I am trying to create a dashboard item for the code found here:
https://peterkieser.com/2020/11/16/home-assistant-sensors-and-cyberpower-ups-via-rmcard205/
I have created a packages folder and created the yaml file for it, but I am unsure of the next steps. Can anyone offer advice on next steps?
you need to enable packages in your configuration.yaml.
assuming your packages folder is called “packages” then add this:
homeassistant:
packages: !include_dir_named packages
already done. just not sure how to load them in manner you would load an integration.
They don’t load like an integration in the integration UI.
they load like any of the other integrations created via yaml by using the reload button under developers tools → yaml or (because some yaml configs don’t have a reload button there) via a restart of HA
Unrelated to the contents of your package.yaml file, it seems.
Also, the error message tells you what to do. It say’s you’re using cyberpower_LivingRoom and you should be using cyberpower_livingroom. Notice the lack of capital letters.
was not aware of the code being case sensitive. thank you.
I was able to get this working, but I have 2 UPS’s I want to monitor. I created a second YAML package file, but am getting errors about duplicate names such as the one below. Since I am so new to this not sure if I need a separate package YAML file or 2 scripts. If anyone has any ideas I would be appreciative of hearing them.
You need to go to the package file that you created for the second ups and make everything in that file to have a unique name/entity_id that is different than the first one.
everything including in the file where the programmer is doing calculations?
I assume that when you say that you…
then you just made a duplicate of the code included at the web site and stuck that in a second file?
I don’t see any “calculations” in that file. I just see a bunch of sensors getting created.
maybe you could explain better what you actually did to get the second package file created.
also if you don’t hit the reply button under my post or tag me with @finity then I don’t get a notification that you replied to me.
@finity Yes – the code in the first package yaml was duplicated into a second file. I only changed reference to IP address.
I thought calculations were being done, but I think the coder was just pulling data using snmp protocol.
When I run the yaml checker under device configuration that is when I start getting errors such as duplicate key names
right because all of those sensors that the second package creates end up with the same entity_ids (based on the “name:” key) and that’s what the error is telling you.
you need to change those to a different name.
for example:
change this from the first one:
sensor:
- platform: snmp
scan_interval: 60
name: ups_nompower
host: x.x.x.x
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.3808.1.1.1.4.2.5.0
accept_errors: true
unit_of_measurement: Watts
to this (or something you choose) in the second one:
sensor:
- platform: snmp
scan_interval: 60
name: ups_nompower_2 # <--- this line
host: x.x.x.x
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.3808.1.1.1.4.2.5.0
accept_errors: true
unit_of_measurement: Watts
and then do that for all of the sensors, groups, and customize data.
and of course the host IP
@finity Not sure what might be missing, but the entities are not being created so I cannot use on Dashboard
group.upssensor_2:
group_2:
ups_2:
name: UPS_2
entities:
- sensor.ups_status_2
- sensor.ups_nompower_2
- sensor.ups_nominv_2
- sensor.ups_itemp_2
- sensor.ups_timeleft_2
homeassistant:
customize_2:
sensor.ups_nompower_2:
friendly_name: ‘UPS Nominal Output Power’
icon: mdi:flash
sensor.ups_nominv_2:
friendly_name: ‘UPS Nominal Input Voltage’
icon: mdi:flash
sensor.ups_status_2:
friendly_name: ‘UPS Status’
icon: mdi:information-outline
sensor.ups_itemp_2:
friendly_name: ‘UPS Internal Temperature’
icon: mdi:thermometer
sensor.ups_timeleft_2:
friendly_name: ‘UPS Time Left’
icon: mdi:clock-alert
you are misunderstanding how it works (obviously… 
)
I’m going to assume that file 1 is directly as it is from the web link above.
so in your “packages” folder you will have two files:
packages
|->file_1.yaml
|->file_2.yaml
these can be called whatever you want. I’m just using those names for reference.
file_1.yaml contains the exact config from the link.
file_2.yaml will look like this (I’ve annotated which lines are different):
sensor:
- platform: snmp
scan_interval: 60
name: ups_nompower_2 #<-this line is changed
host: x.x.x.x
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.3808.1.1.1.4.2.5.0
accept_errors: true
unit_of_measurement: Watts
- platform: snmp
scan_interval: 60
name: ups_nominv_2 #<-this line is changed
host: x.x.x.x
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.3808.1.1.1.3.2.1.0
accept_errors: true
unit_of_measurement: Volts
value_template: '{{((value | int) / 10) | int}}'
- platform: snmp
scan_interval: 60
name: ups_itemp_2 #<-this line is changed
host: x.x.x.x
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.3808.1.1.1.2.2.3.0
accept_errors: true
unit_of_measurement: "°C"
- platform: snmp
scan_interval: 60
name: ups_timeleft_2 #<-this line is changed
host: x.x.x.x
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.3808.1.1.1.2.2.4.0
accept_errors: true
unit_of_measurement: 'minutes'
value_template: '{{((value | int) / 6000) | int}}'
- platform: snmp
scan_interval: 30
name: ups_status_2 #<-this line is changed
host: x.x.x.x
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.3808.1.1.1.4.1.1.0
accept_errors: true
value_template: >-
{% set status = (value | int) %}
{%- if status == 2 -%}
Online
{%- elif status == 3 -%}
On Battery
{%- elif status == 4 -%}
On Boost
{%- elif status == 5 -%}
On Sleep
{%- elif status == 6 -%}
Off
{%- elif status == 7 -%}
Rebooting
{%- elif status == 8 -%}
On ECO
{%- elif status == 9 -%}
On Bypass
{%- elif status == 10 -%}
On Buck
{%- elif status == 11 -%}
On Overload
{%- else -%}
Unknown
{%- endif -%}
group:
ups_2: #<-this line is changed:
name: UPS 2 #<-this line is changed
entities:
- sensor.ups_status_2 #<-this line is changed
- sensor.ups_nompower_2 #<-this line is changed
- sensor.ups_nominv_2 #<-this line is changed
- sensor.ups_itemp_2 #<-this line is changed
- sensor.ups_timeleft_2 #<-this line is changed
homeassistant:
customize:
sensor.ups_nompower_2: #<-this line is changed
friendly_name: 'UPS 2 Nominal Output Power' #<-this line is changed
icon: mdi:flash
sensor.ups_nominv_2: #<-this line is changed:
friendly_name: 'UPS 2 Nominal Input Voltage' #<-this line is changed
icon: mdi:flash
sensor.ups_status_2: #<-this line is changed:
friendly_name: 'UPS 2 Status' <-this line is changed
icon: mdi:information-outline
sensor.ups_itemp_2: #<-this line is changed:
friendly_name: 'UPS 2 Internal Temperature' #<-this line is changed
icon: mdi:thermometer
sensor.ups_timeleft_2: #<-this line is changed:
friendly_name: 'UPS 2 Time Left' #<-this line is changed
icon: mdi:clock-alert
I am not sure what I missed, but thanks for replying with code corrections.The other thing I am still wrestling with is entities are not being created and I am not sure how to fix. Even with your code corrections still getting an error about invalid domain group? Any ideas on fixing. thank you for your gracious help.
Can you please post your errors, don’t paraphrase, just post the whole error.
Moderator: I did above in thread (16 hrs ago) but will do again since it was missed by yourself and perhaps others.
That’s the error in the frontend. I’m talking about the actual errors in the logs.
