How to add template / confusion

[phier (john)]

hello,
i need to apply a fix as a template

[bug] NAS-WR01ZE: kWh meter value displayed as negative number

specifically its Home Assistant Template Sensor - Shenzhen Neo NAS-WR01ZE Reported kWh Energy Correction · GitHub

but i have no idea how to do that? Do i have to create separate yaml file under config/ or do i have to add code into configuration.yaml?

thanks

[Tinkerer (aka DubhAd on GitHub)]

That can be added directly to configuration.yaml, replacing sensor.my_device_power_electric_consumption_kwh with your sensor entity.

Then run a command line config check:

ha core check

Before restarting HA

[phier (john)]

@Tinkerer its zwave device, its not inside configuration.yaml

[petro]

The template is pasted into your configuration.yaml. And you replace the entity_id in the template with your zwave entity_id. That’s what tinkerer is saying.

[phier (john)]

@petro okay, i will try, there is no separate file like template.yaml or dir for that? thx

[petro]

that depends on how you set up your system. If you don’t know, then you’ll just be putting that in configuration.yaml

[phier (john)]

but i am afraid it does not work…

i added

but i cant see / find Entity like that here >

its not even here…

[petro]

you have to restart…

[phier (john)]

well i did hm. i can do it again… but i did via ssh. reboot.

[petro]

You don’t need to reboot, just restart home assistant. Make sure config check works.

[phier (john)]

not sure what does it mean to restart homeassistant,

but i now clicked on Restart Supervisor and its there.

But i don’t think it is working properly?

seems like pretty mess… in configuration its called
{% set value = states(‘sensor.wall_plug_switch_power_electric_consumption_kwh’) | float(‘unknown’) %}

in UI its sensor.usb_qc_charger_

[petro]

Restart supervisor restarts the supervisor, not home assistant. You’d need to restart home assistant.

Configuration → Settings → Server Control tab → Restart

[petro]

This creates a new entity that uses the other entity. You will have 2. It does not replace your existing entity.

[phier (john)]

seems broken even after restart…

even configuration.yaml

[phier (john)]

it says Unknown in status… so no clue.

[petro]

you didn’t use the correct entity_id. You’re image shows the word power in your template, where your entity_id on the other image does not have that word.

[petro]

[phier (john)]

@petro ah now i got it … see your point … i will correct. Appreciate your help.

[petro]

I suggest you move to some other type of editing. Via SSH is a pita. You can setup samba share to access the files from another machine or use the Visual Studio Code addon.