DSMR Reader Add-on for Home Assistant

[Alfagek]

Hey Sander,

Thanks for the update 3 weeks ago. But since Timescale 4.0.1 (2 weeks now) i’m getting the warning back like last year (see: Link). Addon is using a “old version” of the "pg_dump” backup tool. Timescale 4.0.1 is working with Postgresql 16.2

Thanks for looking in to it.
p.s. How is it going with your son?

pg_dump: error: aborting because of server version mismatch
pg_dump: detail: server version: 16.2; pg_dump version: 15.6
2024-03-31 17:39:40,310 ERROR    schedule     execute_scheduled_processes      39 | (AttributeError) dsmr_backup.services.backup.run errored: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'read'

Working with HA in VM (Proxmox)

[sanderdw]

So you see the DSMR Reader putting messages on the MQTT broker? Did you follow these instructions? DSMR Reader - Home Assistant

[sanderdw]

As the underlying image needs to support this i created a feature request: Postgresql client Upgrade (pg_dump) · Issue #351 · xirixiz/dsmr-reader-docker · GitHub

After this is done i can release a new version.

Thank you for asking, my son is doing really great and his older brother is taking good care of him .

[Alfagek]

Good to hear that all is going good Sander So mom and dad have a easy life

And thanks for making the the request. We will see the update eventually

[TheCosmicGate (Pim)]

Yeah sure, when i read de MQTT messages (using MQTT explorer) is see the DSMR messages.

but when i look at the entities :

Within de DSMR config:

[Alfagek]

Hey @TheCosmicGate, like Sander was saying. Do you have installed beside the DSMR reader Addon (from Sander) installed the DSMR Reader in “intergrations” ?

[TheCosmicGate (Pim)]

sure i did

[Alfagek]

Okay @TheCosmicGate, I couldn’t see it in your other message but try to remove the dsmr intergration and reinstall it again.

[TheCosmicGate (Pim)]

That seems to be the solution for now. It’s working again

[marieper (Per Lundborg)]

Anyone that has a working configuration for for DSMR Reader for Slimmelezer+ by Zuidwijk, connected via WiFi, and currently hooks directly with HA via ESPHome?

How to set up SlimmeLezer with Home Assistant for dummies

UPDATE: Marcel has added a nice setup instruction on his site here: initial setup slimmelezer Please try that first before going off on a wild tangent like I did. In case it still helps someone else stuck with another topic, I’ve left my initial dive into updating the .yaml below. I was pretty excited when the new energy management features of Home Assistant were added in 2021.7, and immediately ordered the afformentioned “SlimmeLezer” ESPHome device to get up and running. However, the device …

Initial setup SlimmeLezer

Or maybe it is not possible to connect to if from the add-on?

[Alfagek]

@marieper it’s not possible with esphome. Because DSMR Reader needs or a usb device (that shows the telegrams) or needs a telnet device. Sadly esphome doesn’t support that.

I thought that i read somewere you could flash the “slimmelezer” from Marcel with a other firmware, so it could use telnet. And then use DSMR Reader plugin (https://www.zuidwijk.com/using-esp-link/)

[sanderdw]

Not sure exactly but I thought to remember that it works with DMSR Reader, if that’s the case it could also work with the addon.

[sanderdw]

Using esp-link

[marieper (Per Lundborg)]

Thanks a million.

I’ll try it out, and I happen to have a spare Slimmeleze+ as I bought one extre when I beleived my original one had died.

[sanderdw]

2024-04-16: DSMR Reader Add-on v 1.11.1, DSMR-reader v5.11
Changelog here

[EDouna]

I experience an issue, possibly related to this reported issue.
The quick and dirty solution is to restart the add-on periodically. A small blueprint is a temporary solution:

alias: DSMR reader herstart
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: time_pattern
    minutes: /10
condition: []
action:
  - service: hassio.addon_restart
    metadata: {}
    data:
      addon: 0826754b_dsmr_reader
mode: single

[sanderdw]

Bssed on the reported issue i created a new release as stability is essential. @EDouna , can you let me know if the issue is temperarly resolved with this release?

2024-04-17: DSMR Reader Add-on v 1.11.2, DSMR-reader v5.11
Changelog here

[EDouna]

On it. Downloading and I will monitor it - I’ll keep you posted.

[EDouna]

At first sight this seems to stabilize my situation. Further details are shared on Github. Thanks Sander!

[sanderdw]

2024-04-22: DSMR Reader Add-on v1.11.3, DSMR-reader v5.11
Changelog here