I've been running ESPEasy on some sensors for a long while, but have just noticed some unexpected behaviour with at least a couple of my ESPEasy-based sensors. I have devices set up to report to the controller (domoticz) every 300 seconds, but I see the sensors sending messages to domoticz much more frequently - as often as 15 seconds apart. These seem to be related to very small changes in the sensor value in ESPEasy. It's causing quite a lot of unnecessary event processing on the dz server, as these sensors are part of the climate control logic.
Are sensors supposed to send only when I tell them (every 300s), or whenever the value changes? Do I have something mis-configured?
Thanks!
ESP Version: mega-20191103
Can't attach TXT files, so apologies for the big code block below - this is one of the logs with a few of the excessive reports; look at idx 1138, 1139.
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66398: EVENT: Rules#Timer=1
66553: ACT : 7dn,51.6
66558: 7DGT : Show Number=51
66655: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,2+1
66668: Command: taskvalueset
66686: ACT : timerSet,1,5
66698: Command: timerset
70996: MQTT : Connection lost, state: Connection timeout
70997: EVENT: MQTT#Disconnected
71072: ACT : timerSet,5,60
71085: Command: timerset
71174: MQTT : Connected to broker with client ID: GarageSensor_9
71176: Subscribed to: domoticz/out
71178: EVENT: MQTT#Connected
71237: ACT : timerSet,5,0
71250: Command: timerset
71325: DHT : Temperature: 18.50
71325: DHT : Humidity: 51.60
71329: EVENT: DHT#Temperature=18.04
71428: EVENT: DHT#Humidity=51.60
71546: Domoticz: Sensortype: 2 idx: 1138 values: 18.0;51.6;1
72380: EVENT: Rules#Timer=1
72609: ACT : 7dt,48.6
72615: 7DGT : Show Temperature=48.60
72696: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,3+1
72711: Command: taskvalueset
72757: ACT : timerSet,1,5
72769: Command: timerset
73675: DS : Temperature: 48.56 (28-21-54-77-91-3-2-51)
73678: EVENT: DHW-LOW#Temperature=48.56
73796: Domoticz: Sensortype: 1 idx: 1139 values: 48.6
73858: DS : Temperature: 55.81 (28-ff-82-20-a3-16-5-1b)
73860: EVENT: DHW-HIGH#Temperature=55.81
73979: Domoticz: Sensortype: 1 idx: 1150 values: 55.8
78378: EVENT: Rules#Timer=1
78621: ACT : 7dt,55.8
78627: 7DGT : Show Temperature=55.80
78669: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,4+1
78682: Command: taskvalueset
78721: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,1
78734: Command: taskvalueset
78743: ACT : timerSet,1,5
78755: Command: timerset
84378: EVENT: Rules#Timer=1
84477: ACT : 7dt,18.0
84482: 7DGT : Show Temperature=18.00
84666: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,1+1
84681: Command: taskvalueset
84727: ACT : timerSet,1,5
84740: Command: timerset
90375: EVENT: Rules#Timer=1
90526: ACT : 7dn,51.6
90531: 7DGT : Show Number=51
90668: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,2+1
90681: Command: taskvalueset
90758: ACT : timerSet,1,5
90770: Command: timerset
92757: WD : Uptime 2 ConnectFailures 0 FreeMem 16992 WiFiStatus 3
94158: MQTT : Connection lost, state: Connection timeout
94159: EVENT: MQTT#Disconnected
94206: ACT : timerSet,5,60
94218: Command: timerset
94305: MQTT : Connected to broker with client ID: GarageSensor_9
94306: Subscribed to: domoticz/out
94309: EVENT: MQTT#Connected
94367: ACT : timerSet,5,0
94381: Command: timerset
94461: DHT : Temperature: 18.50
94461: DHT : Humidity: 51.60
94465: EVENT: DHT#Temperature=18.04
94600: EVENT: DHT#Humidity=51.60
94723: Domoticz: Sensortype: 2 idx: 1138 values: 18.0;51.6;1
96377: EVENT: Rules#Timer=1
96568: ACT : 7dt,48.6
96574: 7DGT : Show Temperature=48.60
96666: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,3+1
96678: Command: taskvalueset
96723: ACT : timerSet,1,5
96735: Command: timerset
96825: DS : Temperature: 48.50 (28-21-54-77-91-3-2-51)
96828: EVENT: DHW-LOW#Temperature=48.50
96946: Domoticz: Sensortype: 1 idx: 1139 values: 48.5
96979: DS : Temperature: 55.81 (28-ff-82-20-a3-16-5-1b)
96982: EVENT: DHW-HIGH#Temperature=55.81
97099: Domoticz: Sensortype: 1 idx: 1150 values: 55.8
102375: EVENT: Rules#Timer=1
102618: ACT : 7dt,55.8
102623: 7DGT : Show Temperature=55.80
102664: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,4+1
102677: Command: taskvalueset
102717: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,1
102730: Command: taskvalueset
102738: ACT : timerSet,1,5
102749: Command: timerset
108376: EVENT: Rules#Timer=1
108475: ACT : 7dt,18.0
108481: 7DGT : Show Temperature=18.00
108695: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,1+1
108709: Command: taskvalueset
108755: ACT : timerSet,1,5
108767: Command: timerset
114375: EVENT: Rules#Timer=1
114524: ACT : 7dn,51.6
114530: 7DGT : Show Number=51
114696: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,2+1
114711: Command: taskvalueset
114756: ACT : timerSet,1,5
114770: Command: timerset
120375: EVENT: Clock#Time=Thu,00:02
120470: EVENT: Rules#Timer=1
120670: ACT : 7dt,48.5
120675: 7DGT : Show Temperature=48.50
120790: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,3+1
120805: Command: taskvalueset
120851: ACT : timerSet,1,5
120865: Command: timerset
121184: Dummy: value 1: 4.00
121185: Dummy: value 2: 0.00
121185: Dummy: value 3: 0.00
121185: Dummy: value 4: 0.00
121187: EVENT: MyVars#cycle=4.00
121286: EVENT: MyVars#=0.00
121382: EVENT: MyVars#=0.00
121475: EVENT: MyVars#=0.00
122757: WD : Uptime 2 ConnectFailures 0 FreeMem 17568 WiFiStatus 3
126383: EVENT: Rules#Timer=1
126622: ACT : 7dt,55.8
126628: 7DGT : Show Temperature=55.80
126643: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,4+1
126656: Command: taskvalueset
126667: ACT : TaskValueSet,12,1,1
126680: Command: taskvalueset
126688: ACT : timerSet,1,5
126699: Command: timerset
127509: MQTT : Connection lost, state: Connection timeout
127510: EVENT: MQTT#Disconnected
127556: ACT : timerSet,5,60
127568: Command: timerset
127689: MQTT : Connected to broker with client ID: GarageSensor_9
127691: Subscribed to: domoticz/out
127693: EVENT: MQTT#Connected
127752: ACT : timerSet,5,0
127766: Command: timerset
127842: DHT : Temperature: 18.50
127842: DHT : Humidity: 51.60
127847: EVENT: DHT#Temperature=18.04
127980: EVENT: DHT#Humidity=51.60
128098: Domoticz: Sensortype: 2 idx: 1138 values: 18.0;51.6;1
129773: DS : Temperature: 48.63 (28-21-54-77-91-3-2-51)
129775: EVENT: DHW-LOW#Temperature=48.63
129892: Domoticz: Sensortype: 1 idx: 1139 values: 48.6
129924: DS : Temperature: 55.81 (28-ff-82-20-a3-16-5-1b)
129926: EVENT: DHW-HIGH#Temperature=55.81
130043: Domoticz: Sensortype: 1 idx: 1150 values: 55.8