ESPhome pulse_meter platform unit of measurement

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I’m getting this in my logs for a ESPhome based fish feeder:

The unit of sensor.fish_feeder_counter (times) does not match the unit of already compiled statistics (time(s)). Generation of long term statistics will be suppressed unless the unit changes back to time(s). Go to https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/developer_statistics to fix this

I have this in my yaml for the device:

# Feeder counter pulse meter
  - platform: pulse_meter
    pin: GPIO12
    id: pulse_count
    name: 'pulses'
    internal_filter_mode: PULSE
    internal: true
    total:
      unit_of_measurement: 'times'
      name: 'Fish-feeder Counter'

I’m thinking i made a typo or i need a different unit of measurement, but not sure what the allowed units of measurement are. Should i make it time(s) or just time instead?

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If you want to keep ‘times’ as the uom go to Developer Tools > Statistics and click on FIX ISSUE for the sensor.

3

Cool. Would you know what the difference is between times and time(s) ? I assuming one is in seconds but the other not sure. Or better yet, where can i find the unit descriptions. Can’t locate them on the esphome page.

Update: I changed the sensor to time(s), even though i have one sensor, i now see 2 graphs. Not a bad thing or anything although i do wonder how to remove the old graph now :slight_smile:

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And finally now i see this message in the logs :
The normalized unit of sensor.fish_feeder_counter (times(s)) does not match the unit of already compiled statistics (time(s)). Generation of long term statistics will be suppressed unless the unit changes back to time(s). Go to https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/developer_statistics to fix this

It’s the same uom but now it says ‘normalised’ and apparently still not matching. What’s going on …

4

FIX the issue as I instructed above.

5

I literally can’t (as i made a typo and typed times(s) instead of time(s), i probably should have clicked FIX the first time around :slight_smile:

i get :

The unit of sensor.fish_feeder_counter is changing, got multiple {'times(s)', 'time(s)'}, generation of long term statistics will be suppressed unless the unit is stable and matches the unit of already compiled statistics (time(s)). Go to https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/developer_statistics to fix this

and next to the sensor in developer tools i get no FIX option. Maybe i need to wait as it seems to suggest?