Gladys Assistant 4.28: Sensor state expiration, new Zigbee devices, and more!

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You mean 18 votes!! :wink:

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19 votes woo which shows the topic is in demand :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yes, why not increase the height!

Besides, « the same size as when there’s an image Â» is relative. All image sizes are different; it won’t be exactly the same.

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I’m wondering about the point of expiring the value of buttons

Personally it bothers me more than anything


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That’s somewhat my case too. I think that in the long run it would be good to evolve the feature so that it can be adjusted for each device :+1:
It’s a first step!

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@pierre-gilles,

I confirm that the automatic MQTT reconnection to a server external to the machine on which Gladys runs now works perfectly.

In the event of a network and/or power outage on one of them, even 10 minutes later, Gladys reconnects properly.

A big thank you to you !!

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Several possibilities (not exclusive):

  1. Exclude certain device types from this feature (e.g., buttons)
  2. Consider the last received value timestamp for the whole device (and not just within the feature), so that a sensor that reports signal quality periodically can indicate that the entire device is « up to date Â»
  3. Provide the option to exclude certain devices

I think the three solutions are not mutually exclusive. #3 is the most powerful, but it requires user action while the other two are just common sense.

Surprising, I didn’t do anything in this update that would cause that :slight_smile: All the better!

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I think option 1 makes sense; we should make a list of devices to exclude, because there must be a certain number: buttons, smoke detectors, leak sensors, etc.

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Ok, I’ve made a pull request proposal: Add a list of device feature categories that don't expires in time by Pierre-Gilles · Pull Request #1884 · GladysAssistant/Gladys · GitHub

I excluded:

  • Button
  • Leak sensor
  • Smoke sensor
  • Textual reporting of information on the dashboard (the famous « text Â» feature)

Any other features to exclude?

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As mentioned in the other thread, for my part 2. is the most likely to interest me (per device) even if 1. is indeed just as interesting. And a combination of 1. and 2. should be able to avoid going through 3.

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At my place, I have a notification for a motion sensor and an open/close sensor.

I like to see how

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On my end, I no longer see the display for my NOUS Temperature and Humidity sensor.

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In that case method 2. would work, because your door-open sensor probably sends its battery level on a daily basis.

It would be a shame to lose the functionality for these sensors, because it’s precisely these sensors where, in my opinion, it’s important to know that they are still active!

In this case, that’s a real alert for you @Isage! It means that no temperature value has been sent from that sensor for 2 days, which is not normal.

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Temperature and humidity data are arriving correctly in Z2mqtt, but not in Gladys!?

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@Isage Are you creating a specific topic so we can discuss it?

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@cce66 @spenceur
It took me a while but I’ve finally finished my tutorial:
https://community.gladysassistant.com/t/tutor