[A Former User]

nope no file

[martinhjelmare]

Oh yeah, I think it will create it when the first sensor is added.

Do you get the gateway started message now?

[A Former User]

Yes i have the gateway started, so i should try to start a sensor to see if it will make the json. and be present in the webgui

[martinhjelmare]

Yes. Make sure you follow the presentation guide in the docs for mysensors on the HA web.

[A Former User]

thank you so much, that seem to do the trick. the gate way was started and the sensor was add, as soon as it was turned on.

[martinhjelmare]

:thumbsup:

I'll think about updating the docs at HA web, to explain things a bit more.

[A Former User]

Maybe also put in about the pyserial?

[martinhjelmare]

Well pyserial should be installed automatically when you run hass the first time with mysensors activated in the config. There shouldn't be a need to do that on your own.

Are you sure it wasn't installed for you?