Tuya local trying to connect to a unplugged device

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I have a Tuya device with local Tuya integration. Somtimes I need to unplug the device but then the log file is filled with a lot of error lines triying to connect to the device.

How can I say HA that can show the device as unavailable but do not fill log file with a lot of connection error messages?

This must be an automatic operation because I don’t want to disable/enable manually the device in HA each time I unplug/plug the device.

Thanks

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The Logger Integration might be useful with your case.

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What do you mean automatic? The device is disconnected and there could be many reasons for that and integration is understandably trying to recover its state. Any suggestions?

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I have the same situation with my power sockets; some of which I only need from time to time.

After a bit of thought I realised it’s more a matter of philosophy.

  • For some devices ( such as the power socket I use for xmas lights), being off-line (unplugged) is an expected state and not an error condition.
  • For other devices (such as the power socket with the freezer in the garage), being unplugged is a major error condition.

I’m not sure that there is an answer at the driver/integration level. Maybe to flag individual devices as to whether being off-line is considered an error or not ?