[main error] unable to load scan config f6: no file from vaillant with prefix f6 found

[Weazle]

Hi all,

Last weekend I installed my Shield C6 adapter and connected it to my Vaillant VR71.

My Complete setup consists of the following:
Arotherm Split 75/5
Unitower Split 78/5
VR720f
VR71
VR921
5 * VR50

I am now running the ebusd container with the following ENV settings:
EBUSD_SCANCONFIG=full
EBUSD_PORT=8888
EBUSD_MQTTPORT=1883
EBUSD_MQTTHOST=192.168.180.80
EBUSD_DEVICE=ens:192.168.180.101:9999
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
EBUSD_ARCH=arm64
EBUSD_VERSION=24.1
EBUSD_FOREGROUND=
EBUSD_MQTTCLIENTID=ebusd
EBUSD_MQTTUSER=ha_mqqt
EBUSD_MQTTPASS=******************
EBUSD_MQTTTOPIC=ebusd
EBUSD_MQTTINT=/etc/ebusd/mqtt-hassio.cfg
EBUSD_MQTTJSON=
EBUSD_MQTTVERSION=3.1
EBUSD_MQTTINSECURE=
EBUSD_POLLINTERVAL=15
EBUSD_LATENCY=15
EBUSD_SCANRETRIES=10

In Homeasssistant I am still missing a lot of data like energy used that dont match the ones in the Vaillant app and do not seem to update. And when looking at the logging of the ebusd container I am seeing a lot of lines like:
received unknown MS cmd: f115b52406020003001b00 / 0601031b000000
received unknown MS cmd: 1008b5110100 / 090b03126a180900004a

The only real error popping up is the following which might be the missing piece to decode the unknown MS cmd's:
[main error] unable to load scan config f6: no file from vaillant with prefix f6 found
[main error] scan config f6: ERR: element not found

Anyone able to help me further with this?

to be complete the complete logging is added as attachment
ebusd_logging.txt

[JonesGW-MGD]

hi there @Weazle

1. Post specifically the energy values you don't think match - sometimes it's the fact that the conversion units are a bit wacky.

2. Receiving unknown commands is not unusual - not all messages are translated / correctly translated depending on your equipment.

3. Don't worry about the device at f1 master/f6 slave - you can confirm by doing ebusctl i but it is almost certainly your VR921 internet gateway - there are no files for this - probably because it doesn't have anything unique that isn't already on the bus so no stress! (Mine reports as: address f6: slave #10, scanned "MF=Vaillant;ID=NETX1;SW=4036;HW=5703". your data may vary depending on exact model revision.)

Also you won't find anything on ebus for the VR50 Ambisense TRVs - they talk radio not ebus to the VR921 and then basically the VR720f shows the highest call for heat from the TRV group as the 'Desired temp'. There is a separate add-on for HA that integrates with the MyVaillant app - which I have not tried yet. (I have 13 VR50s and a couple of repeaters - no idea why Vaillant has binned these and they are no longer being sold as they work great... well OK, they work fine)

[Weazle]

Hi @JonesGW-MGD ,

Thanks for answering my question, I'll try to give clear answers to your questions

I am not seeing any energy values that comply with the energy values shown in the MyVaillant app.

This is my output for the ebusctl i:

root@raspberrypi:~# docker container exec ebusd ebusctl i
version: ebusd 24.1.24.1
update check: OK, device firmware v5-c6 1[5210] up to date
device: 192.168.180.101:9999, TCP, enhanced, firmware 1.1[5210].1[5210]
signal: acquired
symbol rate: 49
max symbol rate: 210
min arbitration micros: 1
max arbitration micros: 214
min symbol latency: 5
max symbol latency: 69
scan: finished
reconnects: 0
masters: 5
messages: 715
conditional: 0
poll: 250
update: 29
address 03: master #11
address 08: slave #11, scanned "MF=Vaillant;ID=HMU00;SW=0902;HW=5103", loaded "vaillant/08.hmu.csv"
address 10: master #2
address 15: slave #2, scanned "MF=Vaillant;ID=BASV3;SW=0760;HW=7304", loaded "vaillant/15.basv.csv"
address 26: slave, scanned "MF=Vaillant;ID=VR_71;SW=0201;HW=0503", loaded "vaillant/26.vr_71.csv"
address 31: master #8, ebusd
address 36: slave #8, ebusd
address 71: master #9
address 76: slave #9, scanned "MF=Vaillant;ID=VWZIO;SW=0902;HW=5103", loaded "vaillant/76.vwzio.csv"
address f1: master #10
address f6: slave #10, scanned "MF=Vaillant;ID=NETX2;SW=4036;HW=5703"
so this looks the same as your output on the f6, but if it has nothing real to show I guess I should just ignore it. I was hoping to be able to control the VR50's with this integration. I do have the other integration that uses the MyVaillant integration, but Vaillant has a quota on the API for the amount of request which regularly bricks the integration. This is the reason I bought the Shield C6, so I would not be bothered by the quota anymore.

Back to the energy values, in the MyVaillant app I am currently seeing the following:

In HA I am seeing the following values:

But the strange thing is that these are not updated:

This value not updatin triggered me to reload the MQTT integration, but after that most values turned to "unknown", after waiting for 10 minutes there was no improvement, so I restarted the EBUSD container which gave new values again when watching the MQTT Explorer, but now my integration with HA seems broken.

Unfortunately getting this post together took me over an hour and I have no time left to troubleshoot anymore today. Hopefully I will find some time tomorrow.

Question I do have if you are seeing a total used energy per day, or if I need to have HA calculate that by only monitoring the "CurrentConsumedPower", or "TotalEnergyUsage" as that seem real values, just no totals