Fallback mechanisms

[thargor]

Since yesterday smart energy API is broken. This has happened in the past and will probably happen in the future again.

As a user of ha_epex_spot I would like to have some fallback mechanisms built-in, so I don't have to manually reconfigure in case of an error.

Building a fallback mechanism with homeassistant is possible, but quit a lot of work for every user of the integration..

Is this feature something you would consider to implement or accept pull requests to implement?

[drahdiwaberl]

i think i'll switch to the awattar source completely - again .. having switched tariff from awattar to smartenergy i still have their sensors configured to have a comparison of how much cheaper it is over the year - but afair their api never had failed over the nearly 3 years i had been using it.

but yes, some kind of fallback would be nice - or even better some independent/reliable source.

[spartan117aut]

I switched to the Awattar source now. The last few days, the smartControl website didn't show the current prices and chart either. Now they have the correct values on the website again, but their API is still empty :(

[drahdiwaberl]

anyone happen to know how to switch the price input sensor for an existing "EPEX Spot Sensor"?

[spartan117aut]

Unfortunately not. I haven't renamed the sensors, so I just deleted the integration and set it up again with the Awattar source and everything worked again.

[mampfes]

I think a fallback handling should not be part of this integration.

[suaveolent]

I think so too. You can always create helpers in Home Assistant which could use either of the available sensors.

[PetziAt]

I think so too. You can always create helpers in Home Assistant which could use either of the available sensors.

@suaveolent

Sounds nice.

Do you have a clue for a template to combine two data_net_price sensors including the attributes? :)