Hi all,
I just started to write my very first component. It is based on / ripped off the MQTT component and should do the following:
- Run rtl_433 (https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433) in the background (subprocess), emitting JSON for every sensor read which was previously subscribed for (by channel / model / id) - channel / model / id are equivalent to “state_topic” used by the MQTT component
- Provide a sensor platform which registers at the component with channel / model / id and reading the JSON emitted with a value_template (like the MQTT sensor)
The good news: The component and the sensor do work. They are not really finished, but they work as prove of concept. I can see the component starting, the subprocess is started and the sensor is updated (all seen in the hass-log).
The bad news: activating the component in configuration.yaml (see code below) kills the frontend. It is not working any more, I get connection errors trying to connect via web browser and the weirdest part: There is not a singe error or warning in the log which would explain why the frontend fails to start.
What could be going wrong?
homeassistant:
# Name of the location where Home Assistant is running
name: Home
# Location required to calculate the time the sun rises and sets
latitude: xxx
longitude: xxx
# Impacts weather/sunrise data (altitude above sea level in meters)
elevation: xxx
# metric for Metric, imperial for Imperial
unit_system: metric
# Pick yours from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
time_zone: Europe/Berlin
customize: !include /home/pi/repositories/homeassistant/customize.yaml
# Enables the frontend
frontend:
# Enables configuration UI
config:
http:
api_password: xxx
# Checks for available updates
updater:
# Allows you to issue voice commands from the frontend in enabled browsers
conversation:
# Enables support for tracking state changes over time.
history:
# View all events in a logbook
logbook:
logger:
default: info
logs:
homeassistant.components.device_tracker.fritz: warn
homeassistant.components.camera: warn
homeassistant.components.http: warn
custom_components.rtl433: debug
recorder:
db_url: postgres://@/homeassistant
# Text to speech
tts:
platform: google
# The MQTT broker to use
mqtt:
broker: xxx
port: 1883
client_id: home-assistant
username: xxx
password: xxx
# This is the section that kills the frontend -> enabling my custom component
rtl433:
hop_interval: 60
rtl_path: '/usr/local/bin/rtl_433'
protocols:
- 25
- 03
media_player:
- platform: yamaha
name: RX-V473
host: xxx
source_names:
HDMI1: "TV"
HDMI2: "XBox"
HDMI3: "WII U"
source_ignore:
- "AV1"
- "AV2"
- "AV3"
- "AV4"
- "AV5"
- "AV6"
- "HDMI4"
- "TUNER"
telegram_bot:
- platform: broadcast
api_key: xxx
allowed_chat_ids:
- xxx
automation: !include_dir_merge_list /home/pi/repositories/homeassistant/automation/
group: !include /home/pi/repositories/homeassistant/groups.yaml
zone: !include /home/pi/repositories/homeassistant/zones.yaml
device_tracker: !include /home/pi/repositories/homeassistant/device_tracker.yaml
sensor: !include_dir_merge_list /home/pi/repositories/homeassistant/sensor
binary_sensor: !include_dir_merge_list /home/pi/repositories/homeassistant/binary_sensor
switch: !include_dir_merge_list /home/pi/repositories/homeassistant/switch
notify: !include_dir_merge_list /home/pi/repositories/homeassistant/notify
alert: !include_dir_merge_named /home/pi/repositories/homeassistant/alert