Can't configure without outside sensor

[mgoetze5]

Version of the custom_component

4.2

Configuration

I couldn't make one

Describe the bug

According to the README: "a temperature sensor entity giving the outside temperature. If you don't have an external sensor, you can use local weather integration"

However when I tried this I get the following error:

User input malformed: Entity weather.forecast_home belongs to domain weather, expected ['sensor', 'input_number'] for dictionary value @ data['external_temperature_sensor_entity_id']

And since "External temperature sensor entity id" is a required field I can't create a VTherm device.

Debug log

[jmcollin78]

Hello,

The weather entity is not a temperature sensor. You have to find a sensor which gives a temperature like this one:

In France, the Meteo France integration is giving this out of the box.

If you don't have this, you will have to find another meteo integration or create a virtual sensor which exposes the temperature of your weather entity.

[jmcollin78]

OpenWeatherMap gives you the external temperature as a sensor out of the boxsensor.openweathermap_temperature

[jmcollin78]

I close because it is not an issue but we can continue the discussion if needed.

[ovizii]

Just to add some info, the integration "Meteorologisk institutt (Met.no)" also does not deliver the tempretaure as a "sensor". I guess I'll have to switch to OpenWeatherMap as suggested.

The entity weather.forecast_myCity has the following state attributes:

temperature: 6.7
dew_point: 4.6
temperature_unit: °C
humidity: 87
cloud_coverage: 64.1
pressure: 1007.2
pressure_unit: hPa
wind_bearing: 253.3
wind_speed: 24.8
wind_speed_unit: km/h
visibility_unit: km
precipitation_unit: mm
forecast:
  - condition: rainy
    datetime: "2024-03-24T11:00:00+00:00"
    wind_bearing: 253.3
    temperature: 7.2
    templow: 4.2
    wind_speed: 24.8
    precipitation: 0.6
    humidity: 87
  - condition: cloudy
    datetime: "2024-03-25T11:00:00+00:00"
    wind_bearing: 234.8
    temperature: 10.6
    templow: 1.9
    wind_speed: 21.2
    precipitation: 0
    humidity: 50
  - condition: partlycloudy
    datetime: "2024-03-26T11:00:00+00:00"
    wind_bearing: 98.1
    temperature: 15.2
    templow: 1.5
    wind_speed: 19.1
    precipitation: 0
    humidity: 54
  - condition: rainy
    datetime: "2024-03-27T11:00:00+00:00"
    wind_bearing: 259.9
    temperature: 9.9
    templow: 5.5
    wind_speed: 14.8
    precipitation: 0.8
    humidity: 71
  - condition: cloudy
    datetime: "2024-03-28T11:00:00+00:00"
    wind_bearing: 228.6
    temperature: 15.2
    templow: 5
    wind_speed: 24.5
    precipitation: 1.2
    humidity: 45
  - condition: cloudy
    datetime: "2024-03-29T11:00:00+00:00"
    wind_bearing: 234.2
    temperature: 21.1
    templow: 7.9
    wind_speed: 12.6
    precipitation: 0.9
    humidity: 43
attribution: >-
  Weather forecast from met.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological
  Institute.
friendly_name: Forecast myCity
supported_features: 3