I’m using ESPAltherma to monitor my heat pump. My ESP device publish a topic over MQTT, which I then use in Home Assistant. Following the guidelines of the ESPAltherma documentation, I’ve integrated the data into Home Assistant by adding a template. Everything works as expected, except for some entities which produce no history. These entities all produce a string as value, for example the “Operation Mode” produces values like “Heating”, “Fan Only”, “DHW”…
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The relevant parts of my configuration.yaml:
# Configure a default setup of Home Assistant (frontend, api, etc)
default_config:
group: !include groups.yaml
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
template:
- sensor:
# ESPAltherma
# This sensor has no history
- name: "Operation mode"
unique_id: "29025128-c5f9-4228-ad26-3e91f2ac333d"
state: "{{ state_attr('sensor.althermasensors','Operation Mode') }}"
state_class: measurement
# This sensor has history
- name: "Outdoor air temperature"
unique_id: "19e9bc5b-afba-4b97-9096-e5b070c47a96"
state: "{{ state_attr('sensor.althermasensors','Outdoor air temp.') }}"
unit_of_measurement: "°C"
state_class: measurement
device_class: temperature
# This sensor has history
- name: "INV primary current"
unique_id: "95cba8c0-f98d-4c28-bdb1-417ed95441ad"
state: "{{ state_attr('sensor.althermasensors','INV primary current (A)') }}"
unit_of_measurement: "A"
state_class: measurement
device_class: current
The raw JSON as received via MQTT
{
"Sensor Data Qty": 10,
"INV compressor Qty": 1,
"STD compressor Qty": 0,
"Fan Data Qty": 2,
"Expansion Valve Data Qty": 2,
"4 Way Valve Data Qty": 1,
"Crank Case Heater Qty": 1,
"Solenoid valve Qty": 2,
"Max. connectable indoor units": 4,
"Connected Indoor Unit Qty": 1,
"O/U MPU ID (xx)": 71,
"O/U MPU ID (yy)": 2,
"O/U capacity (kW)": 8,
"Operation Mode": "Fan Only",
"Thermostat ON/OFF": "OFF",
"Restart standby": "OFF",
"Startup Control": "OFF",
"Defrost Operation": "OFF",
"Oil Return Operation": "OFF",
"Pressure equalizing operation": "OFF",
"Demand Signal": "OFF",
"Low noise control": "OFF",
"Error type": "Normal",
"Error Code": " 0",
"Target Evap. Temp.": "---",
"Target Cond. Temp.": 20,
"Discharge Temp. Drop": "OFF",
"Comp. INV Current Drop": "OFF",
"HP Drop Control": "OFF",
"LP Drop Control": "OFF",
"Fin Temp. Drop Control": "OFF",
"Other Drop Control": "OFF",
"Not in use": "Conv 311 not avail.",
"Outdoor air temp.": 13.6,
"O/U Heat Exch. Temp.": 13,
"Discharge pipe temp.": 19.6,
"Suction pipe temp.": 20.2,
"O/U Heat Exch. Mid-temp.": 13.2,
"Liquid pipe temp.": 16.3,
"INV fin temp.": 17.2,
"Pressure": 11,
"INV primary current (A)": 0,
"INV secondary current (A)": 0,
"Voltage (V)": "-26880",
"Brine Flow Switch": "OFF",
"Brine inlet temp.": 0,
"Brine outlet temp.": 0,
"Refrig. temp. evap. In": 0,
"Refrig. temp. evap.Out": 0,
"INV frequency (rps)": 0,
"Fan 1 (10 rpm)": 0,
"Expansion valve 1 (pls)": 0,
"Expansion valve 2 (pls)": 0,
"4 Way Valve 1": "ON",
"4 Way Valve 2": "OFF",
"4 Way Valve 3": "OFF",
"4 Way Valve 4": "OFF",
"4 Way Valve 5": "OFF",
"Crank case heater 1": "ON",
"Crank case heater 2": "OFF",
"Crank case heater 3": "OFF",
"Crank case heater 4": "OFF",
"Crank case heater 5": "OFF",
"Solenoid Valve 1": "OFF",
"Solenoid Valve 2": "OFF",
"Solenoid Valve 3": "OFF",
"Solenoid Valve 4": "OFF",
"Solenoid Valve 5": "OFF",
"Indoor Unit Address": 0,
"I/U operation mode": "Stop",
"Freeze Protection": "OFF",
"Silent Mode": "OFF",
"Freeze Protection for water piping": "OFF",
"DHW setpoint": 49,
"LW setpoint (main)": 15,
"Water flow switch": "OFF",
"Thermal protector (Q1L) BUH": "OFF",
"Thermal protector BSH": "ON",
"Benefit kWh rate power supply": "OFF",
"Bivalent Operation": "OFF",
"2way valve(On:Heat_Off:Cool)": "ON",
"3way valve(On:DHW_Off:Space)": "OFF",
"BSH": "OFF",
"BUH Step1": "OFF",
"BUH Step2": "OFF",
"BPH": "OFF",
"Water pump operation": "OFF",
"Data Enable/Disable": "ON",
"Outlet Water Heat Exch. Temp. (R1T)": 39.7,
"Outlet Water BUH Temp. (R2T)": 40.9,
"Refrig. Temp. liquid side (R3T)": 32.5,
"Inlet water temp.(R4T)": 37.6,
"DHW tank temp. (R5T)": 48.1,
"RT Temp.": 0,
"Outdoor Ambient or Ext Sensor": 0.5,
"M5VIN": "4.87V",
"M5AmpIn": "84.375mA",
"M5BatV": "4.15V",
"M5BatCur": "0mA",
"M5BatPwr": "0mW",
"WifiRSSI": "-68dBm",
"FreeMem": "212540"
}
The view of the “Operation mode” (note the “No statistic found”) and of the “Outdoor air temperature”, which works as expected
What is happening? What am I missing to save the history?
Thank you all!
