Adding a sensor to the configuration file

[gohan]

Actually I can't help much on HA since I never used it, but I can tell you I personally prefer working with the ethernet gateway

[kobipes]

@gohan In order to use the Ethernet gateway I need a Ethernet module and I I'll have to wait for a very long time :/ What type of home automation controller are you using instead of the 'Home assistant' ?

@martinhjelmare ? have a clue ? familiar with Home assistant first serial gateway configuration and can help me ?

[gohan]

@kobipes you can wire the radio on the raspberry directly or use an esp8266

[kobipes]

@gohan OK, after wiring the nrf24 directly to the Raspberry pi GPIO, what should I need to write in the configuration.yaml file to identify it ? No doubts that this type of wiring is also a serial gateway but I have no clue what to write in the configuration file ...

[gohan]

Follow instructions for ethernet gateway software and how to compile it. About configuration in yaml file, I don't know, sorry... I don't use it

[kobipes]

@gohan OK, I'll give the esp8266 a chance. If I got you right , what you suggest is to replace the Ethernet module suggested here : link text with the esp8266 ? Can you please reefer me to a tutorial or a link of how to connect and to configure ?

[gohan]

https://www.mysensors.org/build/esp8266_gateway

Always refer to the Connect the radio page on how to wire the nrf24 module

[martinhjelmare]

@kobipes

Are you using Hass.io?

The config validation when using Hass.io doesn't seem reliable.

I've never used Hass.io so I can't really help you better than this. You can try to search this forum and the home assistant forum for similar questions.

[kobipes]

@martinhjelmare

What are you using instead of hass.io ? maybe I'll consider using it too if it's working.

Regarding my problem , I've got this message :
"Invalid config for [mysensors]: not a valid value for dictionary value @ data['mysensors']['gateways'][0]['device']. Got /'dev/ttyUSB0'.

I connected to the terminal through SSH are port 22 and typed : ls /dev , saw the tty folder but it was empty (expected USB0 to appear there). But when I typed dmesg | grep tty I see : "ch341-uart converter now attached to ttyUSB0". Really confused ! Though maybe I need to enable the USB0 port but didn't find any clue how to do it. In what forum can I ask for help for this kind of problem ?

[martinhjelmare]

@kobipes

I think you will get the best help regarding USB exposure in Hass.io in the Hass.io section of the home assistant community forum.

I'm using hassbian.