Debug when misbehaving

[a8ree]

Hi Niels I really like this integration - its great and is just what I was looking for. I am using this to control eight zones with my Nest for the past couple of weeks.

Periodically I have some issues where either the boiler doesn't turn off or when it turns on isn't at a high enough temperature. Can you tell me how I can debug and understand what is going wrong?

Thanks!

[nielsfaber]

Good to hear you like this integration! It's made very basic and only tested for my own use-case, so it might need some adaptations to be more versatile. I'd be happy to help if you require some changes.

I think the best first step for debugging is to take a look at the history of your climate devices. I would look at the following things:

• Did the integration correctly override the Nest setpoint?
• Did the zone temperatures reach their target value before the Nest did?
• Does the integration restore the previous setpoint of the Nest after zone heating is finished?

You can also enable debug logging for the zoned heating component by adding this to the configuration.yaml:

  default: warning
  logs:
    custom_components.zoned_heating: debug

This change requires restarting HA. Afterwards you should be able to read back all actions performed by the integration via the HA logs.

Please share your findings!

[a8ree]

Hi Niels

Thanks for getting back to me. I will put in place the debug and will keep an eye out for it misbehaving and will let you know what I find out.

Many thanks!

[a8ree]

Hi Niels

I'm wondering whether you might be able to point me in the direction of why this call is failing

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/nest/climate_sdm.py", line 314, in async_set_temperature
    await trait.set_heat(temp)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google_nest_sdm/thermostat_traits.py", line 147, in set_heat
    return await self._cmd.execute(data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google_nest_sdm/traits.py", line 32, in execute
    return await self._auth.post(f"{self._device_id}:executeCommand", json=data)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google_nest_sdm/auth.py", line 105, in post
    return await AbstractAuth._raise_for_status(resp)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google_nest_sdm/auth.py", line 129, in _raise_for_status
    raise ApiException(": ".join(detail)) from err
google_nest_sdm.exceptions.ApiException: Error from API: 400: FAILED_PRECONDITION: sdm.devices.commands.ThermostatTemperatureSetpoint.SetHeat command not allowed in current thermostat mode.: Bad Request

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/config/custom_components/zoned_heating/switch.py", line 193, in async_zone_state_changed
    await self.async_calculate_override()
  File "/config/custom_components/zoned_heating/switch.py", line 228, in async_calculate_override
    await self.async_start_override_mode(temperature_increase)
  File "/config/custom_components/zoned_heating/switch.py", line 255, in async_start_override_mode
    await self.async_update_override_setpoint(temperature_increase)
  File "/config/custom_components/zoned_heating/switch.py", line 315, in async_update_override_setpoint
    await async_set_temperature(self.hass, self._controller_entity, new_setpoint)
  File "/config/custom_components/zoned_heating/util.py", line 105, in async_set_temperature
    await service_task
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1755, in async_call
    task.result()
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1792, in _execute_service
    await cast(Callable[[ServiceCall], Awaitable[None]], handler.job.target)(
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py", line 213, in handle_service
    await service.entity_service_call(
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 678, in entity_service_call
    future.result()  # pop exception if have
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 958, in async_request_call
    await coro
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 715, in _handle_entity_call
    await result
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/climate/__init__.py", line 613, in async_service_temperature_set
    await entity.async_set_temperature(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/nest/climate_sdm.py", line 316, in async_set_temperature
    raise HomeAssistantError(f"Error setting HVAC mode: {err}") from err
homeassistant.exceptions.HomeAssistantError: Error setting HVAC mode: Error from API: 400: FAILED_PRECONDITION: sdm.devices.commands.ThermostatTemperatureSetpoint.SetHeat command not allowed in current thermostat mode.: Bad Request
2023-01-27 06:42:17.007 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant] Error doing job: Task exception was never retrieved
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google_nest_sdm/auth.py", line 124, in _raise_for_status
    resp.raise_for_status()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py", line 1004, in raise_for_status
    raise ClientResponseError(
aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientResponseError: 400, message='Bad Request', url=URL('https://smartdevicemanagement.googleapis.com/v1/enterprises/8b3fee4b-334b-4072-8838-c003c1d43ebf/devices/AVPHwEtaiI4TrGvIPG5z95mjUt0tvVgEO6JrU6Qi6uj9W-3_mSdBM6FP1MvDVns8zCo5w7pbYPPpZN6XgZCEIS-Q5I-Frw:executeCommand')

Zoned heating was turned on by an automation this morning and it turned the heating on (Nest) - successfully

• thermostats in bedrooms set to on Another automation set a scene when our alarm was turned off
  • thermostats in bedrooms set to off, downstairs thermostats set to on

I realised when I got downstairs that the Nest was off. It looks like the call to the Nest is periodically not working?

[nielsfaber]

Closing old issues (please let me know if help is still needed).