Any suggestions on those matters?
With regards to your device repeatedly becoming unavailable: this should only happen if the device can no longer be found on the specified network. Hence connectivity issues come to mind. I havenāt had any similar reports.
With regards to the template: Iām not quite sure what your asking. Could you be more specific?
Not sure either. Iām not familiar with unRAID so I canāt help you out with that.
I can tell you that the next update will most likely eliminate the need for the custom run.sh, so that might make things a little easier
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Sweet! I will wait for the next update then because I think the only problem I have after following the guide you gave is it just canāt find the run.sh file.
I will check the connectivity issues, but I dont think that this is the issue. Thanks for the advice though.
in the Template matter.
following your instructions i have created this:
Iām wandering how I can change the Black Circular Icon when the PS is off to show the PS logo instead.
Add a condition to the picture attribute of the card that returns your image if there is no entity picture available. (On my phone right now so canāt really type any (pseudo) code).
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For future noobs like myself, regarding this, it was easier than I imagine. all it took was to replace it with the mdi:sony.playstation icon
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I started a little experimenting with this yesterday. Iāve setup a very simple automation triggered by device. The automation:
- Sets a light scene when the PS5 turns on (before sunset)
- If before sunset it pulls up the curtains
When the PS5 turns off: - If before sunset the curtains go back up
The problem is with the second part. The addon is not picking up the PS5 being powered off but in the logs i can see āunavailableā. This is not a state that can be used in this automation so itās not triggered. Any suggestions how to make the second part work?
Create a template sensor that interprets unavailable as off, etc.
LOL that is not as obvious as you make it seem if you just started with all this a few days ago 
anyway i figured it out. PS5 in rest mode=powered off. Doesnāt make sense to me but this is reported in the logbook. So with the minimum power it uses the solution i guess is to always keep the PS5 in rest mode OR as you suggested tweak HA to be able to use unavailable. I wouldnāt even know where to start to make a template sensor but iāll look into that at a later time.
Maybe a suggestion for the documentation? To say what states report as what in the logs?
The Playstation being off is, from a software point of view, unavailable. This was a very conscience decision. This is because the device can not be reached. A.k.a. it could have lost connection to your network, etc. and there would be no way to know.
This is also the same type of behaviour that is used in the āofficialā ps4 integration.
For the template sensor you could try something like the following (pseudo code).
sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
interpreted_state_sensor:
friendly_name: "Interpreted State"
value_template: >-
{% if is_state('your_entity_id', 'unavailable') %}
off
{% else %}
{{ states('your_entity_id') }}
{% endif %}
P.s. I would advise against using something like that.
Maybe a suggestion for the documentation? To say what states report as what in the logs?
PRās are always welcome 
I understand the conscience decision from a engineering POV. I work with engineers but arenāt one so it took me some time to follow the logic. To me rest mode would be standby and it would make sense if the entity presented the option for standby. OR the docs would mention power off would present as unavailable. But maybe for the power user i am talking rubbish like the homeassistant n00b i am 
If you donāt recommend using a template how do you use it yourself? Do you leave the PS5 in rest mode?
Do you leave the PS5 in rest mode?
Yes. Otherwise my automations wonāt be able to control the device at all times.
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Hi,
just installed this add-on following the instructions provided. I am not getting any Entities beside the āupdate.ps5_mqtt_updateā sensor:
- Iāve installed the Add-on using the āadd repositoryā button from the GitHub page
- Iāve configured the MQTT as per screenshot below
- Iāve started the add-on and Iāve launched the Web-UI which finds my PS5 and it sees that it is AWAKE
- Iāve authenticated using my Sony PlayStation account credentials and Iāve generated the PIN code for pairing.
- I then check the Add-on logs and this is what I see (Iāve replaced all the IDs with āXā)
Starting PS5-MQTT...
2023-08-18T12:02:14.356Z @ha:ps5:webserver Server listening on PORT: 63281
2023-08-18T12:02:14.377Z @ha:ps5:mqtt MQTT Message received ps5-mqtt/XXXXXXXXXXXX
2023-08-18T12:02:17.354Z @ha:ps5:mqtt MQTT Message received ps5-mqtt/XXXXXXXXXXXX
2023-08-18T12:06:07.210Z @ha:ps5:webserver connecting to device: 'XXXXXXXXXXXX'
2023-08-18T12:07:49.548Z @ha:ps5:webserver connecting to device: 'XXXXXXXXXXXX'
2023-08-18T12:07:50.229Z @ha:ps5:webserver:playactor Registering with device via Remote Play.
2023-08-18T12:07:50.229Z @ha:ps5:webserver:playactor Go to Settings > System > Remote Play > Link Device
2023-08-18T12:07:50.230Z @ha:ps5:webserver:playactor Enter PIN here>
2023-08-18T12:07:50.379Z @ha:ps5:webserver:playactor {
'app-type': 'r',
'auth-type': 'R',
'client-type': 'vr',
model: 'w',
'user-credential': 'XXXXXXXXXX',
accountId: 'XXXXXXXXXXXX',
registration: {
'AP-Bssid': 'XXXXXXXXXX',
'AP-Name': 'PS5',
'PS5-Mac': 'XXXXXXXXXXXX',
'PS5-RegistKey': 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
'PS5-Nickname': 'PS5',
'RP-KeyType': '2',
'RP-Key': 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
}
}
- After that, no entities are being automatically generated and thus no sensors or anything useful is being created.
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated!
Is mqtt discovery enabled?
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- Have you tried restarting home assistant?
- You could try removing the mqtt config. By doing so the add-on will automatically receive the config for your mqtt broker through HA itself.
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Hi,
just tried reinstalling it from scratch and itās still the same behaviour.
I also tried restarting HA and it didnāt change anything.
I then deleted the configuration of my MQTT broker as you suggested and re-added it and it found a PS5 entity that exposes the correct sensors
However, I am now seeing this warning in my logs:
Is this something that will be addressed in a future release of the add-on or is a misconfiguration on my part?
Thank you!
Yes, itāll be addressed soon. And since this is the 10th+ time Iāve gotten this question Iād like to take this moment to address it to everyone concerned.
- the naming change will only become a problem in the beginning of 2024. I assure you all, it will be fixed before then.
- for any questions on progress on this issue please refer to this GitHub issue. If itās not closed it is not fixed.
- I understand a warning in your HA interface is annoying, but it is just that; a warning. Iāve noticed this has caused some panic for some of you. There is absolutely no need for this.
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Hi,
thank you for taking the time to help me on this issue and to explain the warning. I wasnāt aware this was a question youāre asked so often.
Thank you for your work!
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