Control items disappearing from an ESPHome device (esp32-wroom-32)

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I am using YAML code from github to control my Deye Solar Inverter.

The code generates Control items and Sensors in Home Assistant under Settings > Devices > ESPHome > Deye 8K

I have sensor data 24 x 7 and I use the data in a dashboard and I look at History too.

The problem I have is with Control Items - to change values on the Deye. The list of Control Items disappears regularly, and then, out of the blue, returns.

The problem I have is that I have an automation which changes one value in the Deye. Of course, if it does not exist to change, then it cannot do it.

I have no idea as to how or why it disappears. Would it help to poll something once per hour to keep it ?

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I found last night that in HA I can only see 30 Control items, and it EXCLUDES Work Mode

But when I browse to the ESP32, I can see my Deye Work Mode

So it is 100% a problem of the ESP32 sending the Control Items to HA

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No yaml, no logs.

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You’re gonna have to post the full YAML before anyone will be able to begin to help.

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Here’s a link to the code

https://github.com/slipx06/Sunsynk-Home-Assistant-Dash/blob/af7c21cd87ef517465fdbfc99eb34a9c21c51989/ESPHome%20Configs/ESPHome-1P-Sunsynk-Deye.yaml

I found last night that the Control items are in the ESP32 when I browse to it, but the Control Items are missing from HA. So the problem is definitely with Control Items not finding their way AT TIMES from the ESP32 into HA

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You’ve been asked for logs here and on GitHub. You haven’t responded.

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I am really struggling to get a log. I tried using Find Wirelessly and it can’t find it. I tried directly connected, but the USBTTY port is not shown as an option (I think because it is a docker container).

If I unplug it and connect it into my laptop, then of course I am resetting the device :frowning:

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Perhaps focusing on what appears to be a failure to communicate should be the first step. It might even “fix” the original issue, since lack of communication tends to make things not work.