Powercalc - Virtual power sensors

[Mariusthvdb (Marius)]

Right I see.

Will check when I get back to the machine

Great development!

[Mariusthvdb (Marius)]

@bramski

now it is automatically downloaded to config/.storage/powercalc_profiles directory. Only the profiles you actually use should be there, and were already downloaded by the download component.

cool:

they’re also all still in config/custom_components/powercalc/data
should I delete that?

maybe except for the 2 json files manufacturer_device_types.json and model_schema.json, or are those no longer used either

i am not seeing the shelly plus plug s data file in the storage folder, though I am using that too… and the data model exists in the former data folder:

makes me want to check them all, wont be for tonight though. A quick look also makes me realize I dont see the Fibaro data files. Could be I excluded those because of their self metering option.

yep thats what I have in the config:
# Fibaro FGWP102 are self metering # so no device sensors are required/created

really odd, as the plus plug as is not added, Icve restarted it a few times without the yaml config I had before

# Shelly:
        - entity_id: switch.toaster_keuken
#           <<: &shelly
#             standby_power: 0.5
#             fixed:
#               power: 0.8
        - entity_id: switch.plus_plug_s
#           <<: *shelly
        - entity_id: switch.dorm_studenten
        - entity_id: switch.garage_deur
        - entity_id: switch.tv_garage
        - entity_id: switch.symfonisk_dining
        - entity_id: switch.tester
        - entity_id: switch.slaapkamer_stopcontact
          standby_power: 0.5
          fixed:
            power: 0.8

as you can see I had them as fixed power configs, but commented that now. And still this is showing as before

the slaapkamer stopcontact is a Plus 1 PM

for which no data model exists yet apparently either

as experiment, I deleted the shelly folder in the former data folder, and restarted once more: still no additional plus plug s in the powercalc_profiles folder…

[bramski (Bram Gerritsen)]

@Mariusthvdb I have checked the release and there was a mistake with beta.4. I accidentily created that from master branch. Which means it didn’t contain any remote loading code as it should. All previous beta’s did.

I have corrected this with beta.5 now.

data folder is also removed there.
Could you try again?

[Mariusthvdb (Marius)]

ofc I had to find that…
wel glad I did and you could fix it:

before, b4:

after, b5:

data: folder in /custom_components/powercalc disappeared

I do believe I found different power measurements myself:

             standby_power: 0.5
             fixed:
               power: 0.8

[bramski (Bram Gerritsen)]

Oh great you got it working.

For which did you have these measurements Plug s or Plus Plug S?
I see for the measurements AWM Fitzdirect was used: homeassistant-powercalc/profile_library/shelly/shelly plus plug s/model.json at 973005c3d5a1d1b43604117af179721f3c132e7c · bramstroker/homeassistant-powercalc · GitHub

Which power meter did you use? When yours is more accurate we can update the measurements in the library.

[Mariusthvdb (Marius)]

for the Plus Plug s, and non scientific… I used another Shelly. those readings were consistent over various devices though, and also consistent with the Plug s readings in the library. Those are seen here too, so I figured the Plus Plug s measurement to be correct too.

But… it might depend on other settings in the device as the Plus Plug S is also a Bt extender. depending on the configuration that could make a difference:

but I dont think we can set that in the config as its not an option we can ‘read’

As said, I also have this reading for the Shelly Plus 1PM, which isnt yet in the library

[bramski (Bram Gerritsen)]

I don’t have one myself, so can’t do some testing or verify. Maybe I will purchase one.
I have a Zhurui PR10 meter which is very accurate also on low power levels, so than I also can do some verifications.

[Brad_Ford (Wombo1)]

Hi All,

Can someone explain how to use the “Calculation enabled condition”?

I am trying to get a fixed energy value when my climate device (climate.living_ac) is running.

Any experience with this?

[markpurcell]

Having some issues with the new beta, shall I raise an issue in github?

This error originated from a custom integration.

Logger: custom_components.powercalc.power_profile.loader.remote
Source: custom_components/powercalc/power_profile/loader/remote.py:51
integration: Powercalc (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 4:32:20 PM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 4:32:20 PM

Failed to download library.json from github, falling back to local copy

Logger: homeassistant.setup
Source: setup.py:398
First occurred: 4:32:20 PM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 4:32:20 PM

Error during setup of component powercalc
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/setup.py", line 398, in _async_setup_component
    result = await task
             ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/__init__.py", line 238, in async_setup
    await discovery_manager.start_discovery()
  File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/discovery.py", line 123, in start_discovery
    power_profile = await self.get_power_profile(
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/discovery.py", line 144, in get_power_profile
    self.power_profiles[entity_id] = await get_power_profile(
                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/power_profile/factory.py", line 39, in get_power_profile
    library = await ProfileLibrary.factory(hass)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/power_profile/library.py", line 64, in factory
    await library.initialize()
  File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/power_profile/library.py", line 35, in initialize
    await self._loader.initialize()
  File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/power_profile/loader/composite.py", line 14, in initialize
    [await loader.initialize() for loader in self.loaders]  # type: ignore[func-returns-value]
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/power_profile/loader/remote.py", line 31, in initialize
    self.library_contents = await self.load_library_json()
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/power_profile/loader/remote.py", line 52, in load_library_json
    with open(get_library_json_path()) as f:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/config/custom_components/powercalc/../../profile_library/library.json'

[bramski (Bram Gerritsen)]

There is already issue made on github:

None of my virtual manual fixed sensors are loading anymore

[bramski (Bram Gerritsen)]

What is the state of your climate sensor when you want the power meter to give a reading?

[Brad_Ford (Wombo1)]

Hi Branski,

The data is coming in as a digital via MQTT, so either 1 or 0.

[bramski (Bram Gerritsen)]

I’m pretty sure a climate entity is not behaving like a binary sensor in HA.
Possible states of a climate entity are:

You can check in developer tools what state and attributes the entity has when you turn it on or off via MQTT.

You can use the states power option to map a certain state or attribute to a given power value.

[Brad_Ford (Wombo1)]

Yes, I can get those via the climate entity. But the more reliable is the digital that I can getting directly from MQTT.

At the moment I am doing alot of “jiggery pockery” to map the MQTT to the HA Climate entities…

[bramski (Bram Gerritsen)]

But that’s a different entity you are talking about than? Not the climate.living_ac entity?
Not sure what you mean by But the more reliable is the digital that I can getting directly from MQTT.. You’ll need that data in an entity to make it part of HA state machine and let powercalc bind to it.

[bramski (Bram Gerritsen)]

Just wanted to let you all know I have worked on a new GUI for the library listing.
Where you can easily search for a given model to see if it is supported by powercalc.
Happy to hear any feedback.

Available here: https://powercalc.lauwbier.nl

[arifroni]

Is there any way I can create a sensor that can tell me what is the power consumption of my lights(smart lights) when they are off (powered but off)?

[bramski (Bram Gerritsen)]

Have a look at standby_power

[arifroni]

This is not what I wanted. I need to rephrase a bit.

I want the total energy spent in KWh (in a year/month/week etc) while the light was off/standby.

[giaur500]

I own smart switches like this one:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006313858972.html

I know what is power consumption for each bulb I use. It’s specified by bulb manufacturer or I am able to measure it and power consumption is constant - bulb is not smart and it’s connected to socket switch, so we don’t need to measure/guess power consumption, it’s known and never changes.

Can I provide exact power consumption in your integration settings to make it calculating using that value?