Drayton Wiser Home Assistant Integration

nadnerb33 · January 9, 2022, 5:54pm

I’ve just tried to upgrade from v2.x to v3 and am getting an error when re-adding the Wiser integration.
I removed the wiser directory from custom_components then copied over a complete new wiser directory cloned from v3 branch. (i.e manual method, not HACS method)

In HA, when adding the integration I get this error:

Config flow could not be loaded

Then in the HA logs I see:

AttributeError: module 'homeassistant.components.zeroconf' has no attribute 'ZeroconfServiceInfo'

My HA install is in a docker container as I don’t have full control on the host machine, for this reason I don’t think Zeroconf is running (even tho I have added it in the configuration.yaml).
Is it possible to manually set up the hub in V3 without using zeroconf?

msp1974 · January 9, 2022, 6:17pm

What version of HA are you running?

nadnerb33 · January 9, 2022, 8:56pm

doh, schoolboy error, got distracted by this message…

Updating to v3.0 - IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!

…and missed the line directly above saying minimum version of 2021.12! I was on 2021.11, so thanks for the pointer!

I did still however have an issue with the auto discovered hub - it wouldn’t accept my key. Immediately after submitting the key it would say it had timed out. I ignored this auto discovered integration and added it manually which allowed me to enter the IP address and it accepted the key no problem.

dunxd · January 9, 2022, 10:02pm

Does upgrading to Insights+ add any API hooks for energy use? I just got the Trio device that talks to my smart meters which is working nicely in the Wiser app and wonder if it is possible to access that data in Home Assistant?

Happy to help investigate this if the team doesn’t have Insights+.

GSzabados · January 10, 2022, 1:28am

If it is through Geo (Green Energy Options), then look at this post:

Geo has an open API… (The topic has other options as well.)

Angelo_Santagata · January 10, 2022, 11:16am

What about a automation which uses the time trigger to initiate, The trigger then sets all the rooms to their away temp.

Run the trigger every 5mins for example…

Angelo_Santagata · January 10, 2022, 11:17am

@nadnerb33 [quote=“nadnerb33, post:368, topic:80965”]
I did still however have an issue with the auto discovered hub - it wouldn’t accept my key. Immediately after submitting the key it would say it had timed out. I ignored this auto discovered integration and added it manually which allowed me to enter the IP address and it accepted the key no problem.
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Yeah we’re seeing that a lot with some people (including me). Using the IP address works fine

Angelo_Santagata · January 10, 2022, 11:18am

@dunxd

My meter isnt Insights+ compatible, @msp1974 is yours?
If not then providing someone can provide the json payload from postman we could add it…

Angelo_Santagata · January 10, 2022, 11:20am

I would suggest this be a seperate integration. Happy to help / advise but its a seperate integration to HA

Puntoboy · January 10, 2022, 1:12pm

I can’t see a service for each zone, unless I’m missing something. I have a service for heating and for hot water.

In the app, I click the clock symbol and then choose the time I want to boost for.

msp1974 · January 10, 2022, 4:38pm

Looking at this, I presume you have a roomstat upstairs and one downstairs?

I think then you should have 2 rooms in HA, one for upstairs and one for downstairs. And you should be able to control temps for each one? If so, then you can either use the Boost Heating service and select the upstairs or downstairs climate entities or use the climate.set_preset service or the preset options (3 dots on the climate card in HA) to boost it.

If not, can you tell me what climate devices you have in HA.

msp1974 · January 10, 2022, 4:58pm

Think we will revert this to use IP as that seems less of an issue than the dns problems being encountered.

msp1974 · January 10, 2022, 4:59pm

No. Can’t seem to get my energy supplier to even respond about fitting a smart meter.

Puntoboy · January 10, 2022, 5:05pm

Correct I have two room stats, one for each zone.

So I would need a button that calls the Boost heating service for then select either of those entites?

I’ve tried creating a Lovelace button for this but it doesn’t do anything.

Puntoboy · January 10, 2022, 5:13pm

Ah, you need to set the target temp, not temp increase.

msp1974 · January 10, 2022, 5:34pm

You can set a temp increase too. There seems to be a bug in HA that if there is a default set but you don’t change it, it doesn’t recognise it. If you change your 60 to 61 and then back to 60 and set the temp increase (change from 3 to 3.5 and back to 3).

Also, you have the standard options on the climate card by clicking on the 3 dots.

Puntoboy · January 10, 2022, 5:36pm

Ah OK cool, I’ll check that.

I knew you could do it from the stat card, but that is clucky from an iPad screen.

msp1974 · January 10, 2022, 6:10pm

I can give you this if it helps to have a nice layout on an iPad. It is a copy from here. Calls the preset mode boost, using the default setting to boost temp rather than the boost_heating service.

type: vertical-stack
cards:
  - type: thermostat
    entity: climate.wiser_dining_room
  - type: entities
    entities:
      - entity: input_boolean.dining_room_occupied
  - type: horizontal-stack
    cards:
      - type: button
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: climate.set_preset_mode
          service_data:
            preset_mode: Boost 30m
          target:
            entity_id: climate.wiser_dining_room
        icon: mdi:fire
        entity: climate.wiser_dining_room
        name: 30m
      - type: button
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: climate.set_preset_mode
          service_data:
            preset_mode: Boost 1h
          target:
            entity_id: climate.wiser_dining_room
        entity: climate.wiser_dining_room
        name: 1h
        icon: mdi:fire
      - type: button
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: climate.set_preset_mode
          service_data:
            preset_mode: Boost 2h
          target:
            entity_id: climate.wiser_dining_room
        entity: climate.wiser_dining_room
        icon: mdi:fire
        name: 2h
      - type: button
        tap_action:
          action: call-service
          service: climate.set_preset_mode
          service_data:
            preset_mode: Cancel Boost
          target:
            entity_id: climate.wiser_dining_room
        entity: climate.wiser_dining_room
        icon: mdi:fire
        name: Cancel
  - type: custom:mini-graph-card
    entities:
      - entity: sensor.wiser_lts_temperature_dining_room
        name: Dining Room Temperature
        unit: C
        line_width: 6
        hour24: true
        group: true
        align_icon: left
        align_state: right
        align_header: left
        hours_to_show: 24
        color: '#385581'
        show:
          fill: fade
          icon: false
          name: false
          state: false
          name_adaptive_color: false
          labels: hover
          legend: false
        tap_action:
          action: none

GSzabados · January 10, 2022, 6:48pm

That was just an interim solution, as Geo has a quite good API and people are already using it. It can be queried with a few REST sensors easily.

I didn’t want to go off-topic. I am not in the UK, so I have no idea how the Insight+ works, but read about Geo before (on another platform) and people were happy with what it provides.

Otherwise, what I read about smartmeters in the UK, the mess is shocking how they are included and excluded from the networks…

Puntoboy · January 10, 2022, 7:58pm

That’s it! Just what I needed. Thank you.