I finally got this to work. Unlike what the description here says, this is how to update the value:
In Home Assistant, go to Developer->Service->YAML mode:
service: text.set_value
data:
value: "967067"
target:
entity_id: text.water_meter_100_2
(change 967067 with the value you want to add to the current counter)
The service "notify.mysensors" seems to be deprecated by Home Assistant.
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compiled: Jan 27 202312:42:11
01/27/2023 12:42:11
RTC lost confidence in the DateTime!
RTC is the same as compile time! (not expected but all is fine)
01/27/2023 12:42:11
19.25C
01/27/2023 12:42:14
19.25C
-------- power loss -----
RTC communications error = 4
01/01/2000 00:00:00
0.00C
RTC communications error = 5
01/01/2000 00:00:00
0.00C..
------------- return power supply +5v ----
RTC lost confidence in the DateTime!
01/01/2000 00:00:12
19.50C
RTC lost confidence in the DateTime!
01/01/2000 00:00:15
19.50C
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https://forum.arduino.cc/t/librairie-makuna-freez/1081415/34
bravo and good explanation
good to show that Arduino "8bits" and MySensors can do things simply, without gas factory
an extensible basis for further input/output
(door contact - relay control ...etc )
Thanks
I deployed 5 sensebender nodes just after release in 2015, all with 2 AA batteries from ikea.1 died within a couple of years, because it was placed outdoors. But the rest kept going, and all have been going until this year. So 8 years of battery time on one set of batteries..
I think that is excellent battery life..
