Finally updated to the new version, struggled with MQTT entity.

[richie510]

When I upgraded to the new version of this add-on I had some easy to fix struggles with re-configuring my config file. After a bit I had it working fine, but it created new entities for my water meter and gas meter. The new entities are sensor.water_meter_water_meter and sensor.gas_meter_gas_meter.

I tried to just delete the old sensor.xxx_meter to then rename the new one, but home assistant would not let me.

I have like 2 years worth of data that I do not want to throw away. Does anyone know of a process to upgrade and keep the same entity for data retention?

[richie510]

It appears that the way that the old MQTT connection was made it does not create a "device". With the new setup it does create a device. I was able to delete the new MQTT devices that were added, but I could not delete the old entities. I think I need to delete them before upgrading, and then the new entities will just inherit the old data.

I think I need to use MQTT explorer to like "delete the topic" and then I can delete the old entities. I think I got stuck here with the username and password. I'm only using the Mosquito Add On in HA for this and the hassio-xcel-itron-mqtt, so my exposure to MQTT and its interaction with HA is limited. I think I need to find the automatically generated password to use the MQTT Explorer tool, but I am struggling to find that.