Optimize ESPHome deep sleep connections to HA

ESPHome
1

Hi all,
I’m looking for a config that let me collecting data every one hour from battery powered ESPHome devices without using MQTT, with deep sleep enabled.
This config works:

esphome:
  name: lol32-test
  platform: ESP32
  board: lolin32_lite
  on_boot:
    then:
      - script.execute: consider_deep_sleep

substitutions:
  ssid: !secret ssid
  password: !secret password

wifi:
  ssid: "xxx"
  password: "yyy"
  power_save_mode: none
  manual_ip:
    static_ip: 192.168.201.252
    gateway: 192.168.201.253
    subnet: 255.255.255.0

mdns:
  disabled: true

captive_portal:

# Enable logging
logger:
  level: DEBUG

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  password: !secret esphome_secret

ota:
  password: !secret esphome_secret

web_server:
  port: 80

http_request:
  useragent: esphome/influxsensors
  timeout: 10s

sensor:
  - platform: wifi_signal
    name: "WiFi Signal Sensor"
    id: testwifisignal
    update_interval: 1s
    on_value:
      then:
        - homeassistant.service:
            service: input_number.set_value
            data_template:
              entity_id: input_number.huz32garage_cm
              value: "{{ set_point }}"
            variables:
              set_point: 'return id(testwifisignal).state;'
  - platform: uptime
    name: Uptime Sensor
    id: testuptimesensor
    update_interval: 1s

button:
  - platform: restart
    name: "Test Restart"

deep_sleep:
  id: deep_sleep_control
  sleep_duration: 60min

binary_sensor:
  - platform: homeassistant
    id: prevent_deep_sleep_test
    name: Prevent Deep Sleep
    entity_id: input_boolean.prevent_deep_sleep_test
    
script:
  - id: consider_deep_sleep
    mode: queued
    then:
      - delay: 60s
      - if:
          condition:
            binary_sensor.is_on: prevent_deep_sleep_test
          then:
            - logger.log: 'Skipping sleep, per prevent_deep_sleep'
          else:
            - deep_sleep.enter: deep_sleep_control
      - script.execute: consider_deep_sleep

60 seconds delay is enough to guarantee communications between devices and HA, based on my tests. With lower times like 30secs, sometimes values are not updated.
Is there any way to force values update from ESPHome to HA, reducing current 60secs delay so saving battery energy?
Thanks,
-f

2

I can’t quite follow your config, but this example may be of use if you dig into it. It’s still in testing but seems to work well for me.

Basically, you turn off time based sensor updates, manually request the update on boot, then trigger a enter deep sleep action when a sensor value is received.

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