Hello,
how can I display the entity of the dial as a sensor instead of a gauge?
So that I can see the values change live every minute or second?
thanks in advance
Live kWh is not very useful, it will not change very quickly because it sums use over a longer period. Wat you want is not an energy graph but a power graph. The graphs HA has are on the “Now” tab of the energy dashboard, provided you entered power sensors in the energy dashboard configuration.
Even then they do not show as a gauge. If you want that you might want to look into specific cards or graphing tools. But I’d first make sure you configured the Energy dashboard with power sensors and see what they have on offer. It is more insightful than a gauge imho.
thx for your reply ,
but there must be somewhere a sensor or value that did ( or does) the math ?
in the image i have
<-0.04 kWh
->18.1 kWh
18.1 minus 0.04 is 18.06
so if i can cherrypick it , i dont need to create a sensortemplate myself
thx
In all likelyhood, the integration that provides kWh also provides W. kWh sensors usually do not update fast enough to get meaningful results. The energy dashboard itself on this tab is even worse: it updates once an hour for the reasons I described.
It is not as simple as you say also. You’d need to use a derivative helper sensor to do the math which does not make sense if the way more accurate sensor is already there.
There is no entity. The Energy dashboard calculates the values as needed for display from the statistics stored in the recorder database.
You can create your own template sensor though.