Closed codicusmaximus closed 3 months ago
bramstroker
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3 months ago Cool device btw, didn't know it existed. Could you show all the entities available for this TP-Link HS300 device? Screenshot of the possible entities, and attributes of developer tools for a switch entity?
Need to do a bit of brainstorming how to integrate this nicely. I see added value in this so will consider.
codicusmaximus
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3 months ago Absolutely! More than happy to assist in any way I can. Thanks for the consideration
Here are the screenshots of one I set up just yesterday and haven't named the outlets yet:
bramstroker
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3 months ago Thanks. Already did a lot of work with #2409.
The idea is you self multi_switch from calculation strategy dropdown.
Which allows you to select the individual outlet switch entities.
Currently working on discovery flow, than it won't ask for power on and power off as that is already provided by the power profile.
The challenge left here is to make sure only one discovery flow is provided per unique HS330 device, so it won't discover 6.
codicusmaximus
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3 months ago That looks perfect!
I am in the process of validating my power usage measurements and taking pictures of them 👌
codicusmaximus
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3 months ago Setup:
1.35W idle all relays off (~.225W per outlet) 1.82W 1 relay on (+0.47W) 2.28W 2 relay on (+0.46W) 2.81W 3 relay on (+0.53W) 3.28W 4 relay on (+0.47W) 3.78W 5 relay on (+0.50W) 4.34W 6 relay on (+0.56W)
final findings: 0.225 W per switch/outlet (off) 0.725 W per switch/outlet (on)
As mentioned, real usage is probably a bit lower, i get 17.36W from the clamp meter calculation (which I don't think takes power factor into consideration) and 15 and sometimes 16W on the display of the kill-a-watt for the same measurement. But for tracking smart home device usage/overhead I think its better to err on a side of a bit too high since if the voltage goes a bit higher the relays will use a little more power as well (my 17.36W calculation assumes worst case voltage of 125V and the Kill-a-watt is using my actual of 120V currently)
I wish it provided a power sensor for the USB ports tho lol -- I actively avoid using them since I can't track them. For a fixed load I will occasionally use the USB port and add a manual fixed/static power calc for it :)
I also wish their similar 3-outlet mini strip had power monitoring but for some reason they chose not to include power monitoring on the 3 outlet version :(
bramstroker
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3 months ago Thanks for the detailed write up about the measurements.
I have just finished the development and merged to master branch. Are you able to install the latest master (you can using HACS), and give it a test?
codicusmaximus
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3 months ago Absolutely -- giving it a shot now
codicusmaximus
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3 months ago Hmm oddly enough when I click redownload in HACS and choose "master" and then inspect the directory it doesn't have the newer/modified files in there. Should I just download master manually and put the file in myself over FTP or SMB or is there something you need to do on your end to make the 'master' thing work through HACS (update tag maybe? since I think maybe it pulls from tags not branches?). Maybe I'm just being dumb, sorry if I am.
bramstroker
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3 months ago Ah yes, I remember from few months ago that downloading master from HACS was not working anymore :-( Yes you can just download manually, using this link: https://github.com/bramstroker/homeassistant-powercalc/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
You can put the contents of custom_components/powercalc into config/custom_components/powercalc in your HA installation.
codicusmaximus
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3 months ago Hmm, odd, my multi-switch config page looks like this
Also, the auto discovery shows 6 copies per device (one for each of the switches), and when you add them it creates separate tracker instances.
I also keep getting this when trying a second time to add something after canceling out or getting a 'already configured' message:
codicusmaximus
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3 months ago Turns out this was my fault -- caused by a left over model file from when I was manually adding these before. I deleted that and am re-testing. Only seeing 1 instance now per strip by autoconfig.
codicusmaximus
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3 months ago I got this trying to add one from the auto config:
2024-07-26 16:08:58.702 ERROR (MainThread) [aiohttp.server] Error handling request
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohttp/web_protocol.py", line 452, in _handle_request
resp = await request_handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohttp/web_app.py", line 543, in _handle
resp = await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aiohttp/web_middlewares.py", line 114, in impl
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/security_filter.py", line 92, in security_filter_middleware
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/forwarded.py", line 83, in forwarded_middleware
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/request_context.py", line 26, in request_context_middleware
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/ban.py", line 85, in ban_middleware
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/auth.py", line 242, in auth_middleware
return await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/headers.py", line 32, in headers_middleware
response = await handler(request)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/http.py", line 73, in handle
result = await handler(request, **request.match_info)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/decorators.py", line 81, in with_admin
return await func(self, request, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/config/config_entries.py", line 222, in post
return await super().post(request, flow_id)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/http/data_validator.py", line 70, in wrapper
return await method(view, request, data, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/data_entry_flow.py", line 122, in post
result = await self._flow_mgr.async_configure(flow_id, data)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/data_entry_flow.py", line 368, in async_configure
result = await self._async_configure(flow_id, user_input)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/data_entry_flow.py", line 414, in _async_configure
result = await self._async_handle_step(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/data_entry_flow.py", line 517, in _async_handle_step
result: _FlowResultT = await getattr(flow, method)(user_input)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/config_flow.py", line 1035, in async_step_library
return await self.async_step_post_library(user_input)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/config_flow.py", line 1155, in async_step_post_library
return await self.async_step_multi_switch()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/config_flow.py", line 973, in async_step_multi_switch
data_schema=self.create_schema_multi_switch(),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/config/custom_components/powercalc/config_flow.py", line 506, in create_schema_multi_switch
del schema.schema[CONF_POWER]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: 'power'Along with this:
codicusmaximus
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3 months ago OK, oddly enough, I erased my entire config to start clean, and now they add correctly when added from the auto-discover. Seems to work correctly. I will continue to explore.
hmm, double strike that, it seems like I got one added but then the others give the same error
codicusmaximus
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3 months ago OK, so, it looks like I can add 1 device, and after that I get that unknown error every time. I have to restart home assistant which then lets me add 1 device and rinse and repeat. Very odd.
Also, just to confirm -- after clicking the blue "configure" button, it still makes me manually add the list of switch entities. Is this expected / just a limitation of how it works or is it just not working correctly?
bramstroker
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3 months ago Hmm, odd, my multi-switch config page looks like this
Probably translations not loaded correctly. Which language have you set HA in? When english clear browser cache.
OK, so, it looks like I can add 1 device, and after that I get that unknown error every time. I have to restart home assistant which then lets me add 1 device and rinse and repeat. Very odd.
I will look where this error comes from and if I can reproduce.
Also, just to confirm -- after clicking the blue "configure" button, it still makes me manually add the list of switch entities. Is this expected / just a limitation of how it works or is it just not working correctly?
Yes that's how it works for current version. When I would automatically add all switch entities from the same device, we need to make sure there are no other switch entities which are not actually the relays. Might be a future development.
bramstroker
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3 months ago I have found the issue. Will be fixed with #2412, which I will merge to master in a few minutes.
bramstroker
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3 months ago You can install v1.14.0-beta.0, which also contains fix for the multi switch flow. It also brings a cleaned up option flow, where options are split into several pages.
codicusmaximus
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3 months ago Awesome! Giving it a spin now!
codicusmaximus
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3 months ago Seems to work great! Amazing work!
bramstroker
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3 months ago Awesome. thanks for testing. Closing the issue.
Checklist
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It creates a lot of work and entity/device count bloat having to add a separate PowerCalc instance for each outlet in a smart power strip (such as the TP-Link HS300).
Describe the solution you'd like
The HS300 for example has 6 outlets each one with standby consumption of 0.25W and switched-on consumption of 0.687W (measured with a clamp meter and a 10X probe with 4 units in parallel for better precision). Having to add 6 Power Calc instances and then a group on top of that has been very cumbersome considering my house has about 20 of these strips. I am starting to replace outlets in the wall with 2-plug (top/bottom) smart outlets which present the same problem.
This could be as simple as a "smart_switch_multiswitch" new device type with a base consumption setting (standby_power) for the whole device (1.5W for the HS300) and a "output relay consumption" value which expresses how much energy each output relay in the device consumes (0.437W for the HS300). Then a list of switch entities is configured (kind of like in groups) where each of the switch entities adds that much power consumption.
Describe alternatives you've considered
N/A
Additional context
How it works currently also creates issues with power sensor and energy sensor naming when I tried to make my own library entry since the naming expects to use the device's name for the {} substitution instead of the individual switch's name being attached to so on top of manually adding all of these you have to manually mess with the names.