Home Assistant : Q&A, Tips & Tricks, Your Configs

Tinuva · May 12, 2021

Veroland said:
So for all the electricity consumption experts I have a dumb question.

How does kWh equates to the prepaid units you buy?

Here in Cape Town 1 unit is 1 kWh.

MidnightZA · May 12, 2021

Tinuva said:
Here in Cape Town 1 unit is 1 kWh.

It's the same everywhere. A unit of electricity is 1 kWh

Tinuva · May 12, 2021

MidnightZA said:
It's the same everywhere. A unit of electricity is 1 kWh

Logically that make sense

Veroland · May 12, 2021

Tinuva said:
Here in Cape Town 1 unit is 1 kWh.

MidnightZA said:
It's the same everywhere. A unit of electricity is 1 kWh

Tinuva said:
Logically that make sense

Thanks all, I thought so but googling it didn't get me far

Veroland · May 12, 2021

With all the power posts, has anyone figured out a way to nicley display the daily usage history? Either in HA or grafana

Tinuva · May 12, 2021

Veroland said:
With all the power posts, has anyone figured out a way to nicley display the daily usage history? Either in HA or grafana

@xrapidx had a good way. I couldnt make it work.

I just have this now:

Veroland · May 12, 2021

Tinuva said:
@xrapidx had a good way. I couldnt make it work.

I just have this now:
View attachment 1067189

Thanks, currently I have this in grafana:

Code:

SELECT max("value") FROM "kWh" WHERE ("entity_id" = 'study_power_usage_daily') AND $timeFilter GROUP BY time(1d) fill(null)

I didn't set the relative time which made it look all funny. If I set it it looks better.

xrapidx · May 12, 2021

Tinuva said:
@xrapidx had a good way. I couldnt make it work.

I just have this now:
View attachment 1067189

Veroland · May 12, 2021

Would you mind sharing the json for the graph?

Speedster · May 13, 2021

Is anyone able to provide a quick walk through on getting a CBI Astute into HA? At the moment it works via the CBI app - am I able to use this, or do I need to connect via another app

EDIT: successfully added it to the TuyaSmart app
EDIT2: This seems to be a good tutorial. I can't find my devices in the Tuya website, but it might be due to the 24-hour waiting period they mention

xrapidx · May 13, 2021

Veroland said:
Would you mind sharing the json for the graph?

Tried before, too long to post here, it gets blocked. If you pm me an email address, I can send it.

Veroland · May 13, 2021

xrapidx said:
Tried before, too long to post here, it gets blocked. If you pm me an email address, I can send it.

Thanks a lot but I think I figured it out.
Appreciate it though

Speedster · May 13, 2021

I'm trying to access the sensor values for the CBI Astute integration to HA (via local tuya). My configuration.yaml is below. What am I doing wrong?

- platform: template
sensors:
geyser_voltage::
value_template: >-
{{ states.switch.geyser.voltage }}
unit_of_measurement: "V"
geyser_current:
value_template: >-
{{ states.switch.geyser.current }}
unit_of_measurement: "mA"
geyser_consumption:
value_template: >-
{{ states.switch.geyser.current_consumption }}
unit_of_measurement: "W"

EDIT: I was missing .attributes in the yaml. i.e. states.switch.geyser.attributes.voltage etc)

Tinuva · May 13, 2021

Speedster said:
I'm trying to access the sensor values for the CBI Astute integration to HA (via local tuya). My configuration.yaml is below. What am I doing wrong?

View attachment 1067529
EDIT: I was missing .attributes in the yaml. i.e. states.switch.geyser.attributes.voltage etc)

This is mine:

home-assistant-config/tuya_local.yaml at master · tinuva/home-assistant-config

Contribute to tinuva/home-assistant-config development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

But instead of the template sensors, like you did in sonoff local, the tuya local can technically create it for you as well.

MattRoy · May 13, 2021

Speedster said:
I'm trying to access the sensor values for the CBI Astute integration to HA (via local tuya). My configuration.yaml is below. What am I doing wrong?

View attachment 1067529
EDIT: I was missing .attributes in the yaml. i.e. states.switch.geyser.attributes.voltage etc)

Just a small comment on how you are accessing entities and their attributes. It is advised at https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/ that you rather use:

YAML:

{{ state_attr('switch.geyser', 'current') }}

Have a look at the warning under STATES.

Veroland · May 13, 2021

Does anyone have a recommendation for a power sensor you can hook up to the mains to check the total comsumption of the house?

The efergy's looks nice as they just clip on.

Speedster · May 13, 2021

Veroland said:
Does anyone have a recommendation for a power sensor you can hook up to the mains to check the total comsumption of the house?

The efergy's looks nice as they just clip on.

I have an efergy classic. Note that you'll likely need the hub for web (and HA) access

Veroland · May 13, 2021

Speedster said:
I have an efergy classic. Note that you'll likely need the hub for web (and HA) access

Like this:

Efergy Standalone Energy Monitoring Home Hub (Requires E2 or Elite Energy Monitor)

Already an efergy user? Upgrade to online monitoring with the engage hub solo. If you already have an efergy monitor (e2 or elite) then you can use your existing sensor and transmitter to start monitoring your home energy use online and in real-time through. See your energy data through the...

www.loot.co.za

How many sensors can connect to a hub?

MidnightZA · May 13, 2021

How can I get rid of this false Arm>Disarm>Arm notification on telegram? It happens very randomly. Yesterday morning it happened but today it didnt. It only happens when the Arm is activated by the arm automation when I leave the house (presence detection)

I was thinking it happens because both zones are arming at once and if I add a small delay between the interior arm and exterior arm automation then I wont get the Arm>Disarm>Arm notification?

YAML:

#ARMED AND DISARMED TO TELEGRAM BOT - INTERIOR
- alias: Alarm - Interior - Armed
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: alarm_control_panel.indoor
    from: disarmed
    to:
    - armed_away
    - armed_home
  action:
  - service: [removed]
    data:
      title: Interior Alarm
      message: Armed
- alias: Alarm - Interior - Disarmed
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: alarm_control_panel.indoor
    to: disarmed
  action:
  - service: [removed]
    data:
      title: Interior Alarm
      message: Disarmed

Code for exterior alarm is the same, just tweaked for the outdoor entity

Tinuva · May 13, 2021

MidnightZA said:
How can I get rid of this false Arm>Disarm>Arm notification on telegram? It happens very randomly. Yesterday morning it happened but today it didnt. It only happens when the Arm is activated by the arm automation when I leave the house (presence detection)

I was thinking it happens because both zones are arming at once and if I add a small delay between the interior arm and exterior arm automation then I wont get the Arm>Disarm>Arm notification?

View attachment 1067575

YAML:

#ARMED AND DISARMED TO TELEGRAM BOT - INTERIOR - alias: Alarm - Interior - Armed trigger: - platform: state entity_id: alarm_control_panel.indoor from: disarmed to: - armed_away - armed_home action: - service: [removed] data: title: Interior Alarm message: Armed - alias: Alarm - Interior - Disarmed trigger: - platform: state entity_id: alarm_control_panel.indoor to: disarmed action: - service: [removed] data: title: Interior Alarm message: Disarmed

Code for exterior alarm is the same, just tweaked for the outdoor entity

Try:

Code:

trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: alarm_control_panel.indoor
    to: disarmed
    for:
      seconds: 5

So only notify it it changed and stayed like that for at least 5 seconds. You can do it longer or shorter, depends on how many seconds between your armed->disarmed->armed. But basically it will only notify once if you do that for both the arm and disarmed triggers. The side effect is, the notification will be delayed by at least that long.

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