Strange switching operations | Home Assistant | Page 1

bright totem Jul 31, 2024, 4:35 PM

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I've been having problems with automation for some time. Switch entities are switched on and off uncontrollably. The device log only shows "EntityXY switched off" or "EntityXY switched on".
How can I find out what triggered the switching process?

toxic garnet Jul 31, 2024, 4:36 PM

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If there is nothing associated with the action, then it's something outside of HA switching the devices on/off. How do you have them connected?

bright totem Jul 31, 2024, 4:40 PM

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Entitys are ShellySwitch( 1 and 2.5) wo. Cloud (MQTT) . Controls only from HA.

toxic garnet Jul 31, 2024, 4:42 PM

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Hmmmm, I'd look there then. Or, if you have the switches exposed to Alexa or Google, check there as well (routines, etc). If there is no source for a device turning on/off in the logbook, then it happened outside of HA.

bright totem Jul 31, 2024, 4:43 PM

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I don't use Alexa and Co..

toxic garnet Jul 31, 2024, 4:44 PM

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Then I'd start looking at the devices themselves and/or MQTT. Something outside of HA is most likely switching them.

bright totem Jul 31, 2024, 4:45 PM

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Can this be specifically debugged?

toxic garnet Jul 31, 2024, 4:46 PM

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Not in HA, no. The logbook always records what triggered a device (automation, script, user, etc). The only time that isn't true is when the device is triggered outside of HA.

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You could setup an automation that triggers off the switches going on and off and then look at the Shelly UI and MQTT and see what might be triggering it.

bright totem Jul 31, 2024, 4:51 PM

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What's also strange is that it only happens during the day until exactly 6:00 p.m. every day. Not after that.

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I'll take a look at the MQTT traffic of these devices before 6pm tomorrow. I'll come back to Discord then.

toxic garnet Jul 31, 2024, 4:54 PM

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Yeah, that sounds like there is a schedule or timer or something running outside of HA.

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