I have 7 repairs mentioned regarding E3DC (my solar power system) sensor templates. I tried editing the templates to the new syntax, but I failed miserably because I just don’t get it.
The mentioned repairs need to be done at /homeassistant/packages/e3dc/sensors.yaml and all read like this:
e3dc_sensors:
sensor:
# Templates
- platform: template
sensors:
e3dc_grid_export_power:
unique_id: e3dc_grid_export_power
friendly_name: "E3DC Grid Export Power"
unit_of_measurement: "W"
device_class: power
value_template: >
{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_grid_power') | int(0) %}
{% if power > 0 %}
0
{% else -%}
{{ power | abs }}
{% endif %}
e3dc_grid_import_power:
unique_id: e3dc_grid_import_power
friendly_name: E3DC Grid Import Power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
value_template: >
{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_grid_power') | int(0) %}
{% if power > 0 %}
{{ power }}
{% else -%}
0
{% endif %}
e3dc_battery_charge_power:
unique_id: e3dc_battery_charge_power
friendly_name: E3DC Battery Charging Power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
value_template: >
{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_power') | float(0) %}
{% if power >= 0 %}
{{ power }}
{% else %}
{% set charge_power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power') | float(0) + power %}
{{ charge_power if charge_power > 0 else 0 }}
{% endif %}
e3dc_battery_discharge_power:
unique_id: e3dc_battery_discharge_power
friendly_name: E3DC Battery Discharging Power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
value_template: >
{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_power') | float(0) %}
{% if power <= 0 %}
{{ power | abs }}
{% else %}
{% set discharge_power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power') | float(0) - power %}
{{ discharge_power if discharge_power > 0 else 0 }}
{% endif %}
e3dc_autarky:
friendly_name: "E3DC Autarky"
unique_id: e3dc_autarky
unit_of_measurement: "%"
value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.e3dc_autarky_and_consumption')|int(0) / 256)|round(0,'floor') }}"
e3dc_own_consumption:
friendly_name: "E3DC Own Consumption Ratio"
unique_id: e3dc_own_consumption_ratio
unit_of_measurement: "%"
value_template: "{{ ((states('sensor.e3dc_autarky_and_consumption')|int(0) / 256 - states('sensor.e3dc_autarky')|int(0)) * 256)|round(0,'floor') }}"
e3dc_emergency_power_state_text:
friendly_name: E3DC Emergency Power State Text
unique_id: e3dc_emergency_power_state_text
value_template: >
{% set eps = states('sensor.e3dc_emergency_power_state') %}
{% if eps == '0' %}
nicht unterst├╝tzt
{% elif eps == '1' %}
aktiv
{% elif eps == '2' %}
inaktiv
{% elif eps == '3' %}
nicht verf├╝gbar
{% elif eps == '4' %}
falsche Position
{% else %}
unbekannt
{% endif %}
# Integrations
- platform: integration
source: sensor.e3dc_grid_import_power
name: E3DC Grid Import Energy
unit_prefix: k
round: 2
method: left
- platform: integration
source: sensor.e3dc_grid_export_power
name: E3DC Grid Export Energy
unit_prefix: k
round: 2
method: left
- platform: integration
source: sensor.e3dc_solar_power
name: E3DC Solar Energy
unit_prefix: k
round: 2
method: left
# - platform: integration
# source: sensor.e3dc_external_power
# name: E3DC External Power
# unit_prefix: k
# round: 2
# method: left
- platform: integration
source: sensor.e3dc_battery_power
name: E3DC Builtin Battery Energy
unit_prefix: k
round: 2
method: left
- platform: integration
source: sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power
name: E3DC Battery Charge Energy
unit_prefix: k
round: 2
method: left
- platform: integration
source: sensor.e3dc_battery_discharge_power
name: E3DC Battery Discharge Energy
unit_prefix: k
round: 2
method: left
I began cautious and just tried changing the first entry (e3dc grid export power), but it won’t let me reboot HA due to a misconfiguration error. After playing around with the indentations it would let me reboot, but the corresponding entity then says “not found”.
I have for now reverted the file to its previous state. Maybe someone can explain to me what exactly I have to do? Thanks!
Have a read, particularly of the first post then if you still don’t get it ask there.
There are plenty of people monitoring the topic to help.
But basically you have a few options:
The simplest: use the migration script to do it all for you. The details are in that pinned topic.
Or
Comment out one of your sensors. Past the repair config for the same sensor into your configuration.yaml (not your sensors.yaml!), do a config check and restart. If it all goes well then repeat for the other sensors, noting that you only need the top level template: part once in your configuration.yaml. And you only have to do the platform: template sensors. Leave the other platform type sensors where they are in your sensors.yaml file.
Or
There are other options for splitting templates out into a templates.yaml file in the pinned topic.
Thanks for your reply. I read the pinned topic (forgot to mention, sorry!), but before using the script (or trying again manually) I have some questions:
Is it possible that these entries will get “repaired” by an upcoming update of the integration?
After some ill-fated attempts I managed to update the template entries without HA giving an error prior to reboot. It then did no longer show any pending repairs, but some entities now showed up as missing. Is this to be expected or the result of me doing something wrong?
I am not quite sure which integration is causing the “7 repairs” message. It says e3dc (my solar power system). I can’t remember, but this might consist of 2 integrations. I recall that the official one did not deliver all needed entities and that I did install this HACS version as well.
My configuration.yaml is pretty basic:
# Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.
default_config:
# Load frontend themes from the themes folder
frontend:
themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
homeassistant:
packages: !include_dir_merge_named packages/
The mentioned repairs refer to homeassistant/packages/e3dc/sensors.yaml of which I posted the contents above. Is it supposed to be in this location or is this a sign of it being a HACS integration?
Make a new file in that directory next to sensor.yaml named templates.yaml and in that file do
e3dc_sensors:
template:
put all your migrated templates in there. You’ll likely need to add 2 spaces in front of every line and only copy past the template: line (do not include it in the copy/paste).
and put all the repair suggestions in there with only 1 template: section and hopefully correct indentation:
e3dc_sensors:
template:
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_grid_export_power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_grid_export_power
name: E3DC Grid Export Power
state: "{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_grid_power') | int(0) %} {% if power
> 0 %}\n 0\n{% else -%}\n {{ power | abs }}\n{% endif %}"
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_grid_import_power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_grid_import_power
name: E3DC Grid Import Power
state: "{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_grid_power') | int(0) %} {% if power
> 0 %}\n {{ power }}\n{% else -%}\n 0\n{% endif %}"
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_battery_charge_power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power
name: E3DC Battery Charging Power
state: "{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_power') | float(0) %} {% if
power >= 0 %}\n {{ power }}\n{% else %}\n {% set charge_power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power')
| float(0) + power %}\n {{ charge_power if charge_power > 0 else 0 }}\n{% endif
%}"
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_battery_discharge_power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_battery_discharge_power
name: E3DC Battery Discharging Power
state: "{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_power') | float(0) %} {% if
power <= 0 %}\n {{ power | abs }} \n{% else %}\n {% set discharge_power =
states('sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power') | float(0) - power %}\n {{ discharge_power
if discharge_power > 0 else 0 }}\n{% endif %}"
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_autarky
unit_of_measurement: '%'
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_autarky
name: E3DC Autarky
state: '{{ (states(''sensor.e3dc_autarky_and_consumption'')|int(0) / 256)|round(0,''floor'')
}}'
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_own_consumption_ratio
unit_of_measurement: '%'
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_own_consumption
name: E3DC Own Consumption Ratio
state: '{{ ((states(''sensor.e3dc_autarky_and_consumption'')|int(0) / 256 - states(''sensor.e3dc_autarky'')|int(0))
* 256)|round(0,''floor'') }}'
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_emergency_power_state_text
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_emergency_power_state_text
name: E3DC Emergency Power State Text
state: "{% set eps = states('sensor.e3dc_emergency_power_state') %} {% if eps
== '0' %}\n nicht unterst├╝tzt\n{% elif eps == '1' %}\n aktiv\n{% elif eps
== '2' %}\n inaktiv\n{% elif eps == '3' %}\n nicht verf├╝gbar\n{% elif eps
== '4' %}\n falsche Position\n{% else %}\n unbekannt\n{% endif %}"
After rebooting HA there are no longer any repairs mentioned. Is it correct to leave the existing file …/packages/e3dc/sensors.yaml unchanged since it still contains the old syntax before it continues with
# Integrations
- platform: integration
HA didn’t seem to care as soon as it had the new …/packages/e3dc/templates.yaml
EDIT: HA did no longer offer any repairs after reboot, but some of my e3dc entities stopped working:
In the meantime I tested what happens if I remove the old syntax from homeassistant/packages/e3dc/sensors.yaml. I did remove this and rebooted, but nothing changed. I suppose HA already did ignore this part as soon as I made available homeassistant/packages/e3dc/templates.yaml with the suggested new syntax in it.
and sorry for bumping this thread. I have reverted the changes for now, but I am eager to try again once I have a little more info on what to look for next. Maybe someone can explain why I may be experiencing this behaviour and what might help to fix it?
There is something you are doing wrong in your configuration that you aren’t telling us. That’s the only option here. The modern style template entities have been around for almost 6 years now and the behavior is identical to legacy template entities. In fact, they both generate the same objects under the hood. So the only way they are differing in behavior is something that you are doing in your configuration. At this point, no one can fix it for you unless you supply your entire configuration here.
Hi Petro and thank you for your reply. I will happily provide everything needed to get this solved. It was not my intention to steal your time. I will break it down as condensed as possible. Please tell me what else you need and I can provide the contents of config files, logs, etc.
Current situation: 7 repairs mentioning deprecated sensor templates, all starting with e3dc_ which is my solar power system.
My configuration.yaml:
# Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.
default_config:
# Load frontend themes from the themes folder
frontend:
themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
homeassistant:
packages: !include_dir_merge_named packages/
This (no repairs mentioned + the entities no longer showing up) does not change when I supply the new file /homeassistant/packages/e3dc/templates.yaml containing the suggested changes from the mentioned repairs:
e3dc_sensors:
template:
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_grid_export_power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_grid_export_power
name: E3DC Grid Export Power
state: "{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_grid_power') | int(0) %} {% if power
> 0 %}\n 0\n{% else -%}\n {{ power | abs }}\n{% endif %}"
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_grid_import_power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_grid_import_power
name: E3DC Grid Import Power
state: "{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_grid_power') | int(0) %} {% if power
> 0 %}\n {{ power }}\n{% else -%}\n 0\n{% endif %}"
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_battery_charge_power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power
name: E3DC Battery Charging Power
state: "{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_power') | float(0) %} {% if
power >= 0 %}\n {{ power }}\n{% else %}\n {% set charge_power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power')
| float(0) + power %}\n {{ charge_power if charge_power > 0 else 0 }}\n{% endif
%}"
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_battery_discharge_power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_battery_discharge_power
name: E3DC Battery Discharging Power
state: "{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_power') | float(0) %} {% if
power <= 0 %}\n {{ power | abs }} \n{% else %}\n {% set discharge_power =
states('sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power') | float(0) - power %}\n {{ discharge_power
if discharge_power > 0 else 0 }}\n{% endif %}"
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_autarky
unit_of_measurement: '%'
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_autarky
name: E3DC Autarky
state: '{{ (states(''sensor.e3dc_autarky_and_consumption'')|int(0) / 256)|round(0,''floor'')
}}'
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_own_consumption_ratio
unit_of_measurement: '%'
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_own_consumption
name: E3DC Own Consumption Ratio
state: '{{ ((states(''sensor.e3dc_autarky_and_consumption'')|int(0) / 256 - states(''sensor.e3dc_autarky'')|int(0))
* 256)|round(0,''floor'') }}'
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_emergency_power_state_text
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_emergency_power_state_text
name: E3DC Emergency Power State Text
state: "{% set eps = states('sensor.e3dc_emergency_power_state') %} {% if eps
== '0' %}\n nicht unterst├╝tzt\n{% elif eps == '1' %}\n aktiv\n{% elif eps
== '2' %}\n inaktiv\n{% elif eps == '3' %}\n nicht verf├╝gbar\n{% elif eps
== '4' %}\n falsche Position\n{% else %}\n unbekannt\n{% endif %}"```
It looks to me like this file gets ignored.
Thank you for your time and please advise!
You don’t have unique_id’s, are you restarting or reloading? You need to restart.
Secondly, your first 2 sensors have the wrong indentation. Did you copy/paste directly from the repair? The repair would not have output the data like it’s shown in your file.
Thanks for the heads-up on indentation. I redid the templates.yaml file completely from scratch directly copying from the repair messages while only removing the additional template: lines. It currently looks like this:
template:
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_grid_export_power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_grid_export_power
name: E3DC Grid Export Power
state: "{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_grid_power') | int(0) %} {% if power
> 0 %}\n 0\n{% else -%}\n {{ power | abs }}\n{% endif %}"
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_grid_import_power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_grid_import_power
name: E3DC Grid Import Power
state: "{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_grid_power') | int(0) %} {% if power
> 0 %}\n {{ power }}\n{% else -%}\n 0\n{% endif %}"
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_battery_charge_power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power
name: E3DC Battery Charging Power
state: "{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_power') | float(0) %} {% if
power >= 0 %}\n {{ power }}\n{% else %}\n {% set charge_power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power')
| float(0) + power %}\n {{ charge_power if charge_power > 0 else 0 }}\n{% endif
%}"
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_battery_discharge_power
unit_of_measurement: W
device_class: power
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_battery_discharge_power
name: E3DC Battery Discharging Power
state: "{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_power') | float(0) %} {% if
power <= 0 %}\n {{ power | abs }} \n{% else %}\n {% set discharge_power =
states('sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power') | float(0) - power %}\n {{ discharge_power
if discharge_power > 0 else 0 }}\n{% endif %}"
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_autarky
unit_of_measurement: '%'
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_autarky
name: E3DC Autarky
state: '{{ (states(''sensor.e3dc_autarky_and_consumption'')|int(0) / 256)|round(0,''floor'')
}}'
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_own_consumption_ratio
unit_of_measurement: '%'
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_own_consumption
name: E3DC Own Consumption Ratio
state: '{{ ((states(''sensor.e3dc_autarky_and_consumption'')|int(0) / 256 - states(''sensor.e3dc_autarky'')|int(0))
* 256)|round(0,''floor'') }}'
- sensor:
- unique_id: e3dc_emergency_power_state_text
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_emergency_power_state_text
name: E3DC Emergency Power State Text
state: "{% set eps = states('sensor.e3dc_emergency_power_state') %} {% if eps
== '0' %}\n nicht unterst├╝tzt\n{% elif eps == '1' %}\n aktiv\n{% elif eps
== '2' %}\n inaktiv\n{% elif eps == '3' %}\n nicht verf├╝gbar\n{% elif eps
== '4' %}\n falsche Position\n{% else %}\n unbekannt\n{% endif %}"
Still there are the same entity not found errors as shown above. What do you mean by me not having unique_ids? Every sensor entry seems to have its own name next to unique_id:
There is something that you’re doing wrong here. Either looking at the wrong entities, or the include isn’t being included in the way you think it is, or there’s errors in the logs. So far you’re refuting all of those and that’s simply not possible. The only way for things to be “error free” is if they aren’t included correctly or they are working.
at this point, if what you’re saying is true, the only thing that can be the cause is your inclusion method. I’d revisit the documents and make sure you’re including things properly with include_dir_merge_named
I really appreciate your help. I never changed or edited anything in HA manually before, everything I use has been installed using the GUI only so no special/manual configuration took place.
The newly created templates.yaml seems to be included, because HA refuses a reboot when I edit something wrong in it and because the repair errors go away once it exists.
Just to clarify: I created the new templates.yaml and put all the repair suggestions in it as seen in my prior post. I also removed the old stuff from sensors.yaml, meaning I deleted everything above # Integrations so it currently looks like this:
# Integrations
- platform: integration
source: sensor.e3dc_grid_import_power
name: E3DC Grid Import Energy
unit_prefix: k
round: 2
method: left
- platform: integration
source: sensor.e3dc_grid_export_power
name: E3DC Grid Export Energy
unit_prefix: k
round: 2
method: left
- platform: integration
source: sensor.e3dc_solar_power
name: E3DC Solar Energy
unit_prefix: k
round: 2
method: left
# - platform: integration
# source: sensor.e3dc_external_power
# name: E3DC External Power
# unit_prefix: k
# round: 2
# method: left
- platform: integration
source: sensor.e3dc_battery_power
name: E3DC Builtin Battery Energy
unit_prefix: k
round: 2
method: left
- platform: integration
source: sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power
name: E3DC Battery Charge Energy
unit_prefix: k
round: 2
method: left
- platform: integration
source: sensor.e3dc_battery_discharge_power
name: E3DC Battery Discharge Energy
unit_prefix: k
round: 2
method: left
Do I need to move this content to the new templates.yaml file as well? Should I delete sensors.yaml then? Currently I have these:
I’m sorry, but I’m still not understanding this. If I do as suggested with the additional templates.yaml file containing the suggested “repairs” some of the e3dc entities will show up as missing. Once I revert all my changes to the “repairs needed” state they will show up and work again.
I think we’re close to a solution, but one step seems missing and I do not know HA well enough to find that out on my own.
Hi poenn,
I was stumbling over the same issue and I think, I got it solved. Hopefully this will help you and everyone having trouble solving this.
I think you have two issues:
in your new file template.yaml you configure each sensor with an own “sensor:” object. In fact, all sensors should be within one sensor object.
it seems that the original repair instructions from HA were not correct. For me it gave these instructions:
sensor:
unit_of_measurement: W
default_entity_id: sensor.e3dc_external_power
name: E3DC External Power
state: ‘{ states(’‘sensor.e3dc_external_power’‘) | float | abs }}’
if you take a close look, there is one “{” missing before “states”. Thus, the file would be corrupt.
So I corrected all this and have this new sensors.yaml file created. Check out if it helps for you:
e3dc_sensors:
template:
- sensor:
- name: "E3DC External Power"
unit_of_measurement: "W"
state: "{{ states('sensor.e3dc_external_power') | float(0) | abs }}"
- name: "E3DC Grid Export Power"
unique_id: e3dc_grid_export_power
unit_of_measurement: "W"
device_class: power
state: >
{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_grid_power') | int(0) %}
{% if power > 0 %}
0
{% else %}
{{ power | abs }}
{% endif %}
- name: "E3DC Grid Import Power"
unique_id: e3dc_grid_import_power
unit_of_measurement: "W"
device_class: power
state: >
{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_grid_power') | int(0) %}
{% if power > 0 %}
{{ power }}
{% else %}
0
{% endif %}
- name: "E3DC Battery Charging Power"
unique_id: e3dc_battery_charge_power
unit_of_measurement: "W"
device_class: power
state: >
{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_power') | float(0) %}
{% if power >= 0 %}
{{ power }}
{% else %}
{% set charge_power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power') | float(0) + power %}
{{ charge_power if charge_power > 0 else 0 }}
{% endif %}
- name: "E3DC Battery Discharging Power"
unique_id: e3dc_battery_discharge_power
unit_of_measurement: "W"
device_class: power
state: >
{% set power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_power') | float(0) %}
{% if power <= 0 %}
{{ power | abs }}
{% else %}
{% set discharge_power = states('sensor.e3dc_battery_charge_power') | float(0) - power %}
{{ discharge_power if discharge_power > 0 else 0 }}
{% endif %}
- name: "E3DC Autarky"
unique_id: e3dc_autarky
unit_of_measurement: "%"
state: "{{ (states('sensor.e3dc_autarky_and_consumption') | int(0) / 256) | round(0, 'floor') }}"
- name: "E3DC Own Consumption Ratio"
unique_id: e3dc_own_consumption_ratio
unit_of_measurement: "%"
state: >
{{
(
(states('sensor.e3dc_autarky_and_consumption') | int(0) / 256
- states('sensor.e3dc_autarky') | int(0)
) * 256
) | round(0, 'floor')
}}
- name: "E3DC Emergency Power State Text"
unique_id: e3dc_emergency_power_state_text
state: >
{% set eps = states('sensor.e3dc_emergency_power_state') %}
{% if eps == '0' %}
nicht unterstützt
{% elif eps == '1' %}
aktiv
{% elif eps == '2' %}
inaktiv
{% elif eps == '3' %}
nicht verfügbar
{% elif eps == '4' %}
falsche Position
{% else %}
unbekannt
{% endif %}
- name: "E3DC SG Ready State Text"
unique_id: e3dc_sg_ready_state_text
state: >
{% set sgrs = states('sensor.e3dc_sg_ready_state') %}
{% if sgrs == '1' %}
sperrbetrieb
{% elif sgrs == '2' %}
normalbetrieb
{% elif sgrs == '3' %}
pv-überschussbetrieb
{% elif sgrs == '4' %}
betrieb für abriegelung
{% else %}
unbekannt
{% endif %}
I just tried it and replaced the contents of my /homeassistant/packages/e3dc/sensors.yaml with the code you provided. One restart later it sadly is the same outcome as with my own attempts:
The repair errors are gone, but 3 entities are missing.
Hi,
yes, I think your dashboard is referencing the wrong entities. Maybe in the previous version they were named like you say. But with the new ones (check the file I provided), they are called differently.
e.g.
e3dc_battery_discharge_energy
is named
e3dc_battery_discharge_power
now.
So just replace the word “energy” with “power” in your dashboard entity referencing and then it should find them.
