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Enabling diagnostic loggin tells me this.

2022-12-10 21:16:59.124 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.config_entries] Config entry '95390' for pvoutput integration not ready yet: PVOutput has no data available; Retrying in background
2022-12-10 21:27:37.186 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.pvoutput] Finished fetching pvoutput data in 0.489 seconds (success: False)
 
After seeing my heating at £9 PER DAY while I'm not even in the house (renovating before we move in)... Something tells me I'd better move my HA and temp sensor setup to the new house. If I add a relay for the boiler, I can replace the analog thermostat dial and keep it at slightly more sensible usage. I thought it was set to about 16° maintenance temp but who knows while we're not there. Just hope I can get down there and set up before it burns an extra hundred quid :(
 
andy_mk3 said:
I switched from a Conbee II this week to a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 (the later ‘E’ model). I found with my Conbee when I hit over 50 devices, occasionally I had small issues with commands not being sent. One example being the 4 GU10 Hue bulbs in the kitchen, I would often find one or two still turned on after they’d all been turned off. It’s not happened since switching but it’s only been a couple of days so far.
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Ahhhh, that's why I left my bulbs connected to the hue bridge.
 
john_smith said:
How would I know? There was a few times after replacing the yaml file it wouldn't let me restart HA. So I copied and pasted Katies and all is fine.
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Just for future reference, if you make any yaml changes, go to the developer tools tab, and then you should be on the yaml page where you have a check config option.
 
john_smith said:
Does it need some "Solar now" data to make it start? meaning it won't work untill tomorrow?
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It's possible if you have no data in that output - or it could just be null.

Basically it appears you've set up the integration fine, it's just not outputting any data that it can see.

When you go to Settings > Integrations > And you click on your device - can you see the 'entities' listed? If you click on them, can you see values against the above ones that you've listed (I assume in your powerwall)
 
Gave up and went to bed last night.

Got up this morning and the intergrations button was asking for my API key again to re authenticate. Did that and it's working. However, looking on PVOutput it has uploaded my generation for yesterday and today using the same data.

Progress! and something I can look to filddle with hopefully.

Re: entities, yes. I can see those and they all show data that matches what my device apps show.
 
john_smith said:
Gave up and went to bed last night.

Got up this morning and the intergrations button was asking for my API key again to re authenticate. Did that and it's working. However, looking on PVOutput it has uploaded my generation for yesterday and today using the same data.

Progress! and something I can look to filddle with hopefully.

Re: entities, yes. I can see those and they all show data that matches what my device apps show.
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Weird - oh well, glad it's working - I wonder if it was just waiting for the first set of data then! Oh well, sounds like it's fixed!
 
I think i'm in business. I've joined the OCUK team. It's just about working out the correct sensor to put in the config file for each variable.

I'll make sure I clean out any inaccurate data. Obviously today looks like it's going to be zero generation!.

Ha.
 
dLockers said:
This worked great thank you.
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Unfortunately configuring CloudFlare has nuked my PSA Car Controller for my Pug's battery level, lol.

It does act as a mini web server on HA so I assume the reverse proxy config is creating something tricky, however backing out the various configs doesn't seem to have acheived anything.

Hmmm
 
Finally got hold of a thin client and a zigbee stick (sonoff) and have got HA setup on the pc.

I've added various integrations (Hue, Wiser heating, Meross smart switches, Tuya devices etc and they've been added to the overview dashboard and things seem to turn on and off etc using the switches in the dashboard just fine.

However I'm trying to set up a tradfri remote to turn on two of the meross smart switches and I just can't get it working. I feel like it should be simple but I guess I must be missing something because I can't get it to wotrk.

What I figured was to add an automation. The trigger being the remote button being pressed and the action being the device (Meross smart plug switch) set to turn on. But nothing happens and I odn't know why. I feel like I must be missing someghin simple or that the way to do it is less intuitive than I was hoping.

Can anyone help me get to grips with this or at least get one thing working just so I can see that it will work because at the moment I feel like its going to be a huge headache.
 
valve90210 said:
Finally got hold of a thin client and a zigbee stick (sonoff) and have got HA setup on the pc.

I've added various integrations (Hue, Wiser heating, Meross smart switches, Tuya devices etc and they've been added to the overview dashboard and things seem to turn on and off etc using the switches in the dashboard just fine.

However I'm trying to set up a tradfri remote to turn on two of the meross smart switches and I just can't get it working. I feel like it should be simple but I guess I must be missing something because I can't get it to wotrk.

What I figured was to add an automation. The trigger being the remote button being pressed and the action being the device (Meross smart plug switch) set to turn on. But nothing happens and I odn't know why. I feel like I must be missing someghin simple or that the way to do it is less intuitive than I was hoping.

Can anyone help me get to grips with this or at least get one thing working just so I can see that it will work because at the moment I feel like its going to be a huge headache.
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Hello! Yes you've got it right, so the intuitive bit is working!

Do you mind posting a screenshot of your automation? (That'll be the quickest way to diagnose how you've set it up)

Stating the obvious, but have you paired your tradfri button with HA? Do you know that it works etc?
 
katie279 said:
Hello! Yes you've got it right, so the intuitive bit is working!

Do you mind posting a screenshot of your automation? (That'll be the quickest way to diagnose how you've set it up)

Stating the obvious, but have you paired your tradfri button with HA? Do you know that it works etc?
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Firstly, Yep I've got the remote paired in HA and it seems like it's working, when I press buttons I get entries added into the device log as shown:

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This is my automation:

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And in the yaml view:

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valve90210 said:
Firstly, Yep I've got the remote paired in HA and it seems like it's working, when I press buttons I get entries added into the device log as shown:

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This is my automation:

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And in the yaml view:

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Super - let's start simple then and work out if the problem is happening before the automation or after.

1) Can you try pressing the button when on thelist of automations screens and see if the 'last triggered' part updates?

This will let us know if it's an issue before the automation or after.

2) Also can you click the three dots on your automation and click run - again, this'll point us to the right place
 
Right, having done this about a dozen times and it not having worked at any point, I've just tried it and the light came on as it should do... No idea why it hasn't worked previously, I literally did exactly the same set up!

I've just changed it to toggle the smart switch and now it's doing what I wanted, turning it on and off. I have no idea why it's not worked previously.
 
valve90210 said:
Right, having done this about a dozen times and it not having worked at any point, I've just tried it and the light came on as it should do... No idea why it hasn't worked previously, I literally did exactly the same set up!

I've just changed it to toggle the smart switch and now it's doing what I wanted, turning it on and off. I have no idea why it's not worked previously.
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Ah, sorry - should have remembered that, had the same challenge. It's an issue with the IKEA gear (ie they have a funny way of triggering on and off - in effect it's a toggle, so it doesn't work well).

I've used toggles on mine to resolve.
 
Trying to decide on what ecosystem to buy into for smart home automation. Some examples of the sort of automation I want:

- Switch lights on/off via voice or tablet/phone
- Ability to view cameras on TV via voice or tablet/phone
- When doorbell rings, automatically notify via the speakers, show a PiP view of the camera on any of the TVs that are on, pausing what is currently playing and also notify on the devices with the ability to view the camera feed on any of the devices that have screens.
- Ability to view historical camera feeds (willing to let this one slide)
- Open/Close the blinds by voice or tablet/phone
- Search for what to watch across the various streaming services

Wife has iOS devices, i will probably switch to iOS devices, so my natural inclination is to just buy into HomeKit. I think HomeKit and Siri can do all off the above with the exception of the video doorbell which it seems to be lacking. By not going with HomeKit I think I'm loosing the tight integration with iOS via the Home control center and also Siri integration..is that correct? Are there any other bits that I'm loosing too that I've missed.

I don't mind investing a bit of time to getting a non obvious solution like HA working if its going to be able to do what I want without weird misdirection. I don't want something like "Siri, ask home assistant to turn off the lights"...it should just be "Siri, turn off the lights"

Any thoughts?
 
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