Temporary workaround to provide an always-online status for DT [164, 165, 166, 167, 168]

Author: epdevlab

inelsmqtt/devices/__init__.py

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def __init__(
         fragments = state_topic.split("/")
 
         self.__mqtt = mqtt
+        self.__device_class = fragments[TOPIC_FRAGMENTS[FRAGMENT_DEVICE_TYPE]]
         self.__device_type = DEVICE_TYPE_DICT[
             fragments[TOPIC_FRAGMENTS[FRAGMENT_DEVICE_TYPE]]
         ]
@@ -148,7 +149,11 @@ def is_available(self) -> bool:
         if isinstance(val, (bytes, bytearray)):
             val = val.decode()
 
-        return DEVICE_CONNECTED.get(val) and self.__values is not None and self.__values._DeviceValue__ha_value is not None
+        # Temporary workaround to provide an always-online status for DT [164, 165, 166, 167, 168]
+        if self.__device_class in ["164", "165", "166", "167", "168"]:
+            return self.__values is not None and self.__values._DeviceValue__ha_value is not None
+        else:
+            return DEVICE_CONNECTED.get(val) and self.__values is not None and self.__values._DeviceValue__ha_value is not None
 
     @property
     def set_topic(self) -> str:

setup.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="elkoep-mqtt",
-    version="0.2.29",
+    version="0.2.30",
     url="https://github.com/epdevlab/elkoep-mqtt",
     license="MIT",
     author="Elko EP s.r.o.",