Features requests

[allangood]

Please, use this thread to ask for new features.

[drmulligan]

Please add timestamps to each log line. Timestamps make troubleshooting much easier.

[allangood]

Yes, this is something I should have implement a long time ago! :)
Let me put this to the next commit! :)

Thanks!

[drmulligan]

Excellent, thanks.

[allangood]

Added on #69 - Version 1.5.4

[drmulligan]

Please add device_class to the addon configuration. Maybe it could be optional to not break existing installations?

[allangood]

I am already working on it! It is taking a little longer because I want to add it as a list of possible values.

Thank you!

[drmulligan]

Perfect, thank you.

[allangood]

Added on #69 - Version 1.5.4

[drmulligan]

rtlamr only runs every 5 minutes by default. I would like to run rtl_443 in between at a different frequency than the utility meter data, in this case at 433MHz to grab temperature and humidity data. Any thoughts on how I should approach this?

[allangood]

I have seen people talking about using one antenna for multiple frequencies but they always have bad experiences. Using two antennas, one for each frequency is the best approach, otherwise packets would be missed.

But if you want to go forward with your idea, ideally you should run one RTL_TCP instance as a stand-alone app/container and then use rtlamr2mqtt to connect to that remote instance. Check the "rtlamr_command" section for an example on how to do this.

[stu1811]

Can you add the ability to change the output units? Home Assistant expects water in m^3 but my meter output in ft^3. I currently have a template setup to do the conversion.

[allangood]

I'm not sure if I followed, but this is what the unit_of_measurement was made for.

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[stu1811]

@allangood my meter outputs ft^3 but I want the the mqtt message into HA to be in m^3. I just found the other units discussion. I added my template there. #68

[stu1811]

Did I misunderstand the unit of measure field? I thought it was to add units to the existing data and not convert it?

[allangood]

No you did not. It really doesn't convert anything.

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[drmulligan]

Please add package usbutils to the docker image. Also please consider logging 'lsusb | grep -i rtl' on startup.

[allangood]

Hello @drmulligan , I am planning something different for the next release.
I really don't like to execute external (shell) commands and rather use native calls when possible.

This is what is planned for the next release:
https://github.com/pyusb/pyusb

The idea is to have an USB parameter to figure everything during start up.

[rafaqat75]

I have a Landis Gyr e470. Not on the compatible device list. Is there any chance this could be made to work with it?
https://www.landisgyr.eu/product/landisgyr-e470/

[melyux]

Please add a verbosity level that's even less verbose than info. In case no logging required for every reading, just on extraordinary events.

[dresslerc]

I have a Govee H5054 water leak sensor. It works on another docker package: merbanan/rtl_433#2189. But I am using your package for my water/gas meters. Would love to have the Govee devices added to this package.

[gcormier]

Please allow selecting the RTLSDR device using serial number.

[HarrisonWilson]

Agree. If you plug in multiple dongles they will share the same ID, and the rtl_tcp command always adds -d 0 even if you manually supply that as a startup command in the config. The current mechanism to distinguish devices isn't helpful because it does not uniquely 2 rtl dongles since the vendor/device ID will be the same for two.

At the moment, the only suitable workaround is to use your own standalone rtl_tcp.