Sensor value in TCP request

Installation Home Assistant OS
1

I tried to setup TCP Sensor to send temperature sensor data. Here is sensor’s config:

  - platform: tcp
    host: narodmon.ru
    port: 8283
    payload: "#AA-BB-CC-11-22-33\n#T1#{{ states('sensor.outside_temperature')}}\n##"

Here is the data received by the server:

2017-11-01 00:08:33  2.132.80.179  TCP
#AA-BB-CC-11-22-33
#T1#{{ states('sensor.outside_temperature')}}
##

The sensor values are not sent to the server. What am I doing wrong? How do I send values from a sensor in this request?

2

Does it work any better as this:

“#AA-BB-CC-11-22-33\n#T1#{{ states.sensor.outside_temperature.state }}\n##”

3

Unfortunately, this also does not work.
Data received by the server:

2017-11-01 14:14:47  2.132.237.218  TCP
#AA-BB-CC-11-22-33
#T1#{{ states.sensor.outside_temperature.state }}
##
4

Ah, maybe this is the wrong component - now that I look at it again.

I think the ‘TCP sensor’ component expects to receive info, not send it out.

5

Thanks for your reply. Maybe you know another way of sending data over TCP?

6

If you can make the connection at the command line, then there’s always the command-line switch (some scripts might be useful too).

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