Precision of Sun component

Configuration
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Hello All,

I found the piece of code below in the sun.sun component and the following explanation for decreasing the precision of sun updates during particular times of day: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/23832

_PHASE_UPDATES = {
    PHASE_NIGHT: timedelta(minutes=4 * 5),
    PHASE_ASTRONOMICAL_TWILIGHT: timedelta(minutes=4 * 2),
    PHASE_NAUTICAL_TWILIGHT: timedelta(minutes=4 * 2),
    PHASE_TWILIGHT: timedelta(minutes=4),
    PHASE_SMALL_DAY: timedelta(minutes=2),
    PHASE_DAY: timedelta(minutes=4),
}

However I need more precise readings during twilight (every 30s) - since this is when I am automating my blinds to be opened. I have created a variable that calculates the cut-off elevation for each day of the year which falls between -12° (for Summer solstice) and 0° (for Winter solstice) and I would like to use that elevation with the highest time precision to open or close my blinds (I find it that values in minutes do make a difference)

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Question: Is there a way of configuring the _PHASE_UPDATES on a live system?

2

You can’t.
Beside trying to convince the HA devs this is a good idea, your best immediate approach would be to copy the sun integration and adapt it to your liking.

See How to create a custom component from one removed from HA itself for an outline of how to do that

3

All right!
I created my own component, called it Sol in order not to duplicate the Sun and it just works.
Thank you!

4

For future reference, you didn’t have to rename it.
If you keep the same name, it just overwrites the builtin one.

5

Also look at the sun2 custom integration, but honestly, you can just use the sun elevation attribute of the built-in integration, or is the problem that the elevation isn’t updating frequently enough?

6

Just the link to Sun2, as suggested by parautenbach.