Posts made by peerv

@mvader Thanks, got it working. Your explanation and the right indentions ( ) did it!

@mvader Thanks, have a problem translating you example to my situation

This is the card were I want to add the battery_level:

 - type: entities
        title: Levelmeter breed 
        show_header_toggle: false
        entities:
          - entity: sensor.n60breed_20_54
            name: Battery (V)
            icon: mdi:battery 
          - entity: sensor.n60breed_20_50
            name: Temperature
            icon: mdi:temperature-celsius
          - entity: sensor.n60breed_20_51
            name: Humidity
            icon: mdi:water-percent
          - entity: sensor.n60breed_20_52
            name: Bar
          - entity: sensor.n60breed_20_53
            name: Waterlevel (cm)

I played around with the following entry in configuration.yaml

sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
    n60breed_20_55:
    entity_id: sensor.n60breed_20_53
    value_template: "{{ states.sensor.n60breed_20_53.attributes.battery_level }}"
    unit_of_measurement: '%'

but could not get it to work! Did not find any docs on platform Template.
Please advice

@mfalkvidd
Thanks, yes your solution could work. Also a voltage divider with a seperate child-id could work.

But my point is that the Arduino battery_level value is already available in the mysensors.json in Home Assistant.

"type": 17,
        "sketch_name": "N60Breed",
        "sketch_version": "1.0",
        "battery_level": 91,
        "protocol_version": "2.3.1",
        "heartbeat": 0

I just don't know how to get the battery_level value presented in the HA UI.

@alaskadiy No solution still.... I doubt if it has been implemented in the interface

Can anybody help my with how to display the MySensors sendBatteryLevel percentage on the HA user interface.
The percentage appears correctly in Home Assistant Developertools - States- Attrributes.
how to get this attribute displayed on the UI?

@mfalkvidd I had seen that discussion on the mysensors forum.
I my case the battery level % shows up correctly in the HA entities list attributes.
It just does not show up on the HA Console.
Have never seen it on the HA Console. What should I expect to see?

Need help on how to present Batterypct in the HA dashboard.
Is there a configuration setting needed for this?

HASSIO 0.70 on RPi with serial gateway attached still having configuration check problem with mysensors when executing

hassio ha check

This is what I did to try to solve:

• Deleted the configuration.yaml and the mysensors.json

• Restarted the RPi and hassio installed the default configuration.yaml

• Added the following mysensors configuration to the default configuration.yaml

mysensors:
  gateways:
    - device: '/dev/ttyUSB0'
      persistence_file: 'mysensors.json'
  persistence: true
  retain: true
  version: '2.2'

• Restarted the Rpi and checked that hassio had installed the mysensors.json in the /config directory
  All my sensors were added to the mysensors.json

• The whole system seems to work OK!

• However when I run "hassio ha check" on the RPi I get the following error:

core-ssh:~# hassio ha check
ERROR
Testing configuration at /config
Failed config
  mysensors:
    - Invalid config for [mysensors]: /config directory does not exist or is not                                   writeable for dictionary value @ data['mysensors']['gateways'][0]['persistence_                                  file']. Got 'mysensors.json'
not a valid value for dictionary value @ data['mysensors']['gateways'][0]['devic                                  e']. Got '/dev/ttyUSB0'. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 59). Please check                                   the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/mysensors/
    - config: ?
      frontend: ?
        javascript_version: auto
      group: ?
      history: ?
        exclude: ?
        include: ?
        use_include_order: False
      http: ?
      introduction: ?
      logbook: ?
      logger: [source /config/configuration.yaml:52]
        default: info
        logs: [source /config/configuration.yaml:54]
          homeassistant.components.mysensors: debug
          mysensors: debug
      mysensors: [source /config/configuration.yaml:59]
        gateways: [source /config/configuration.yaml:60]
          - device: /dev/ttyUSB0
            persistence_file: mysensors.json
        persistence: True
        retain: True
        version: 2.2
      script: ?
      updater: ?
        include_used_components: False
        reporting: True
Successful config (partial)
  mysensors

• There are no errors in the system log! According to the log the system is reading and writing fine to and from the mysensors.json

• The secondary annoyance from this problem is the fact that I cannot reload the configuration file after a change. The only way to reload the configuration file is by powering off/on the RPi

• I added an issue on github: https://github.com/home-assistant/hassio/issues/478

Any help appreciated

I am now at 0.69.1 HASS on Rpi and still having configuration check problem.

This is my configuration:

mysensors:
  gateways:
    - device: '/dev/ttyUSB0'
      persistence_file: '/config/mysensors.json'
      baud_rate: 115200
  optimistic: false
  persistence: true
  retain: true
  version: '2.0'

And this is the configuration check ERROR:

core-ssh:~# hassio ha check
ERROR
starting version 3.2.4
Testing configuration at /config
Failed config
  mysensors:
    - Invalid config for [mysensors]: /config directory does not exist or is not writeable for dictionary value @ data['mysensors']['gateways'][0]['persistence_ file']. Got /config/mysensors.json'
not a valid value for dictionary value @ data['mysensors']['gateways'][0]['device'].
Got '/dev/ttyUSB0'. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 85). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/mysensors/

A secondary result of this error is the restarting the Rpi does NOT load a new configuration!
The only way to load a new configuration file is to power off/on the Rpi.

However all the rest seems to funtion well !?

Really need help with this.

@iteafreely When I make a configuration change, this change is not gone thru after a restart. I have to power off/on the RPi to activate the configuration change.
So, you think this is also because of this configuration error

On the latest HASSIO release now and still not solved Can someone help with this problem?

core-ssh:~# hassio ha check
ERROR
starting version 3.2.4
Testing configuration at /config
Failed config
  mysensors:
    - Invalid config for [mysensors]: /config directory does not exist or is not writeable        
for dictionary value @ data
['mysensors']
['gateways'][0]
['persistence_file']. Got '/config/mysensors.json'not a valid value for dictionary value @ data
['mysensors']
['gateways']
[0]
['device']. Got '/dev/ttyUSB0'. 
(See /config/configuration.yaml, line 85). 
Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/mysensors/

The mysensors.json and configuration.yaml are in the same config directory.
Despite the above problem the system seems to work fine.

Is this a fake error?

How can I prevent all the "state_changed" events being written in the hassio database.
It is taken up a lot of dataspace and has no historic meaning.
The Recorder component does not seem to support excluding "events" . The recorder component seems to support only the exclusion of "entities" and "domains".
Any suggestions welcome.

How can I implement the new 2.2.0 function

#define MY_SIGNAL_REPORT_ENABLED

Should it be defined in the node and/or the gateway?
Can it be used with NRF24?
How is the RSSI value reported?
Could not find a writeup on this new function.

@qqlapraline Just use a 5V pro mini and get rid of level converter and mosfet!
Power the 5V HC-SR04 sonar with a pro mini digital pin.
Switch on the sonar for doing a measurement and then switch off again and put the promini to sleep till the next measurement.

@mfalkvidd Thanks for confirming about the BC message being normal protocol.
I have used the log parser (great!) and the trouble shooting flowchart (great!).
I am currently powering thru USB but as the comms problem is intermittend I need some further investigation.

I have a serial gateway with one nodeid=20 running for some time with no problems.
Getting comms problems with a second nodeid=22 when added to the same gateway.

Below is the debug log from nodeid=22 with the communication problems.
On the 4th line is a READ from nodeid=20. I don't have REPEATER MODE defined!
There is also a broadcast message MSG:BC

What could be wrong here?

124187 !TSF:SND:TNR
124194 MCO:SLP:MS=6000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255
124199 !MCO:SLP:TNR
124436 TSF:MSG:READ,20-20-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
124441 TSF:MSG:BC
124585 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-22,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
124591 TSF:MSG:FPAR OK,ID=0,D=1
126053 TSM:FPAR:OK
126054 TSM:ID
126056 TSM:ID:OK
126057 TSM:UPL
126095 !TSF:MSG:SEND,22-22-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:1
126220 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-255,s=255,c=3,t=20,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
126225 TSF:MSG:BC
126537 !TSF:MSG:SEND,22-22-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=21,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=1,st=NACK:0
126647 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-255,s=255,c=3,t=20,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
126652 TSF:MSG:BC
127391 !TSF:MSG:SEND,22-22-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=21,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=2,st=NACK:0
128102 TSM:UPL
128139 !TSF:MSG:SEND,22-22-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=3,st=NACK:1
128690 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-255,s=255,c=3,t=20,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
128695 TSF:MSG:BC
129430 !TSF:MSG:SEND,22-22-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=21,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=4,st=NACK:0
130147 TSM:UPL
130184 !TSF:MSG:SEND,22-22-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=5,st=NACK:1```

Found a new distance sensor HC-SR04P .
De spec shows that the input voltage of this model is 3-5V. So this model can be used with a 3.3V arduino.
https://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/0.html?spm=a2g0s.9042647.6.2.1AslKf&orderId=89862296499774&productId=32711959780

The mysensors.json is in the same directory as the configuration.yaml.

The first ERROR line in the log above says " unable to setup error log. But in my config directory is also a "home-assistant.log".

Despite the errors in the config check the system seems to works as far as I can see.

HASSIO 0.62.1 on RPI with serial gateway attached
I get "invalid configuration" when running "hassio homeassistant check"

When running configuration validation in the UI I get "valid configuration"

What am I missing?

Error on homeassistant/check: starting version 3.2.4
Testing configuration at /config
2018-02-09 16:40:18 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Unable to setup error log /config/home-assistant.log (access denied)
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up logger
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up introduction
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up recorder
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up http
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain logger took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain introduction took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain recorder took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain http took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up history
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up system_log
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up websocket_api
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up api
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain history took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain system_log took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain websocket_api took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain api took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up frontend
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain frontend took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:19 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for [mysensors]: /config directory does not exist or is not writetable for dictionary value @ data['mysensors']['gateways'][0]['persistence_file']. Got 'mysensors.json'
not a valid value for dictionary value @ data['mysensors']['gateways'][0]['device']. Got '/dev/ttyUSB0'. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 52). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/mysensors/
2018-02-09 16:40:19 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup failed for mysensors: Invalid config.
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up sun
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up group
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up map
2018-02-09 16:40:19 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up discovery
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up thethingsnetwork
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up updater
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up sensor
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain sun took 0.3 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain group took 0.3 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain map took 0.3 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain discovery took 0.2 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain thethingsnetwork took 0.2 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain updater took 0.1 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain sensor took 0.1 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up history_graph
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up logbook
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up config
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up cloud
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up conversation
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up automation
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up script
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain history_graph took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain logbook took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain config took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain cloud took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain conversation took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain automation took 0.0 seconds.
2018-02-09 16:40:20 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain script took 0.0 seconds.
Failed config
  mysensors:
    gateways: [source /config/configuration.yaml:53]
      - baud_rate: 115200
        device: /dev/ttyUSB0
        persistence_file: mysensors.json
    optimistic: False
    persistence: True
    retain: True
    version: 2.0
  General Errors:
    - Setup failed for mysensors: Invalid config.
Successful config (partial)
  mysensors:
core-ssh:~#

I am running hassio 0.62.1 on a Pi with serial gateway
All running fine.
When I remove a sensor from Mysensors.json and save the file the sensor reappears after opening the file again!
Can't get it removed permanently.
I am using the hassio samba share to edit the mysensors.json file in the windows editor.

The sensor I want to remove is NOT connected to the gateway.

Any tip?

@gohan I managed to get it down to 40 microamp in sleep mode now.
I also read somewhere to set all unused pins to INPUT.
I am going to try that too.

@gohan I am using the sonar distance sensor to measure water level.
The measurement is only taking once every minute.
So the sensor is sleeping most of the time.
To save power I power the sonar from a digital pin.
Before going to sleep I switch off the sonar.
In sleep mode my sensor draws only 200 micro amps!
Thanks @gohan for the link tip.
I will see how long the battery last in this application.

Have a look at youtube and look for Paul McWhorter. He has 25 excellent newbie Arduine lessons.

Re: Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors
I am building my first Newbie PCB sensor. I am powering with 9V battery on RAW and let the onboard pro mini regulator supply 5V. I am not using a booster.
I would like to use the battery measurer voltage divider. I recalculated the resistor values to 5M/680K.
Looking at the schematic of Newbie PCB I see that when the BAT and REG jumpers are NOT connected and also the REG power input is NOT connected I could use the unused booster pin 1 as input for the Voltage divider.
I would think when jumpering the RAW pin to the not used pin 1 (Vin) of the booster connection I could measure my RAW battery voltage.
Just looking for confirmation.
Thanks

Installed latest version of hassio on a Pi with a serial gateway attached.
send(voltMsg.set(Vbat, 1)) is working fine and the value appears on the HA UI.

sendBatteryLevel with battery percent of 93 is not appearing on the HA UI.
Sketch console log shows correct battery level of "93" send.

HA persistance file entry for the node also shows "battery_level": 93
Protocol version is 2.1.1

Any ideas why battery level is not showing up on the HA console?
Do I need to put some node entry in the config file?

Thanks.
I am using a 5V pro mini with a "red" FTDI adapter.
After disconnecting VCC between FTDI and 5V pro mini and the FTDI not (yet) connected to PC when connecting the battery to RAW also the power light on the FTDI adapter is lit.
So the power led on the FTDI gets power from the battery.
Is this not conflicting when I connect the FTDI to the PC USB?

I want to test my battery powered pro mini sensor.
Is there a way to hook up the pro mini to the USB port and not using the USB power.
It is just for seeing the debug prints.

Hi guys,
Do you know that the "Related Content" chapter content is not showing up in Firefox.
It is empty both on Windows and MacOS in Firefox.
It is ok in Chrome, Safari and Edge.

@mickecarlsson What BME280 library are you using?

Just replace the chinese clone with a real Nordic Semiconductor module and all problems are gone!

@rozpruwacz Thanks, very impressive solution!

@rozpruwacz
Hi,
Could you please share with me how you managed to get the power consumption of the BME280 down.
Can this also be done with the Adafruit library?

Hi ricorico94,
If you are interested in LoRa and how to connect the radio have a look at www.thethingsnetwork.org

Thanks guys, enough challenges to think about!

Thanks, but..... need to power it with batteries!
What is the best approach to get 5V for the Distance Sensor?

Re: Easy/Newbie PCB for MySensors

Hi all,
Can somebody give me a tip on how to get 5V for the Distance Sensor on the Rev9 EasyPCB with 3.3V Arduino with battery power.
Use power booster?

Thanks. Due to some bad dupont cable connection the program was not entering the void loop() and not printing to the console. Was not aware about a hardware serial print. It is stable now.

I am using a Nano V3.
Apart from the above lines I didn't change anything in the sketch.
Before the change I only got debug messages and no Serial.print lines!

Is the SoftwareSerial.h included in one of the other libraries?

I had to add some lines to the sample sketch to get console printouts:

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>

and in the void setup():
Serial.begin(115200);

Is everybody so specialized that they see immediately this omission?

Thanks guys, that makes it clear for me...

I am a newby getting confused with all the new terminology on this site.
In my house I have a network with Domoticz and RFXcom433.
I want to add now my own arduino based sensor to the RFXcom433/Domoticz.

What protocol is supported in the mysensors library to talk to the RFXCOM433?
In other words what is the protocol setting for the RFXCOM433 in Domoticz config?
Can I communicate directly from the arduino with RF module to the RFXCOM433?

Thanks