Thanks for sharing, this validated what I had. I actually ended up splitting my configuration.yaml into a sub sensor.yaml as recommended and now everything is working via the local API.
Thanks again and thank you @richieframe for writing this all out originally. I really love the HA community!
Could someone help me with this setup? The sensors all show as āunavailable,ā except for the āmain sensorā for the device itself.
I can click on the āmain sensorā attributes and get values, so I know Iām getting the data.
Here is my YAML. I have it in /config/sensors.yaml. It is copied and pasted from above with just changing the names.
I have also enabled the Local API via the Awair app.
# Awair
- platform: rest
name: awair_1st_floor
resource: http://192.168.1.41/air-data/latest
scan_interval: 60
json_attributes:
- timestamp
- score
- dew_point
- temp
- humid
- abs_humid
- co2
- co2_est
- voc
- voc_baseline
- voc_h2_raw
- voc_ethanol_raw
- pm25
- pm10_est
value_template: 'OK'
- platform: template
sensors:
awair_1st_floor_score:
unique_id: aw-1-s
friendly_name: "1st Floor Awair Score"
value_template: '{{ states.sensor.awair_1st_floor_sensors.attributes["score"] }}'
unit_of_measurement: '%'
awair_1st_floor_temp:
unique_id: aw-1-t
friendly_name: "1st Floor Awair Temperature"
value_template: '{{ states.sensor.awair_1st_floor_sensors.attributes["temp"] }}'
device_class: temperature
unit_of_measurement: 'Ā°C'
awair_1st_floor_humid:
unique_id: aw-1-h
friendly_name: "1st Floor Awair Humidity"
value_template: '{{ states.sensor.awair_1st_floor_sensors.attributes["humid"] }}'
device_class: humidity
unit_of_measurement: '%'
awair_1st_floor_co2:
unique_id: aw-1-co2
friendly_name: "1st Floor Awair CO2"
value_template: '{{ states.sensor.awair_1st_floor_sensors.attributes["co2"] }}'
unit_of_measurement: 'ppm'
awair_1st_floor_voc:
unique_id: aw-1-voc
friendly_name: "1st Floor Awair VOC"
value_template: '{{ states.sensor.awair_1st_floor_sensors.attributes["voc"] }}'
unit_of_measurement: 'ppb'
awair_1st_floor_pm25:
unique_id: aw-1-pm
friendly_name: "1st Floor Awair PM2.5"
value_template: '{{ states.sensor.awair_1st_floor_sensors.attributes["pm25"] }}'
unit_of_measurement: 'Ī¼g/mĀ³'
- platform: rest
name: awair_3rd_floor
resource: http://192.168.1.43/air-data/latest
scan_interval: 60
json_attributes:
- timestamp
- score
- dew_point
- temp
- humid
- abs_humid
- co2
- co2_est
- voc
- voc_baseline
- voc_h2_raw
- voc_ethanol_raw
- pm25
- pm10_est
value_template: 'OK'
- platform: template
sensors:
awair_3rd_floor_score:
unique_id: aw-3-s
friendly_name: "3rd Floor Awair Score"
value_template: '{{ states.sensor.awair_3rd_floor_sensors.attributes["score"] }}'
unit_of_measurement: '%'
awair_3rd_floor_temp:
unique_id: aw-3-t
friendly_name: "3rd Floor Awair Temperature"
value_template: '{{ states.sensor.awair_3rd_floor_sensors.attributes["temp"] }}'
device_class: temperature
unit_of_measurement: 'Ā°C'
awair_3rd_floor_humid:
unique_id: aw-3-h
friendly_name: "3rd Floor Awair Humidity"
value_template: '{{ states.sensor.awair_3rd_floor_sensors.attributes["humid"] }}'
device_class: humidity
unit_of_measurement: '%'
awair_3rd_floor_co2:
unique_id: aw-3-co2
friendly_name: "3rd Floor Awair CO2"
value_template: '{{ states.sensor.awair_3rd_floor_sensors.attributes["co2"] }}'
unit_of_measurement: 'ppm'
awair_3rd_floor_voc:
unique_id: aw-3-voc
friendly_name: "3rd Floor Awair VOC"
value_template: '{{ states.sensor.awair_3rd_floor_sensors.attributes["voc"] }}'
unit_of_measurement: 'ppb'
awair_3rd_floor_pm25:
unique_id: aw-3-pm
friendly_name: "3rd Floor Awair PM2.5"
value_template: '{{ states.sensor.awair_3rd_floor_sensors.attributes["pm25"] }}'
unit_of_measurement: 'Ī¼g/mĀ³'
Any idea what Iām doing wrong here?
You have a ā_sensorsā in the template value but not in the rest sensor name, either remove it from the template or add it to the rest sensor.
FYI HomeAssistant 2022.9 now has local Awair support via integration
Thanks @richieframe for sharing your code! Using this I have been able to set it up. I did notice on the first day that the connection got interrupted twice which resulted in some data loss. The last 2 days it has been running fine however. Power consumption is pretty decent with 1.2 wattage.
I have made a step-by-step walkthrough for anyone who is interested. This covers all the steps Iāve taken including factory resetting the device and enabling the local API in the iOS app. Iāve used the RESTful sensor by the way, only found out later that the integration was already included in HA.
Feel free to provide feedback and/or ask questions!
Can someone tell me how quickly the temperature readings update in the Awair? Wondering if I can use it to control a roomās heater based on temp readings. I have a zwave sensor now that updates quite quickly but would prefer to consolidate devices.
Every 30 seconds.
Hey @richieframe
Iām thinking about getting an awair element v2 to use it with local api in Home Assistant only. But Iāve just found out about the companyās bad reputation due to dropping support for the V1 devices.
So I wanted to know what happens, if you block the internet access of the device. Does it still shows the clock?
(The V1 devices are not able of displaying the time, because the made a breaking change to the time API endpointā¦)
Hey @Mondmonarch
not sure if this is the right place for this question, But yes it still displays the clock when blocked; even after restart. but i cant tell you for how long the time will by correct.