MySensors integration broken? MySensors Invalid message data

mobrembski · September 28, 2021, 3:27pm

Hi All!

I have a problem with MySensors integration in HA.
I’ve written a sketch with Serial transport with Arduino Mega board, connected to Home Assistant Raspberry Pi.
Now i’ve got following errors in log

2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;255;3;0;14;Gateway startup complete.
2021-09-28 16:15:19 INFO (MainThread) [mysensors.handler] n:0 c:255 t:3 s:14 p:Gateway startup complete.
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mysensors.gateway] Node update: node 0 child 255
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Sending 255;255;3;0;20;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;0;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;0;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;1;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;1;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;2;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;2;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;3;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;3;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;4;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;4;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;5;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;5;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;6;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;6;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;7;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;7;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;8;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;8;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;9;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;9;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;10;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;10;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;11;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;11;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;12;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;12;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;13;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;13;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;14;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;14;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;15;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;15;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;16;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;16;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;17;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;17;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;18;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;18;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;19;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;19;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;20;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;20;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;21;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;21;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;22;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;22;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;23;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;23;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;24;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;24;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;25;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;25;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;26;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;26;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;27;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;27;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;28;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;28;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;29;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;29;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;30;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;30;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''
2021-09-28 16:15:19 DEBUG (MainThread) [mysensors.transport] Receiving 0;31;1;0;2;
2021-09-28 16:15:19 WARNING (MainThread) [mysensors] Invalid <Message data="0;31;1;0;2;">: value must be either 0 or 1 for object value @ data['payload']. Got ''

Actually 0;31;1;0;2 is real answer from my atMega board, so what is going on here?
Tried several version of library (development, 2.4, also downgraded to 2.0), but nothing helps

Home assistant version is current - freshly installed.

Thank you for any help!

koying · September 28, 2021, 3:38pm

No actual clue about MySensors, but a quick look at the doc makes me think you specified a wrong type for the sensor in your sketch.

mobrembski · September 28, 2021, 3:47pm

It is set to S_BINARY:

for(size_t i = 0; i < m_lights_size; ++i ) {
  present( i, S_BINARY, m_lights[i].description );
}

Isn’t it correct?

koying · September 28, 2021, 3:49pm

Obviously not.
Then HA expects 0 / 1, as it explicitly says in the error message.

mobrembski · September 28, 2021, 4:23pm

But it’s not possible. Here’s my present(). I’ve also added to be sure that MyMessage is set to V_LIGHT:

// Send the sketch version information to the gateway and Controller
  sendSketchInfo( MY_HOSTNAME, SKETCH_VERSION );

  // Tell the MySensors gateway what kind of sensors this node has, and what their ID's on the node are, as defined in the code above.
  for(size_t i = 0; i < m_lights_size; ++i ) {
    m_lights[i].message->setType(V_LIGHT);
    present( i, S_LIGHT, m_lights[i].description );
  }
}

Still no luck.
If its not correct answer from board, what is correct?

mobrembski · October 2, 2021, 7:03pm

All right, it seems my sensors needs to do set on message before presentation
Works ok now, topic can be closed