When I manually request data from my device, using “Developer Tools - Events” I can see the data being sent in 9 different events, I need to parse the data from just one of the state change events. Below is the log of all the events that were heard when I manually requested data from my device. Thanks again for your help!
edit:
I’ve made some progress with filtering the data on an entity-filter card using:
state_filter:
- operator: regex
value: 1 TEST TANK
But that doesn’t help me at all.
Tried adding this to my configuration:
sensor:
- platform: serial
serial_port: /dev/ttyUSB0
baudrate: 9600
stopbits: 1
name: rs232device
- platform: template
sensors:
tank1:
friendly_name: T1
value_template: "{{ states('sensor.rs232device').value.split(' ') }}{{states('sensor.rs232device').value.split(' ')[4] }}"
Doesn’t do anything.
Here is the data received from serial port:
Event 9 fired 5:37 PM:
{
"event_type": "state_changed",
"data": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"old_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "1 TEST TANK 8178 71.35 1.2 68.3 1550",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.870591+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.870591+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "bcfdb623fda2ac5facd0a1eb6e6a3760",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"new_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.871574+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.871574+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "15410fd2788b0110a5685e8efff41980",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
},
"origin": "LOCAL",
"time_fired": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.871574+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "15410fd2788b0110a5685e8efff41980",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
Event 8 fired 5:37 PM:
{
"event_type": "state_changed",
"data": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"old_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.791012+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.791012+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "d4c99884008387ed34463a8864fe8c22",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"new_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "1 TEST TANK 8178 71.35 1.2 68.3 1550",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.870591+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.870591+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "bcfdb623fda2ac5facd0a1eb6e6a3760",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
},
"origin": "LOCAL",
"time_fired": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.870591+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "bcfdb623fda2ac5facd0a1eb6e6a3760",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
Event 7 fired 5:37 PM:
{
"event_type": "state_changed",
"data": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"old_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "TANK PRODUCT GALLONS INCHES WATER DEG F ULLAGE",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.790041+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.790041+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "11ba175da5accfe5883d10e4f3f2ca17",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"new_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.791012+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.791012+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "d4c99884008387ed34463a8864fe8c22",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
},
"origin": "LOCAL",
"time_fired": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.791012+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "d4c99884008387ed34463a8864fe8c22",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
Event 6 fired 5:37 PM:
{
"event_type": "state_changed",
"data": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"old_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.726777+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.726777+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "e05b7442cd113273dd9bacebcbbc865a",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"new_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "TANK PRODUCT GALLONS INCHES WATER DEG F ULLAGE",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.790041+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.790041+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "11ba175da5accfe5883d10e4f3f2ca17",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
},
"origin": "LOCAL",
"time_fired": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.790041+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "11ba175da5accfe5883d10e4f3f2ca17",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
Event 5 fired 5:37 PM:
{
"event_type": "state_changed",
"data": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"old_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "01-23-21 17:38",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.725798+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.725798+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "cb71bdfc257ff972b5e903faa862ede5",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"new_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.726777+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.726777+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "e05b7442cd113273dd9bacebcbbc865a",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
},
"origin": "LOCAL",
"time_fired": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.726777+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "e05b7442cd113273dd9bacebcbbc865a",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
Event 4 fired 5:37 PM:
{
"event_type": "state_changed",
"data": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"old_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.695225+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.695225+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "a818f87f917dbd2fa9f6cf159e2cff87",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"new_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "01-23-21 17:38",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.725798+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.725798+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "cb71bdfc257ff972b5e903faa862ede5",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
},
"origin": "LOCAL",
"time_fired": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.725798+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "cb71bdfc257ff972b5e903faa862ede5",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
Event 3 fired 5:37 PM:
{
"event_type": "state_changed",
"data": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"old_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "MY TEST STATION",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.694253+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.694253+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "8bd897c309b24f040346ffdf8610afc2",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"new_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.695225+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.695225+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "a818f87f917dbd2fa9f6cf159e2cff87",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
},
"origin": "LOCAL",
"time_fired": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.695225+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "a818f87f917dbd2fa9f6cf159e2cff87",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
Event 2 fired 5:37 PM:
{
"event_type": "state_changed",
"data": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"old_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "201",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.583569+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.583569+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "07d4aaa59b58e297e19b1ac65a534221",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"new_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "MHP TEST STATION",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.694253+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.694253+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "8bd897c309b24f040346ffdf8610afc2",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
},
"origin": "LOCAL",
"time_fired": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.694253+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "8bd897c309b24f040346ffdf8610afc2",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
Event 1 fired 5:37 PM:
{
"event_type": "state_changed",
"data": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"old_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "\u0003\u0001",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.582581+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.582581+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "93cf619ec59bcd299ed3fbdf862bc1b5",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"new_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "201",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.583569+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.583569+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "07d4aaa59b58e297e19b1ac65a534221",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
},
"origin": "LOCAL",
"time_fired": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.583569+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "07d4aaa59b58e297e19b1ac65a534221",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
Event 0 fired 5:37 PM:
{
"event_type": "state_changed",
"data": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"old_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-25T23:58:21.427304+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-25T23:58:21.427304+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "41a8bf6c4033ad068e6b9e0773db6931",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
},
"new_state": {
"entity_id": "sensor.rs232device",
"state": "\u0003\u0001",
"attributes": {
"friendly_name": "rs232device"
},
"last_changed": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.582581+00:00",
"last_updated": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.582581+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "93cf619ec59bcd299ed3fbdf862bc1b5",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}
},
"origin": "LOCAL",
"time_fired": "2021-01-26T00:37:36.582581+00:00",
"context": {
"id": "93cf619ec59bcd299ed3fbdf862bc1b5",
"parent_id": null,
"user_id": null
}
}