@darren-herd said in mysprinkler for mysensor and home assistant not working together:

@johannes-schoeller
hi im currently struggling with the same problem, i dont suppose you found a solution? i tried to do what martinhjelmare said but obviously i did it wrong. any help would be apreciated anyone. at the moment i have the mysprinkler for mysensor showing in home assistant and if i try start one of the relays it just goes to next relay but doesnt start. it shows on the display 0 sec and i cant find how to set how to put in time for the relays as im a noob lol. cheers

i wish i would. i now 3d printed a case for it, got it all working so far, but can't make it announce the sensors in HA. no idea, why it worked before, and what's not working now ...

i investigated further and now i know that the sensor is requesting VAR_1 to VAR_3 and afaik this is not working with home assistant.
any ideas how to circumvent this? i need to set the value in HA and then the sensor is requesting it. how would this be accomplished in HA?

@martinhjelmare said in mysprinkler for mysensor and home assistant not working together:

Also remove the mysensors sensor platform from your configuration yaml. That's not needed.

you mean this form configuration.yaml:

mysensors:
  gateways:
    - device: '/dev/ttyUSB0'
      baud_rate: 38400
      persistence_file: 'home/homeassistant/mysensors.json'
  optimistic: false
  persistence: true
  retain: true
  version: '2.0'

or this from sensors.yaml:

- platform: mysensors
    port: "/dev/ttyUSB0"

EDIT: got is sorted out myself. NOT the configuration part is wrong, but the sensors.yaml part is too much. i removed it, and it works fine. thank you!!

thanks that did work. basically it worked the very next day w/o changing anything. it just did send initial values. so problem solved.

but i have another issue. now that everything is working so far, and i see the switch automatically added in my home assistant dashboard, i can use them and click them. this is seen by the sensor and it acts appropriately.

but how the irrigation controller is meant to be used is: it ASKS the hub for data. this data is a) time (works!) and b) duration to activate each zone on button press.

so it has 4 irrigation zones, each of them ca be assigned 2 values, one is how long it's turned on when activated alone, and one how long it's turned on when you run all zones, one after the other.

but i don't know how to set those values in home assistant so i can send them back to the sensor.

this is what the sensor looks like in home assistant:

@martinhjelmare said in mysprinkler for mysensor and home assistant not working together:

You need to send initial values for each device. That's what's missing.

Also remove the mysensors sensor platform from your configuration yaml. That's not needed.

thanks martin. i read that, but i have no idea how to send those initial values?
is this something that i have to implement in the sensor's code?

https://home-assistant.io/components/mysensors/#presentation says:

Send at least one initial value per V_TYPE. In version 2.0 of MySensors this has to be done in the loop function.

is it something like that?

    Serial.println("Sending initial value");
    send(msg.set(state?RELAY_ON:RELAY_OFF));

if that is the case, i assume it's missing in the irrigation controller's code. correct?

first of all i must admit that i'm quite a noob. so please forgive if my questions seem stupid.

i built the irrigation system board, and it seems to work electronically. i also built a serial gateway with the same 3.3v arduino pro mini that i used for the irrigation controller.

the serial gateway is connected to the usb (with a serial - rs232 converter which also powers the arduino and the nrf2401 with 3.3v). i added the gateway to configuration.yaml

mysensors:
  gateways:
    - device: '/dev/ttyUSB0'
      baud_rate: 38400
      persistence_file: 'home/homeassistant/mysensors.json'
  optimistic: false
  persistence: true
  retain: true
  version: '2.0'

the sensor.yaml has this added:

  - platform: mysensors
    port: "/dev/ttyUSB0"

the serial debug of the irrigation controller looks like that:

0 MCO:BGN:INIT NODE,CP=RNNNA--,VER=2.1.1
4 TSM:INIT
4 TSF:WUR:MS=0
12 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
14 TSF:SID:OK,ID=2
16 TSM:FPAR
86 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
946 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-2,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
952 TSF:MSG:FPAR OK,ID=0,D=1
2095 TSM:FPAR:OK
2095 TSM:ID
2097 TSM:ID:OK
2099 TSM:UPL
2107 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1
2162 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-2,s=255,c=3,t=25,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
2168 TSF:MSG:PONG RECV,HP=1
2170 TSM:UPL:OK
2172 TSM:READY:ID=2,PAR=0,DIS=1
2179 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0100
2240 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-2,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0:0100
2250 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2.1.1
2265 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0
2400 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-2,s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:M
2410 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=11,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:MySprinkler
2426 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2.2
2437 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=0,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
2447 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=1,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
2490 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=2,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
2535 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=3,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
2584 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=4,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
2590 MCO:REG:REQ
2609 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=26,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2
2756 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-2,s=255,c=3,t=27,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
2762 MCO:PIM:NODE REG=1
2764 MCO:BGN:STP
Initialising...
Turning All Valves Off...
Checking EEPROM for stored date:
Retreiving last run time from EEPROM...
Sensor Presentation Complete
Ready...
3389 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=1,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
Requesting time from Gateway:
3467 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-2,s=255,c=3,t=1,pt=0,l=10,sg=0:1515859257
Time value received and updated...
Clock updated....
Sensor's time currently set to: 04:00pm
1/13/2018
Saturday 
Calling for Valve 1 Data...
4403 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=1,c=2,t=24,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
4462 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=1,c=2,t=24,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
4526 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=1,c=2,t=24,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
4587 TSF:MSG:SEND,2-2-0-0,s=1,c=2,t=24,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:```

there seems to be some communication between the hub and the sensor which is ok. but i don't see any mysensor sensors in home assistant and i don't understand what the log errors below mean, or how to get rid of them.

Jan 13 14:01:13 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:13 DEBUG (Thread-13) [mysensors] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-2-2,s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=0,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:M#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [mysensors] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,2-2-0,s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=11,sg=0:MySprinkler#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [homeassistant.components.mysensors] Node update: node 2 child 255#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [homeassistant.components.mysensors] Not a child update for node 2#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [mysensors] Handle queue with call <bound method SerialGateway.logic of SerialGateway>(('2;255;3;0;11;MySprinkler\n',), {}) took 0.200 seconds#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [mysensors] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,2-2-0,s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:2.2#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [homeassistant.components.mysensors] Node update: node 2 child 255#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [homeassistant.components.mysensors] Not a child update for node 2#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [mysensors] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,2-2-0,s=0,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: #033[33m2018-01-13 14:01:14 WARNING (Thread-13) [mysensors] child_id 0 already exists in children of node 2, cannot add child#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [mysensors] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,2-2-0,s=1,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: #033[33m2018-01-13 14:01:14 WARNING (Thread-13) [mysensors] child_id 1 already exists in children of node 2, cannot add child#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [mysensors] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,2-2-0,s=2,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: #033[33m2018-01-13 14:01:14 WARNING (Thread-13) [mysensors] child_id 2 already exists in children of node 2, cannot add child#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [mysensors] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,2-2-0,s=3,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: #033[33m2018-01-13 14:01:14 WARNING (Thread-13) [mysensors] child_id 3 already exists in children of node 2, cannot add child#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [mysensors] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,2-2-0,s=4,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: #033[33m2018-01-13 14:01:14 WARNING (Thread-13) [mysensors] child_id 4 already exists in children of node 2, cannot add child#0
Jan 13 14:01:14 hassbian hass[2451]: 2018-01-13 14:01:14 DEBUG (Thread-13) [mysensors] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:9 p:TSF:MSG:READ,2-2-0,s=255,c=3,t=26,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:2#0```

this is my
/home/homeassistant/mysensors.json

{"2": {"sketch_version": "2.2", "battery_level": 0, "protocol_version": "2.1.1", "sketch_name": "MySprinkler", "children": {"0": {"id": 0, "description": "", "type": 3, "values": {}}, "1": {"id": 1, "description": "", "type": 3, "values": {}}, "2": {"id": 2, "description": "", "type": 3, "values": {}}, "3": {"id": 3, "description": "", "type": 3, "values": {}}, "4": {"id": 4, "description": "", "type": 3, "values": {}}}, "sensor_id": 2, "type": 17}}