mqtt is not a valid unit for the device class errors for ZW096 power switch

brianmay commented 2 weeks ago

The problem

Getting these errors from device found using zwave ui js.

Oct 14 14:25:59 iot2 homeassistant[192561]: 2024-10-14 14:25:59.902 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.sensor] Entity sensor.workshop_pump_workshop_pump_electric_power_factor_value (<class 'homeassistant.components.mqtt.sensor.MqttSensor'>) is using native unit of measurement 'Power Factor' which is not a valid unit for the device class ('power') it is using; expected one of ['W', 'kW']; Please update your configuration if your entity is manually configured, otherwise create a bug report at https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22integration%3A+mqtt%22
Oct 14 14:25:59 iot2 homeassistant[192561]: 2024-10-14 14:25:59.903 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.sensor] Entity sensor.workshop_pump_workshop_pump_electric_pulse_count_value (<class 'homeassistant.components.mqtt.sensor.MqttSensor'>) is using native unit of measurement 'Pulse count' which is not a valid unit for the device class ('power') it is using; expected one of ['W', 'kW']; Please update your configuration if your entity is manually configured, otherwise create a bug report at https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22integration%3A+mqtt%22
Oct 14 14:25:59 iot2 homeassistant[192561]: 2024-10-14 14:25:59.904 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.sensor] Entity sensor.workshop_pump_workshop_pump_electric_kvah_value (<class 'homeassistant.components.mqtt.sensor.MqttSensor'>) is using native unit of measurement 'kVAh' which is not a valid unit for the device class ('power') it is using; expected one of ['W', 'kW']; Please update your configuration if your entity is manually configured, otherwise create a bug report at https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22integration%3A+mqtt%22

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.10.2

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant Container

Integration causing the issue

mqtt

Link to integration documentation on our website

No response

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

The discovery info for the power factor (can supply others if required):

{
  "type": "sensor",
  "object_id": "electric_power_factor_value",
  "discovery_payload": {
    "value_template": "{{ value_json.value }}",
    "unit_of_measurement": "Power Factor",
    "device_class": "power",
    "state_topic": "zwave/Workshop/Pump/50/0/value/67073",
    "availability": [
      {
        "payload_available": "true",
        "payload_not_available": "false",
        "topic": "zwave/Workshop/Pump/status",
        "value_template": "{{'true' if value_json.value else 'false'}}"
      },
      {
        "topic": "zwave/_CLIENTS/ZWAVE_GATEWAY-linuxpenguins/status",
        "value_template": "{{'online' if value_json.value else 'offline'}}"
      },
      {
        "payload_available": "true",
        "payload_not_available": "false",
        "topic": "zwave/driver/status"
      }
    ],
    "availability_mode": "all",
    "json_attributes_topic": "zwave/Workshop/Pump/50/0/value/67073",
    "device": {
      "identifiers": [
        "zwavejs2mqtt_0xcf5041ec_node16"
      ],
      "manufacturer": "AEON Labs",
      "model": "Smart Switch 6 (ZW096)",
      "name": "Workshop-Pump",
      "sw_version": "1.4"
    },
    "name": "Workshop-Pump_electric_power_factor_value",
    "unique_id": "zwavejs2mqtt_0xcf5041ec_16-50-0-value-67073"
  },
  "discoveryTopic": "sensor/Workshop-Pump/electric_power_factor_value/config",
  "values": [
    "50-0-value-67073"
  ],
  "persistent": false,
  "ignoreDiscovery": false,
  "id": "sensor_electric_power_factor_value"
}

Additional information

Only one of my ZW096 devices is reporting these values, which is also very odd. Have checked configuration, etc, everything looks identical.

home-assistant[bot] commented 2 weeks ago

Hey there @emontnemery, @jbouwh, @bdraco, mind taking a look at this issue as it has been labeled with an integration (mqtt) you are listed as a code owner for? Thanks!

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