cards:
- cards:
- color_thresholds:
- color: '#e45e65'
value: 10
- color: '#e0b400'
value: 5
- color: '#0da035'
value: -1
color_thresholds_transition: hard
entities:
- sensor.nbn_internet_in_mbps
group: false
hour24: true
line_width: 6
points_per_hour: 1
show:
extrema: true
fill: fade
icon: true
labels: false
name: true
state: true
style: |
ha-card {
border: solid 2px var(--primary-color);
}
type: 'custom:mini-graph-card'
- color_thresholds:
- color: '#e45e65'
value: 2
- color: '#e0b400'
value: 1
- color: '#0da035'
value: -1
color_thresholds_transition: hard
entities:
- sensor.nbn_internet_out_mbps
group: false
hour24: true
line_width: 6
points_per_hour: 1
show:
extrema: true
icon: true
labels: false
name: true
state: true
style: |
ha-card {
border: solid 2px var(--primary-color);
}
type: 'custom:mini-graph-card'
type: horizontal-stack
- cards:
- color_thresholds:
- color: '#e45e65'
value: 10
- color: '#e0b400'
value: 5
- color: '#0da035'
value: -1
color_thresholds_transition: hard
entities:
- sensor.4g_internet_in_mbps
group: false
hour24: true
line_width: 6
points_per_hour: 1
show:
extrema: true
fill: fade
icon: true
labels: false
name: true
state: true
style: |
ha-card {
border: solid 2px var(--primary-color);
}
type: 'custom:mini-graph-card'
- color_thresholds:
- color: '#e45e65'
value: 2
- color: '#e0b400'
value: 1
- color: '#0da035'
value: -1
color_thresholds_transition: hard
entities:
- sensor.4g_internet_out_mbps
group: false
hour24: true
line_width: 6
points_per_hour: 1
show:
extrema: true
fill: fade
icon: true
labels: false
name: true
state: true
style: |
ha-card {
border: solid 2px var(--primary-color);
}
type: 'custom:mini-graph-card'
type: horizontal-stack
type: vertical-stack
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@seidler first off, thanks for this post! I already started to implement the other alternative you linked and did not like it either. Your solution seems much nicer!
Sorry for bringing this up so late, but what exactly is the value_template calculation doing for us? I looked at my values, and it seems to me that the change_rate attribute already is bytes/s basically. Also when looking into the source, it seems to me that this is already what we want (see https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/6d24a65313f0c8413c71feeca79f2f0ff79d2b60/homeassistant/components/statistics/sensor.py#L270). Am I missing something here?
The conversion to Mbit/s makes sense, but the division by sampling_size - 1 I can’t follow right now.
Thanks for this. I Struggled to find my own OID, but I got it to work.
But I noticed that sometimes some negatives values are calculated for both in and out sensors (mbps).
Did you notice any issue like this? So the graph turns to be a mess. But most of the time, numbers seem to be right.
Hi,
Based on this topic I tried to port this to my own situation, using a Unifi 8 port 60W switch.
Actually it is working, but for some reason the calculation back to Mbps is not in sync what I see on my Unifi controller, for example:
My ISP max download speed is 60Mbps, and while I download at full speed the sensor shows 210Mbps.
I am using the uplink of the switch towards my ISP router, which should not carry more than my max ISP speeds (and the Unifi Controller is reporting only the maximum ISP speeds)
Probably somebody has an idea what might do the trick in my situation?
This is what my config looks like:
- platform: snmp
name: 'Internet incoming'
host: 192.168.3.200
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6.1
community: 'public'
version: '2c'
scan_interval: 10
- platform: snmp
name: 'Internet outgoing'
host: 192.168.3.200
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.10.1
community: 'public'
version: '2c'
scan_interval: 10
- platform: statistics
name: 'Internet in Stats'
entity_id: sensor.internet_incoming
sampling_size: 4
max_age:
hours: 24
- platform: statistics
name: 'Internet out Stats'
entity_id: sensor.internet_outgoing
sampling_size: 4
max_age:
hours: 24
- platform: template
sensors:
internet_in_mbps:
value_template: "{{ (state_attr('sensor.internet_in_stats','change_rate')|float*8*(state_attr('sensor.internet_in_stats', 'sampling_size')-1)/1000000)|round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'MBps'
entity_id: sensor.internet_in_stats
internet_out_mbps:
value_template: "{{ (state_attr('sensor.internet_out_stats','change_rate')|float*8*(state_attr('sensor.internet_out_stats', 'sampling_size')-1)/1000000)|round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'MBps'
entity_id: sensor.internet_out_statsYes, and I used to get warning in my logs about it.
I have to figure out this monitor as it was adding about 20% overhead on my RP3B+.
So i found the part about SNMP here very helpful but i couldn’t wrap my head around the template and the stats part.
and the values i measured was way off (sometimes 1500Mbs when the router reported 500Mbs and other times 160Mbs when the router reported 140Mbs ) but i think i have found the problem and an alternative solution
i believe (not at all sure) that the change rate on the statistics is just how much the value changes for each update without any regards to time, but what you really want for this (turning the running total into Mb/s) is the derivative of the value you get from the router and luckily enough there is a build in sensor for that that will calculate the derivation and take the time between updates into account.
i have done it like this:
platform: snmp
name: 'ER lite WAN In'
host: 192.168.3.1
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6.2
community: 'public'
version: '2c'
scan_interval: 10
platform: derivative
source: sensor.er_lite_wan_in
unit_time: s
unit: B
name: erl_wan_in_derivative
platform: template
sensors:
erl_wan_in_mbps:
value_template: "{{ ((states('sensor.erl_wan_in_derivative')|float*8)/1000000)|round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'Mbps'
entity_id: sensor.erl_wan_in_derivative
friendly_name: Internet in Dev
i did a little test with this where i integrated both this and the approach described other places in this thread where i would pick to points where i had a value on each and calculate how many MB had been transferred in that time span and then calculate an error for each of the approaches and i think the results speak for them self:
i hope this can help someone.
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I tried your method and found it considerably more accurate. Thanks!
glad to hear it helped you.
keep in mind when comparing this to whatever you use to verify against that what ever you are comparing to is probably doing the same thing but at a different Δt so they might not be the same but booth values can be true. (because they are essentially average transfer rates over different times.)
Yeah for sure.
I was using the erx’s built in monitoring for comparison, it has a 2 sec updating bar graph that has about 80 seconds of history visible. Comparing this to my previous sensor ( averaged over a minute) the old sensor was obviously reading up to10x too high. Your version of the sensor is spot on compared to the erx’s monitor.
Thanks, the derivative method has been giving me more accurate readings. Except every once in a while, it was resulting up with a really large negative numbers (which screws up the graph view). Not sure what’s causing it (possibly my router misreporting…), but added a max function to ignore those results.
- platform: snmp
name: wan_in
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.4
host: !secret zeus_hostname
version: !secret zeus_snmp_version
accept_errors: true
scan_interval: 10
- platform: snmp
name: wan_out
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.4
host: !secret zeus_hostname
version: !secret zeus_snmp_version
accept_errors: true
scan_interval: 10
- platform: derivative
name: wan_in_der
source: sensor.wan_in
unit_time: s
unit: B
- platform: derivative
name: wan_out_der
source: sensor.wan_out
unit_time: s
unit: B
- platform: template
sensors:
wan_in_mbps:
value_template: "{{ [((states('sensor.wan_in_der')|float*8)/1000000)|round(2),0]|max }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'Mbps'
entity_id: sensor.wan_in_der
friendly_name: "WAN In"
wan_out_mbps:
value_template: "{{ [((states('sensor.wan_out_der')|float*8)/1000000)|round(2),0]|max }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'Mbps'
entity_id: sensor.wan_out_der
friendly_name: "WAN Out"
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I’m wondering if with this data I can create a new template sensor or something like that to view the total traffic by day and month, would be possible?
Sure just use the wan in and wan out sensors (not the derivative sensors) in the utility meter.
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Thanks! I tried to to use the utility meter but when I put the sensor on a History Graph Card Configuration I’m getting strange results:
sensor:
- platform: snmp
name: 'ERX WAN In'
host: 192.168.1.1
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6.4
community: 'public'
version: '2c'
scan_interval: 10
- platform: snmp
name: 'ERX WAN Out'
host: 192.168.1.1
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.10.4
community: 'public'
version: '2c'
scan_interval: 10
- platform: derivative
source: sensor.erx_wan_in
unit_time: s
unit: B
name: erx_wan_in_derivative
- platform: derivative
source: sensor.erx_wan_out
unit_time: s
unit: B
name: erx_wan_out_derivative
- platform: template
sensors:
erx_wan_in_mbps:
value_template: "{{ ((states('sensor.erx_wan_in_derivative')|float*8)/1000000)|round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'Mbps'
entity_id: sensor.erx_wan_in_derivative
friendly_name: Internet in Dev
erx_wan_out_mbps:
value_template: "{{ ((states('sensor.erx_wan_in_derivative')|float*8)/1000000)|round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'Mbps'
entity_id: sensor.erx_wan_out_derivative
friendly_name: Internet out Dev
utility_meter:
wan_in_monthly:
source: sensor.erx_wan_in
cycle: monthly
wan_in_daily:
source: sensor.erx_wan_in
cycle: daily
wan_out_monthly:
source: sensor.erx_wan_out
cycle: monthly
wan_out_daily:
source: sensor.erx_wan_out
cycle: daily
What I did wrong?
I cant see your image. The host is blocked here. Just drag your image file into the post on the forum.
EDIT: ok that is because the sensors do not have a unit. You will probably want to change that from bytes to MB anyway. Also you have a few errors in your templates (using the in sensor for the out template).
If you are on version 0.117.x this should work:
sensor:
- platform: snmp
name: 'ERX WAN In'
host: 192.168.1.1
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6.4
community: 'public'
version: '2c'
scan_interval: 10
- platform: snmp
name: 'ERX WAN Out'
host: 192.168.1.1
baseoid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.10.4
community: 'public'
version: '2c'
scan_interval: 10
- platform: derivative
source: sensor.erx_wan_in
unit_time: s
unit: B
name: erx_wan_in_derivative
- platform: derivative
source: sensor.erx_wan_out
unit_time: s
unit: B
name: erx_wan_out_derivative
- platform: template
sensors:
erx_wan_in_mbps:
value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.erx_wan_in_derivative')|float*8/1000000)|round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'Mbps'
friendly_name: Internet in Dev
erx_wan_out_mbps:
value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.erx_wan_out_derivative')|float*8/1000000)|round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'Mbps'
friendly_name: Internet out Dev
erx_wan_download_mib:
value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.erx_wan_in')|float/1000000)|round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'MiB'
friendly_name: Internet in Dev
erx_wan_upload_mib:
value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.erx_wan_out')|float/1000000)|round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'MiB'
friendly_name: Internet out Dev
utility_meter:
wan_in_monthly:
source: sensor.erx_wan_download_mib
cycle: monthly
wan_in_daily:
source: sensor.erx_wan_download_mib
cycle: daily
wan_out_monthly:
source: sensor.erx_wan_upload_mib
cycle: monthly
wan_out_daily:
source: sensor.erx_wan_upload_mib
cycle: daily
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Thanks! Now the graph is looking right!
Now I’m going to wait an see how to improve the visualization of this data.
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I think there is something wrong with your template. There’s no way you are using 6 petabytes (10 to the power of 15) in 20 minutes.
GiB would probably be a better unit for general WAN use anyway (I used MiB as I took the template from my 4G cellular connection). Try this:
erx_wan_download_gib:
value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.erx_wan_in')|float/1000000000)|round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'GiB'
friendly_name: Internet in Dev
erx_wan_upload_gib:
value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.erx_wan_out')|float/1000000000)|round(2) }}"
unit_of_measurement: 'GiB'
friendly_name: Internet out Dev
utility_meter:
wan_in_monthly:
source: sensor.erx_wan_download_gib
cycle: monthly
wan_in_daily:
source: sensor.erx_wan_download_gib
cycle: daily
wan_out_monthly:
source: sensor.erx_wan_upload_gib
cycle: monthly
wan_out_daily:
source: sensor.erx_wan_upload_gib
cycle: daily
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Much better. If you still want to get rid of those extra zeros the template in my post above will measure in GiB.
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One minor correction. I got my units back to front. It should be MB or GB, not MiB or GiB.
MiB is a power of 2, MB is a power of 10.
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