Temperature Sensor Update Interval (ESPHOME)

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Good morning community –
I have a new BME280 temperature sensor that appears to be working just fine. However, when I review home assistant sometimes it shows the device was not updated for 8 minutes, or 15 minutes, etc. I have the update interval in ESPHome for the device set at 30 seconds. Does it perhaps not actually update in Home Assistant unless the temperature value has changed?

Thanks,
David

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It is ESPHome that only sends new values. It will check your sensor every 30 seconds but only send a changed value to Home Assistant.

There is a force update option in the ESPHome sensor component you can set. This will force ESPHome to send the value every 30 seconds, changed or not.

This is usually not needed and is inefficient. Why do you want this?

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I don’t, but wanted to make sure that was the case. This is my first ESPHome sensor. Thank you for the info!

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