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Home Assistant - 433mhz Acurite Tower Device Disovery Script
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acurite-tower-discovery.yaml
blueprint:
name: rtl_433 Acurite Sensor MQTT Discovery
description: >
Publish or remove MQTT discovery entities for Acurite sensors
Supports: 606TX, 592TX, 06002M, Acurite-986, Acurite-Tower
Author: XtremeOwnage
Website: https://static.xtremeownage.com/blog
Discord: https://static.xtremeownage.com/discord
domain: script
author: XtremeOwnage
homeassistant:
min_version: 2024.1.0
source_url: https://static.xtremeownage.com/blog/acurite-discovery
fields:
model:
description: Acurite sensor model
required: true
default: "Acurite-Tower"
selector:
select:
options:
- label: "Acurite Tower (06002M/592TX)"
value: "Acurite-Tower"
- label: "Acurite 06002M"
value: "06002M"
- label: "Acurite 592TX"
value: "592TX"
- label: "Acurite 606TX"
value: "Acurite-606TX"
- label: "Acurite 986"
value: "Acurite-986"
name: Model
device_id:
description: "Acurite device ID (example: 326)"
example: "326"
required: true
selector:
text:
name: Device ID
action:
description: Action to perform
example: create
required: true
default: create
selector:
select:
options:
- create
- remove
name: Action
sensor_name:
description: Friendly name for the sensor location
example: "Bedroom"
required: false
default: "My Sensor"
selector:
text:
name: Sensor Name
base_path:
description: Base MQTT path for rtl_433 (where rtl_433 publishes)
example: "rtl_433"
required: false
default: "rtl_433"
selector:
text:
name: Base Path
mode: queued
sequence:
- variables:
id: "{{ device_id }}"
name: "{{ sensor_name | default('Acurite ' ~ device_id) }}"
model_name: "{{ model }}"
base_topic: "{{ base_path }}/{{ model_name }}/{{ device_id }}"
discovery_prefix: homeassistant
device_block:
identifiers:
- acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}
manufacturer: Acurite
model: "{{ model_name }}"
name: "{{ name }}"
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ action == 'create' }}"
sequence:
# Temperature sensor - all models
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
retain: true
topic: >-
{{ discovery_prefix }}/sensor/acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}/temperature/config
payload: >-
{{
{
"name": name ~ " Temperature",
"unique_id": "acurite_" ~ (model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower) ~ "_" ~ id ~ "_temp",
"state_topic": base_topic,
"json_attributes_topic": base_topic,
"value_template": "{% if 'temperature_C' in value_json %}{{ value_json.temperature_C | float | round(1) }}{% else %}{{ ((value_json.temperature_F - 32) * 5/9) | round(1) }}{% endif %}",
"device_class": "temperature",
"unit_of_measurement": "°C",
"state_class": "measurement",
"expire_after": 600,
"device": device_block
} | tojson
}}
# Humidity sensor - Tower/06002M/592TX only
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ model_name in ['Acurite-Tower', '06002M', '592TX'] }}"
sequence:
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
retain: true
topic: >-
{{ discovery_prefix }}/sensor/acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}/humidity/config
payload: >-
{{
{
"name": name ~ " Humidity",
"unique_id": "acurite_" ~ (model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower) ~ "_" ~ id ~ "_humidity",
"state_topic": base_topic,
"json_attributes_topic": base_topic,
"value_template": "{{ value_json.humidity | int }}",
"device_class": "humidity",
"unit_of_measurement": "%",
"state_class": "measurement",
"expire_after": 600,
"device": device_block
} | tojson
}}
# Battery sensor - all models
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
retain: true
topic: >-
{{ discovery_prefix }}/binary_sensor/acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}/battery/config
payload: >-
{{
{
"name": name ~ " Battery Low",
"unique_id": "acurite_" ~ (model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower) ~ "_" ~ id ~ "_battery",
"state_topic": base_topic,
"json_attributes_topic": base_topic,
"value_template": "{{ 'OFF' if value_json.battery_ok == 1 else 'ON' }}",
"payload_on": "ON",
"payload_off": "OFF",
"device_class": "battery",
"expire_after": 600,
"device": device_block
} | tojson
}}
# Channel sensor - all models
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
retain: true
topic: >-
{{ discovery_prefix }}/sensor/acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}/channel/config
payload: >-
{{
{
"name": name ~ " Channel",
"unique_id": "acurite_" ~ (model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower) ~ "_" ~ id ~ "_channel",
"state_topic": base_topic,
"json_attributes_topic": base_topic,
"value_template": "{{ value_json.channel }}",
"icon": "mdi:radio-tower",
"entity_category": "diagnostic",
"expire_after": 600,
"device": device_block
} | tojson
}}
# Button sensor - 606TX only
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ model_name == 'Acurite-606TX' }}"
sequence:
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
retain: true
topic: >-
{{ discovery_prefix }}/binary_sensor/acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}/button/config
payload: >-
{{
{
"name": name ~ " Button",
"unique_id": "acurite_" ~ (model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower) ~ "_" ~ id ~ "_button",
"state_topic": base_topic,
"json_attributes_topic": base_topic,
"value_template": "{{ 'ON' if value_json.button == 1 else 'OFF' }}",
"payload_on": "ON",
"payload_off": "OFF",
"icon": "mdi:gesture-tap-button",
"entity_category": "diagnostic",
"expire_after": 600,
"device": device_block
} | tojson
}}
# Status sensor - 986 only
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ model_name == 'Acurite-986' }}"
sequence:
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
retain: true
topic: >-
{{ discovery_prefix }}/sensor/acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}/status/config
payload: >-
{{
{
"name": name ~ " Status",
"unique_id": "acurite_" ~ (model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower) ~ "_" ~ id ~ "_status",
"state_topic": base_topic,
"json_attributes_topic": base_topic,
"value_template": "{{ value_json.status }}",
"icon": "mdi:information-outline",
"entity_category": "diagnostic",
"expire_after": 600,
"device": device_block
} | tojson
}}
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ action == 'remove' }}"
sequence:
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
retain: true
topic: >-
{{ discovery_prefix }}/sensor/acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}/temperature/config
payload: ""
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
retain: true
topic: >-
{{ discovery_prefix }}/sensor/acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}/humidity/config
payload: ""
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
retain: true
topic: >-
{{ discovery_prefix }}/binary_sensor/acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}/battery/config
payload: ""
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
retain: true
topic: >-
{{ discovery_prefix }}/sensor/acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}/channel/config
payload: ""
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
retain: true
topic: >-
{{ discovery_prefix }}/binary_sensor/acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}/button/config
payload: ""
- service: mqtt.publish
data:
retain: true
topic: >-
{{ discovery_prefix }}/sensor/acurite_{{ model_name | replace('-', '_') | lower }}_{{ id }}/status/config
payload: ""
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