My electrical company changed my meter, I needed to create new device with esphome to read it. But how do I now continue in HA so my power usage tracking is correct?
#My meter changed - how do I continue in HA?
mellow knot
polar parcel
depends on country, meter model and how it can be read. e.g. zigbee, p1 etc.
mellow knot
I have fixed the description, as the typo made it unclear what i'm asking
polar parcel
is the esp device correctly configured for use with new meter?
polar parcel
you have esphome in home assistant? Or do you mean the statistics/histiory from old meter > new meter?
mellow knot
well statistics, but also now it starts from 0 and from 30000kWh or whatever it was, so reading would not make any sense
polar parcel
that i can not answer, hence i dont know.. Bigger brains will pick up from here.
fierce schooner
you can either keep your old entity in the energy dashboard and just add the second one
or you can move the statistics from the old entity onto the new one. You can do that by renaming the new entity the same as the old entity and then delete the old entity
(make backups before you start messing with data though)
polar parcel
did not realise this could be done with energy devices, my bad 😉
mellow knot
but when it jumps from 30 000 to 1 i will think I export 30MWh of power, or can that be corrected?
polar parcel
have to pass here.. learning..
fierce schooner
but when it jumps from 30 000 to 1 i will think I export 30MWh of power, or can ...
there's no jump
if there is a jump, then you can correct it in dev tools -> statistics
mellow knot
or you can move the statistics from the old entity onto the new one. You can do ...
Entity with this ID is already registered - error when i try to rename the new entity
I cannot delete the old entity
also if i delete entity (if it is somehow possible to overcome) will stastics be kept?
shadow grove
also if i delete entity (if it is somehow possible to overcome) will stastics be kept?
Yes.
To delete the entity you would need to get the integration creating that entity to stop providing it, either by some integration-specific means, or by removing the integration entirely.
mellow knot
but why can't I delete it?
polar parcel
remove integration > reboot