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HA looses sensor #16

Open rumlak opened 2 years ago

rumlak commented 2 years ago

I keep loosing connection to sensors and they show up as new ones under the same device. I then have to rename the old sensor, so I can rename the new sensor to fix my dashboard and in the future automations.

I do live in RV parks and people are constantly in and out with Accurite devices and they all show up as new Devices, but i never do anything with them. Not sure why that would bother it. Unless these devices do not have unique identifiers.

Any ideas? Is this an add-on issue or a HA issue Screenshot 2021-09-20 145720 Screenshot 2021-09-20 145735 ?

rumlak commented 2 years ago

Sorry I took the screenshots after renaming the entities

thejeffreystone commented 2 years ago

Hmm I 'm not sure on this one. It seems weird that it would just lose it.

thejeffreystone commented 2 years ago

This could be tied to the available bility topic going offline or the device not having a unique identifer. Still researching.

thejeffreystone commented 2 years ago

I see some people reporting losing sensors / unavailable sensors on the rtl_433 project and the theory is its a range issue. The SDR is losing signal from the devices either to interference or something else. I think the SDR dongle doesn't have enough power. How far are the sensors from the antenna? Could it be a range issue?