Create Modbus Devices for each listed connection point in Modbus configuration

[rschoell]

The problem

I've recently switched my Keba integration from the internal integration (based on unreliable UDP protocol) to Modbus TCP. So far this is far more stable and controllable, as TCP is stateful protocol. One thing that bothers me (and others: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/modbus-sensors-unique-id-and-device-support/373428) is, that we create a "device" in yaml, under which we place binary_sensors, sensors, switches, ... If you then look in Settings - Devices, it only lists the sensors as entities, but does not list the "main" device. It would be cumbersome to have some correction of this. My config looks like this:

  - name: KEBAP30
    delay: 5
    timeout: 5
    type: tcp
    host: 192.168.1.102 # your callbox IP address goes here
    port: 502
    sensors:
      # Lesbare Sensoren
      - name: KebaP30_charging_state
        address: 1000
        scan_interval: 30
        data_type: uint32
        unique_id: KebaP30_charging_state
      - name: KebaP30_cable_state
        address: 1004
        scan_interval: 30
        data_type: uint32
        unique_id: KebaP30_cable_state

I would expect to see

• Device = KebaP30
  • Sensor: sensor.KebaP30_charging_state
  • Sensor: sensor.KebaP30_cable_state

I cannot fix this myself, but hope that you'll help the community and me. Many thanks.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.10.1

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Modbus

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/modbus

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

- name: KEBAP30
    delay: 5
    timeout: 5
    type: tcp
    host: 192.168.1.102 # your callbox IP address goes here
    port: 502
    sensors:
      # Lesbare Sensoren
      - name: KebaP30_charging_state
        address: 1000
        scan_interval: 30
        data_type: uint32
        unique_id: KebaP30_charging_state
      - name: KebaP30_cable_state
        address: 1004
        scan_interval: 30
        data_type: uint32
        unique_id: KebaP30_cable_state

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

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Additional information

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[home-assistant[bot]]

modbus documentation modbus source

[dkrebs]

I'm missing that too. Implementation shouldn't be to hard though, here's some example code:

def setup_platform(hass, config, add_entities, discovery_info=None):
    """Set up the sensor platform."""
    # Register both sensor entities under the same device
    add_entities([MyTemperatureSensor(hass)])

class MyTemperatureSensor(SensorEntity):
    """Representation of a Temperature Sensor."""

    @property
    def device_info(self):
        return DeviceInfo(
            identifiers={(self.__class__.__name__, "my_sensor_device")},
            name="My Custom Sensor Device",
            manufacturer="Custom Manufacturer",
            model="Custom Sensor Model 1.0",
        )