Irrigation Custom Component with Custom Card

Salvatore_Ruggeri · August 28, 2023, 12:39pm

I installed V5.2.10 from hacs, change version or not

petergridge · August 28, 2023, 12:52pm

hi @vandenbogerd, do you have multiple programs configured with the same start time?

vandenbogerd · August 28, 2023, 12:53pm

No, 1 program with 3 zones. Every zone gets the exact same start time though.

Stoli · August 28, 2023, 1:22pm

Quick question for Pete. Regarding the following watering adjustment example from your Openweathermaphistory documentation on github:

{{ 
  [(10 
  - day0rain 
  - day1rain*0.5
  - day2rain*0.25
  - forecast1rain*forecast1pop*0.5
  - forecast2rain*forecast2pop*0.25)/10
  ,0]|max
}}

I was wondering if there is a reason why you are not using forecast0rain and forecast0pop in this example?

juergenjw · August 28, 2023, 3:04pm

Hi Pete, i’m now in Spain and have to install the integration in my home assistant instance here.
I will try to reproduce the bug in my installation here on HA 2023.7.1.

Start time
input_datetime.startzeit_bewasserung
Inter zone delay
input_number.dauer_zone_pause
Riego relay 1 next run
Unavailable
Riego relay 2 next run
Unavailable
Riego relay 3 next run
Unavailable
Riego relay 4 next run
Unavailable
Riego relay 5 next run
Unavailable
Zone1 name
riego_relay_1
Riego relay 1 remaining
0:00:00
Riego relay 1 zone
switch.riego_relay_1
Riego relay 1 water
input_number.dauer_zone_hinten_unten
Riego relay 1 run freq
input_select.frequenz_zone_hinten_unten
Zone2 name
riego_relay_2
Riego relay 2 remaining
0:00:00
Riego relay 2 zone
switch.riego_relay_2
Riego relay 2 water
input_number.dauer_zone_hinten_oben
Riego relay 2 run freq
input_select.frequenz_zone_hinten_oben
Zone3 name
riego_relay_3
Riego relay 3 remaining
0:00:00
Riego relay 3 zone
switch.riego_relay_3
Riego relay 3 water
input_number.dauer_zone_vorne_unten
Riego relay 3 run freq
input_select.frequenz_zone_vorne_unten
Zone4 name
riego_relay_4
Riego relay 4 remaining
0:00:00
Riego relay 4 zone
switch.riego_relay_4
Riego relay 4 water
input_number.dauer_zone_vorne_oben
Riego relay 4 run freq
input_select.frequenz_zone_vorne_oben
Zone5 name
riego_relay_5
Riego relay 5 remaining
0:00:00
Riego relay 5 zone
switch.riego_relay_5
Riego relay 5 water
input_number.dauer_zone_terrasse
Riego relay 5 run freq
input_select.frequenz_zone_terrasse
Zone count
5
Remaining
0:00:00

I have a D1 mini pro controlling 5 relais for 5 zones in 1 program starting one zone after another with a pause of 2 secs in between.

I have found a circumvention for the problem by calling the Irrigation controller: reset_runtime for above switch shortly before the program start time.

I will reply after i have all installed here.

kenlee · August 28, 2023, 4:17pm

What about rain sensor, is this feature is working correctly? Because as far as I tested, binary sensor wont stop sequence.

Only postpones to another selected frequency if rain has already started before start time.

petergridge · August 29, 2023, 7:20am

Hi Stoli,

No particular reason, I found this to be accurate enough in my area. You can try many different calculations until you find one that works for you.

petergridge · August 29, 2023, 7:45am

The rain sensor is simply a binary sensor that stops the a program from starting if it is on.

It is designed to allow a user to develop their own model for stopping the program running in what ever way they want.

Check out GitHub - petergridge/openweathermaphistory: A home assistant sensor that uses the OpenWeatherMap API to get forecast, current obs and history data for a more complex model.

juergenjw · August 29, 2023, 8:59am

Hi Pete, I can no longer reproduce the problem in my current environment. The irrigation program started at the set start time and ran to completion. I did not find any exceptions from your integration in the log.
I made a slight change to the program as i added a binary switch for enabling/disabling the program.

petergridge · August 29, 2023, 9:12am

That’s great news, I will investigate if that change is the key to the issue. Thanks for letting me know

petergridge · August 29, 2023, 10:18pm

Can you send me you configuration: A screenshot of the program config and each zone, and the values that you have set up in you helpers e.g. frequency options etc.

I will try to replicate your configuration to recreate this issue.

petergridge · August 29, 2023, 10:30pm

Also can you try making the program as simple as possible:
Program has only a start time
Zone only has watering time
Initially only 1 zone,
then if you could add zones in one at a time with only watering time
then add the additional attributes you use on the program/zones like frequency and interzone delay one at a time.

You can change the start time after each change so it will trigger so hopefully this will not take very long and we can track down the route cause of this issue.

Stoli · August 30, 2023, 2:00pm

Is there a way to change the rate at which calls to the openweathermap api are made? To something like every 30 minutes instead of hourly?

petergridge · August 31, 2023, 2:09am

Hi Stoli,
The openweathermap history API is not real time he API only provides updates in hourly increments.

The internal refresh is actually ever 10 minutes but to limit the use of the free API calls there is a process to only make the call after an hour has elapsed.