HA: moisture sensor ValueError: could not convert string to float: '2.1.1'
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I am attempting to incorporate a moisture sensor into HA but getting could not convert to float errors in the logs. The sensor does show up in mysensors.json but not in the gui.
Home Assistant 0.94.4
I am using a simple FC-28 moisture sensor: VCC, Gnd, D0 connected to D6 of the UNO and A0 connected to D7.
SoilMoistSensor Sketch:
/* * The MySensors Arduino library handles the wireless radio link and protocol * between your home built sensors/actuators and HA controller of choice. * The sensors forms a self healing radio network with optional repeaters. Each * repeater and gateway builds a routing tables in EEPROM which keeps track of the * network topology allowing messages to be routed to nodes. * * Created by Henrik Ekblad <henrik.ekblad@mysensors.org> * Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Sensnology AB * Full contributor list: https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/graphs/contributors * * Documentation: http://www.mysensors.org * Support Forum: http://forum.mysensors.org * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. * ******************************* * * DESCRIPTION * * Arduino soil moisture based on gypsum sensor/resistive sensor to avoid electric catalyse in soil * Required to interface the sensor: 2 * 4.7kOhm + 2 * 1N4148 * * Gypsum sensor and calibration: * DIY: See http://vanderleevineyard.com/1/category/vinduino/1.html * Built: Davis / Watermark 200SS * http://www.cooking-hacks.com/watermark-soil-moisture-sensor?_bksrc=item2item&_bkloc=product * http://www.irrometer.com/pdf/supportmaterial/sensors/voltage-WM-chart.pdf * cb (centibar) http://www.irrometer.com/basics.html * 0-10 Saturated Soil. Occurs for a day or two after irrigation * 10-20 Soil is adequately wet (except coarse sands which are drying out at this range) * 30-60 Usual range to irrigate or water (except heavy clay soils). * 60-100 Usual range to irrigate heavy clay soils * 100-200 Soil is becoming dangerously dry for maximum production. Proceed with caution. * * Connection: * D6, D7: alternative powering to avoid sensor degradation * A0, A1: alternative resistance measuring * * Based on: * "Vinduino" portable soil moisture sensor code V3.00 * Date December 31, 2012 * Reinier van der Lee and Theodore Kaskalis * www.vanderleevineyard.com * Contributor: epierre */ // Copyright (C) 2015, Reinier van der Lee // www.vanderleevineyard.com // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // any later version. // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // Enable debug prints to serial monitor #define MY_DEBUG // Enable and select radio type attached #define MY_RADIO_RF24 //#define MY_RADIO_NRF5_ESB //#define MY_RADIO_RFM69 //#define MY_RADIO_RFM95 #include <math.h> // Conversion equation from resistance to % #include <MySensors.h> // Setting up format for reading 3 soil sensors #define NUM_READS (int)10 // Number of sensor reads for filtering #define CHILD_ID 0 MyMessage msg(CHILD_ID, V_LEVEL); uint32_t SLEEP_TIME = 30000; // Sleep time between reads (in milliseconds) long buffer[NUM_READS]; int idx; /// @brief Structure to be used in percentage and resistance values matrix to be filtered (have to be in pairs) typedef struct { int moisture; //!< Moisture long resistance; //!< Resistance } values; const long knownResistor = 4700; // Constant value of known resistor in Ohms int supplyVoltage; // Measured supply voltage int sensorVoltage; // Measured sensor voltage values valueOf[NUM_READS]; // Calculated moisture percentages and resistances to be sorted and filtered int i; // Simple index variable void setup() { // initialize the digital pins as an output. // Pin 6,7 is for sensor 1 // initialize the digital pin as an output. // Pin 6 is sense resistor voltage supply 1 pinMode(6, OUTPUT); // initialize the digital pin as an output. // Pin 7 is sense resistor voltage supply 2 pinMode(7, OUTPUT); } void presentation() { sendSketchInfo("Soil Moisture Sensor Reverse Polarity", "1.0"); present(CHILD_ID, S_MOISTURE); } void loop() { measure(6,7,1); Serial.print ("\t"); Serial.println (average()); long read1 = average(); measure(7,6,0); Serial.print ("\t"); Serial.println (average()); long read2= average(); long sensor1 = (read1 + read2)/2; Serial.print ("resistance bias =" ); Serial.println (read1-read2); Serial.print ("sensor bias compensated value = "); Serial.println (sensor1); Serial.println (); //send back the values send(msg.set((int32_t)ceil(sensor1))); // delay until next measurement (msec) sleep(SLEEP_TIME); } void measure (int phase_b, int phase_a, int analog_input) { // read sensor, filter, and calculate resistance value // Noise filter: median filter for (i=0; i<NUM_READS; i++) { // Read 1 pair of voltage values digitalWrite(phase_a, HIGH); // set the voltage supply on delayMicroseconds(25); supplyVoltage = analogRead(analog_input); // read the supply voltage delayMicroseconds(25); digitalWrite(phase_a, LOW); // set the voltage supply off delay(1); digitalWrite(phase_b, HIGH); // set the voltage supply on delayMicroseconds(25); sensorVoltage = analogRead(analog_input); // read the sensor voltage delayMicroseconds(25); digitalWrite(phase_b, LOW); // set the voltage supply off // Calculate resistance // the 0.5 add-term is used to round to the nearest integer // Tip: no need to transform 0-1023 voltage value to 0-5 range, due to following fraction long resistance = (knownResistor * (supplyVoltage - sensorVoltage ) / sensorVoltage) ; delay(1); addReading(resistance); Serial.print (resistance); Serial.print ("\t"); } }Arduino Serial Monitor:
11679 TSF:MSG:SEND,105-105-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2 11687 MCO:SLP:MS=30000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255 11693 TSF:TDI:TSL 11695 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1 11697 TSF:TRI:TSB 34 11 0 -11 0 11 23 23 11 0 10 -21 -10 10 11 0 -11 -22 -11 -10 11 -5 resistance bias =15 sensor bias compensated value = 2 11756 TSF:MSG:SEND,105-105-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2 11765 MCO:SLP:MS=30000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255 11770 TSF:TDI:TSL 11772 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1 11773 TSF:TRI:TSB 11 22 23 11 -11 -11 0 11 23 11 9 -11 -11 -11 0 11 11 0 -11 -22 -11 -5 resistance bias =14 sensor bias compensated value = 2 11833 TSF:MSG:SEND,105-105-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2 11842 MCO:SLP:MS=30000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255 11847 TSF:TDI:TSL 11849 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1 11851 TSF:TRI:TSB 23 0 0 -11 11 23 23 23 0 -11 8 -10 0 10 22 0 -22 -22 -10 11 11 -1 resistance bias =9 sensor bias compensated value = 3 11911 TSF:MSG:SEND,105-105-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:3 11919 MCO:SLP:MS=30000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255 11924 TSF:TDI:TSL // Averaging algorithm void addReading(long resistance) { buffer[idx] = resistance; idx++; if (idx >= NUM_READS) { idx = 0; } } long average() { long sum = 0; for (int i = 0; i < NUM_READS; i++) { sum += buffer[i]; } return (long)(sum / NUM_READS); }Mysensors.json Moisture Sensor:
"105": {
"sensor_id": 105,
"children": {
"0": {
"id": 0,
"type": 35,
"description": "",
"values": {
"37": "3"
}
}
},
"type": 17,
"sketch_name": "Soil Moisture Sensor Reve",
"sketch_version": "1.0",
"battery_level": 0,
"protocol_version": "2.3.1",
"heartbeat": 0
}HA Logs:
ValueError: could not convert string to float: '2.1.1' 2019-07-03 12:35:20 DEBUG (SyncWorker_2) [mysensors.persistence] Saving sensors to persistence file /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/mysensors.json 2019-07-03 12:35:47 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.handler] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,105-105-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0:1 2019-07-03 12:35:47 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mysensors.gateway] Node update: node 105 child 0 2019-07-03 12:35:47 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mysensors.device] Entity update: Soil Moisture Sensor Reve 105 0: value_type 37, value = 1 2019-07-03 12:35:47 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mysensors.device] Error updating Soil Moisture Sensor Reve 105 0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/mysensors/device.py", line 103, in update await self._async_update_callback() File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/mysensors/device.py", line 129, in _async_update_callback await self.async_update_ha_state(True) File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 225, in async_update_ha_state self._async_write_ha_state() File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 258, in _async_write_ha_state unit_of_measurement = self.unit_of_measurement File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/mysensors/sensor.py", line 75, in unit_of_measurement if (float(self.gateway.protocol_version) >= 1.5 ValueError: could not convert string to float: '2.1.1' 2019-07-03 12:35:50 DEBUG (SyncWorker_8) [mysensors.persistence] Saving sensors to persistence file /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/mysensors.json -
I am attempting to incorporate a moisture sensor into HA but getting could not convert to float errors in the logs. The sensor does show up in mysensors.json but not in the gui.
Home Assistant 0.94.4
I am using a simple FC-28 moisture sensor: VCC, Gnd, D0 connected to D6 of the UNO and A0 connected to D7.
SoilMoistSensor Sketch:
/* * The MySensors Arduino library handles the wireless radio link and protocol * between your home built sensors/actuators and HA controller of choice. * The sensors forms a self healing radio network with optional repeaters. Each * repeater and gateway builds a routing tables in EEPROM which keeps track of the * network topology allowing messages to be routed to nodes. * * Created by Henrik Ekblad <henrik.ekblad@mysensors.org> * Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Sensnology AB * Full contributor list: https://github.com/mysensors/MySensors/graphs/contributors * * Documentation: http://www.mysensors.org * Support Forum: http://forum.mysensors.org * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. * ******************************* * * DESCRIPTION * * Arduino soil moisture based on gypsum sensor/resistive sensor to avoid electric catalyse in soil * Required to interface the sensor: 2 * 4.7kOhm + 2 * 1N4148 * * Gypsum sensor and calibration: * DIY: See http://vanderleevineyard.com/1/category/vinduino/1.html * Built: Davis / Watermark 200SS * http://www.cooking-hacks.com/watermark-soil-moisture-sensor?_bksrc=item2item&_bkloc=product * http://www.irrometer.com/pdf/supportmaterial/sensors/voltage-WM-chart.pdf * cb (centibar) http://www.irrometer.com/basics.html * 0-10 Saturated Soil. Occurs for a day or two after irrigation * 10-20 Soil is adequately wet (except coarse sands which are drying out at this range) * 30-60 Usual range to irrigate or water (except heavy clay soils). * 60-100 Usual range to irrigate heavy clay soils * 100-200 Soil is becoming dangerously dry for maximum production. Proceed with caution. * * Connection: * D6, D7: alternative powering to avoid sensor degradation * A0, A1: alternative resistance measuring * * Based on: * "Vinduino" portable soil moisture sensor code V3.00 * Date December 31, 2012 * Reinier van der Lee and Theodore Kaskalis * www.vanderleevineyard.com * Contributor: epierre */ // Copyright (C) 2015, Reinier van der Lee // www.vanderleevineyard.com // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // any later version. // This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // Enable debug prints to serial monitor #define MY_DEBUG // Enable and select radio type attached #define MY_RADIO_RF24 //#define MY_RADIO_NRF5_ESB //#define MY_RADIO_RFM69 //#define MY_RADIO_RFM95 #include <math.h> // Conversion equation from resistance to % #include <MySensors.h> // Setting up format for reading 3 soil sensors #define NUM_READS (int)10 // Number of sensor reads for filtering #define CHILD_ID 0 MyMessage msg(CHILD_ID, V_LEVEL); uint32_t SLEEP_TIME = 30000; // Sleep time between reads (in milliseconds) long buffer[NUM_READS]; int idx; /// @brief Structure to be used in percentage and resistance values matrix to be filtered (have to be in pairs) typedef struct { int moisture; //!< Moisture long resistance; //!< Resistance } values; const long knownResistor = 4700; // Constant value of known resistor in Ohms int supplyVoltage; // Measured supply voltage int sensorVoltage; // Measured sensor voltage values valueOf[NUM_READS]; // Calculated moisture percentages and resistances to be sorted and filtered int i; // Simple index variable void setup() { // initialize the digital pins as an output. // Pin 6,7 is for sensor 1 // initialize the digital pin as an output. // Pin 6 is sense resistor voltage supply 1 pinMode(6, OUTPUT); // initialize the digital pin as an output. // Pin 7 is sense resistor voltage supply 2 pinMode(7, OUTPUT); } void presentation() { sendSketchInfo("Soil Moisture Sensor Reverse Polarity", "1.0"); present(CHILD_ID, S_MOISTURE); } void loop() { measure(6,7,1); Serial.print ("\t"); Serial.println (average()); long read1 = average(); measure(7,6,0); Serial.print ("\t"); Serial.println (average()); long read2= average(); long sensor1 = (read1 + read2)/2; Serial.print ("resistance bias =" ); Serial.println (read1-read2); Serial.print ("sensor bias compensated value = "); Serial.println (sensor1); Serial.println (); //send back the values send(msg.set((int32_t)ceil(sensor1))); // delay until next measurement (msec) sleep(SLEEP_TIME); } void measure (int phase_b, int phase_a, int analog_input) { // read sensor, filter, and calculate resistance value // Noise filter: median filter for (i=0; i<NUM_READS; i++) { // Read 1 pair of voltage values digitalWrite(phase_a, HIGH); // set the voltage supply on delayMicroseconds(25); supplyVoltage = analogRead(analog_input); // read the supply voltage delayMicroseconds(25); digitalWrite(phase_a, LOW); // set the voltage supply off delay(1); digitalWrite(phase_b, HIGH); // set the voltage supply on delayMicroseconds(25); sensorVoltage = analogRead(analog_input); // read the sensor voltage delayMicroseconds(25); digitalWrite(phase_b, LOW); // set the voltage supply off // Calculate resistance // the 0.5 add-term is used to round to the nearest integer // Tip: no need to transform 0-1023 voltage value to 0-5 range, due to following fraction long resistance = (knownResistor * (supplyVoltage - sensorVoltage ) / sensorVoltage) ; delay(1); addReading(resistance); Serial.print (resistance); Serial.print ("\t"); } }Arduino Serial Monitor:
11679 TSF:MSG:SEND,105-105-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2 11687 MCO:SLP:MS=30000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255 11693 TSF:TDI:TSL 11695 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1 11697 TSF:TRI:TSB 34 11 0 -11 0 11 23 23 11 0 10 -21 -10 10 11 0 -11 -22 -11 -10 11 -5 resistance bias =15 sensor bias compensated value = 2 11756 TSF:MSG:SEND,105-105-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2 11765 MCO:SLP:MS=30000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255 11770 TSF:TDI:TSL 11772 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1 11773 TSF:TRI:TSB 11 22 23 11 -11 -11 0 11 23 11 9 -11 -11 -11 0 11 11 0 -11 -22 -11 -5 resistance bias =14 sensor bias compensated value = 2 11833 TSF:MSG:SEND,105-105-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2 11842 MCO:SLP:MS=30000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255 11847 TSF:TDI:TSL 11849 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1 11851 TSF:TRI:TSB 23 0 0 -11 11 23 23 23 0 -11 8 -10 0 10 22 0 -22 -22 -10 11 11 -1 resistance bias =9 sensor bias compensated value = 3 11911 TSF:MSG:SEND,105-105-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:3 11919 MCO:SLP:MS=30000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255 11924 TSF:TDI:TSL // Averaging algorithm void addReading(long resistance) { buffer[idx] = resistance; idx++; if (idx >= NUM_READS) { idx = 0; } } long average() { long sum = 0; for (int i = 0; i < NUM_READS; i++) { sum += buffer[i]; } return (long)(sum / NUM_READS); }Mysensors.json Moisture Sensor:
"105": {
"sensor_id": 105,
"children": {
"0": {
"id": 0,
"type": 35,
"description": "",
"values": {
"37": "3"
}
}
},
"type": 17,
"sketch_name": "Soil Moisture Sensor Reve",
"sketch_version": "1.0",
"battery_level": 0,
"protocol_version": "2.3.1",
"heartbeat": 0
}HA Logs:
ValueError: could not convert string to float: '2.1.1' 2019-07-03 12:35:20 DEBUG (SyncWorker_2) [mysensors.persistence] Saving sensors to persistence file /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/mysensors.json 2019-07-03 12:35:47 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.handler] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,105-105-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0:1 2019-07-03 12:35:47 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mysensors.gateway] Node update: node 105 child 0 2019-07-03 12:35:47 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mysensors.device] Entity update: Soil Moisture Sensor Reve 105 0: value_type 37, value = 1 2019-07-03 12:35:47 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mysensors.device] Error updating Soil Moisture Sensor Reve 105 0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/mysensors/device.py", line 103, in update await self._async_update_callback() File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/mysensors/device.py", line 129, in _async_update_callback await self.async_update_ha_state(True) File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 225, in async_update_ha_state self._async_write_ha_state() File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 258, in _async_write_ha_state unit_of_measurement = self.unit_of_measurement File "/srv/homeassistant/lib/python3.6/site-packages/homeassistant/components/mysensors/sensor.py", line 75, in unit_of_measurement if (float(self.gateway.protocol_version) >= 1.5 ValueError: could not convert string to float: '2.1.1' 2019-07-03 12:35:50 DEBUG (SyncWorker_8) [mysensors.persistence] Saving sensors to persistence file /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/mysensors.json@mrhutchinsonmn I am revisiting this issue, attempting to get a mysensors wifi moisture sensor device working in my Homeassistant install. No one from my sensors or homeassistant was able to assist when I first created this topic. The setup and errors are the same. I am hoping someone has learned what the issue is that is causing the error and preventing the moisture sensor from appearing in the homeassistant gui. I am open to a different approach, if there is a better solution.
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@mrhutchinsonmn I am revisiting this issue, attempting to get a mysensors wifi moisture sensor device working in my Homeassistant install. No one from my sensors or homeassistant was able to assist when I first created this topic. The setup and errors are the same. I am hoping someone has learned what the issue is that is causing the error and preventing the moisture sensor from appearing in the homeassistant gui. I am open to a different approach, if there is a better solution.
@mrhutchinsonmn - values in mysensors json looks very strange.
"values": { "37": "3" }Not sure what else. did you try to stop HA and remove the node from mysensors json and preesnt it again?
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Yes, I removed mysensors.json and restarted. I just finished doing a new install of HA in case it was simply a version issue. I have more info now from the logs. What do you make of this output?:```
2020-02-25 11:45:07 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mysensors.gateway] Node update: node 105 child 255 2020-02-25 11:45:07 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.handler] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,105-105-0,s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.0 2020-02-25 11:45:07 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mysensors.gateway] Node update: node 105 child 255 2020-02-25 11:45:07 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.handler] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,105-105-0,s=0,c=0,t=35,pt=0,l=0,sg=0: 2020-02-25 11:45:07 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Not a valid message: Not valid message sub-type: 35 for dictionary value @ data['sub_type'] 2020-02-25 11:45:07 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.handler] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,105-105-0,s=255,c=3,t=26,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:2 2020-02-25 11:45:07 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.handler] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-105-105,s=255,c=3,t=27,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1 2020-02-25 11:45:07 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.handler] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,105-105-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0:1 2020-02-25 11:45:07 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknown 2020-02-25 11:45:07 DEBUG (SyncWorker_1) [mysensors.persistence] Saving sensors to persistence file /home/raymond/.homeassistant/mysensors1.pickle -
I actually have the same problem and do not know where it is coming from.
I tried several time to delete mysensors.json file and restart AH to try to troubleshoot it without success.This is the errors I get exactly:
2020-02-25 19:07:32 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mysensors.device] Error updating Grow monitor 30 3 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/mysensors/device.py", line 108, in update await self._async_update_callback() File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/mysensors/device.py", line 134, in _async_update_callback await self.async_update_ha_state(True) File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 284, in async_update_ha_state self._async_write_ha_state() File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 330, in _async_write_ha_state unit_of_measurement = self.unit_of_measurement File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/mysensors/sensor.py", line 85, in unit_of_measurement float(self.gateway.protocol_version) >= 1.5 ValueError: could not convert string to float: '2.3.2'I checked the file mentioned in the last line here: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/blob/dev/homeassistant/components/mysensors/sensor.py
I see that V_LEVEL doesn't have a S_MOISTURE corresponding it to (line 32).
Could the error comes from the unit of measurement is not mentioned for S_MOISTURE type of sensors? -
I actually have the same problem and do not know where it is coming from.
I tried several time to delete mysensors.json file and restart AH to try to troubleshoot it without success.This is the errors I get exactly:
2020-02-25 19:07:32 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mysensors.device] Error updating Grow monitor 30 3 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/mysensors/device.py", line 108, in update await self._async_update_callback() File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/mysensors/device.py", line 134, in _async_update_callback await self.async_update_ha_state(True) File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 284, in async_update_ha_state self._async_write_ha_state() File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 330, in _async_write_ha_state unit_of_measurement = self.unit_of_measurement File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/mysensors/sensor.py", line 85, in unit_of_measurement float(self.gateway.protocol_version) >= 1.5 ValueError: could not convert string to float: '2.3.2'I checked the file mentioned in the last line here: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/blob/dev/homeassistant/components/mysensors/sensor.py
I see that V_LEVEL doesn't have a S_MOISTURE corresponding it to (line 32).
Could the error comes from the unit of measurement is not mentioned for S_MOISTURE type of sensors?@Meach
I guess there's only one way to find out: Add theS_MOISTUREdefinition on line 36 insensors.pymanually, restart HA and give it a try."V_LEVEL": { "S_SOUND": ["dB", "mdi:volume-high"], "S_VIBRATION": ["Hz", None], "S_LIGHT_LEVEL": ["lx", "mdi:white-balance-sunny"], "S_MOISTURE": ["%", "mdi:water-percent"], },Since the measurement in your sketch seems to be tensiometric, I'm not certain if % is the correct unit to choose here, but I guess in general people would assume that
S_MOISTUREis a volumetric measurement representing the percentage of water per volume in the soil. So you might want to change it to[None, "mdi:gauge"]or[kPa, "mdi:gauge"].It's weird though that the logs from both of you complain about the MySensors version string, which of course, isn't a valid float and can't be converted with
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Out of curiosity, I just setup a node with the sketch that @mrhutchinsonmn posted in the first post, but uploaded dummy data instead of measuring actual values (shouldn't be a problem, I just don't have a soil moisture sensor at hand). I also tried the latest version of the SoilMoistSensor.ino sketch.
Unfortunately, I was unable to reproduce the issue. Serial output is fine, the HA log shows no errors, the sensor value is displayed in the GUI. So I doubt that the change mentioned above will have any effect. It's most likely just used to display a default unit and icon in the GUI. If there's no matching sensor type, as is the case with
S_MOISTURE, it will default to a unit-less display. At least that's my understanding.I used MySensors 2.3.2 and Home Assistant 0.105.5 (in Docker).
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That particular error went away with a new HA install 0.103.6. However, I continue to get data type and child unknown errors:
020-02-26 07:47:33 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Not a valid message: Not valid message sub-type: 35 for dictionary value @ data['sub_type'] 2020-02-26 07:47:34 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknown 2020-02-26 07:48:05 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknown 2020-02-26 07:48:36 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknown 2020-02-26 07:49:07 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknown 2020-02-26 07:49:30 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Not a valid message: Not valid message sub-type: 21 for dictionary value @ data['sub_type'] 2020-02-26 07:49:38 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknown 2020-02-26 07:50:09 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknownCorresponding serial monitor info:
5235 TSF:MSG:SEND,105-105-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:-2 5244 MCO:SLP:MS=30000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255 5250 TSF:TDI:TSL 5252 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1 5253 TSF:TRI:TSB 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -10 0 0 0 0 -1 resistance bias =5 sensor bias compensated value = 1 5307 TSF:MSG:SEND,105-105-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1 5316 MCO:SLP:MS=30000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255 5321 TSF:TDI:TSL -
That particular error went away with a new HA install 0.103.6. However, I continue to get data type and child unknown errors:
020-02-26 07:47:33 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Not a valid message: Not valid message sub-type: 35 for dictionary value @ data['sub_type'] 2020-02-26 07:47:34 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknown 2020-02-26 07:48:05 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknown 2020-02-26 07:48:36 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknown 2020-02-26 07:49:07 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknown 2020-02-26 07:49:30 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Not a valid message: Not valid message sub-type: 21 for dictionary value @ data['sub_type'] 2020-02-26 07:49:38 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknown 2020-02-26 07:50:09 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Child 0 is unknownCorresponding serial monitor info:
5235 TSF:MSG:SEND,105-105-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:-2 5244 MCO:SLP:MS=30000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255 5250 TSF:TDI:TSL 5252 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1 5253 TSF:TRI:TSB 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -10 0 0 0 0 -1 resistance bias =5 sensor bias compensated value = 1 5307 TSF:MSG:SEND,105-105-0-0,s=0,c=1,t=37,pt=4,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1 5316 MCO:SLP:MS=30000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255 5321 TSF:TDI:TSLHow have you configured MySensors in Home Assistant? I get the "not a valid message" error when I switch back to the old 1.4 protocol, which is still the default in HA.
So I suspect that you are using the old protcol version. Please have a look at your
configuration.yamland see if you specified the current version withversion: '2.0'or even 2.3. It should look something like this:mysensors: gateways: - device: mqtt persistence_file: '/config/mysensors.json' topic_in_prefix: 'mysensors-out' topic_out_prefix: 'mysensors-in' optimistic: false persistence: true retain: true version: '2.0'@Meach's issue might be down to an old HA version then, if an update fixed this particular error.
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Yes!! That worked for me!
Thank you!
