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Error when measuring light

See original GitHub issue

I receive an error when measuring a bulb through HA.

light controller hass
powermeter hass
? Select the color mode?  brightness
? Do you want to generate model.json?  Yes
? Specify the full light model name  IKEA LED1837R5
? Which device (manufacturer, model) do you use to take the measurement?  Fibaro FGWP102
? Do you want to gzip CSV files?  Yes
? Specify the entity_id of your light in HA?  light.guest_room_spot_3
? What is the model_id of your light? for example LWA004  LED1837R5
? Specify the entity_id of your powermeter in HA?  sensor.node_17_power
Measuring standby usage. Waiting for 5 seconds...
Taking sample 0
Start taking measurements for color mode:  brightness
Waiting 10 seconds...
Changing light to:  {'bri': 1}
Taking sample 0
Measured power:  0.6

Changing light to:  {'bri': 2}
Taking sample 0
Taking sample 0
Taking sample 0
Taking sample 0
Taking sample 0
Taking sample 0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/magnus/homeassistant-powercalc/utils/measure_v2/measure.py", line 330, in <module>
    measure.start()
  File "/home/magnus/homeassistant-powercalc/utils/measure_v2/measure.py", line 121, in start
    power = self.take_power_measurement(variation_start_time)
  File "/home/magnus/homeassistant-powercalc/utils/measure_v2/measure.py", line 161, in take_power_measurement
    self.take_power_measurement(start_timestamp, retry_count)
  File "/home/magnus/homeassistant-powercalc/utils/measure_v2/measure.py", line 161, in take_power_measurement
    self.take_power_measurement(start_timestamp, retry_count)
  File "/home/magnus/homeassistant-powercalc/utils/measure_v2/measure.py", line 161, in take_power_measurement
    self.take_power_measurement(start_timestamp, retry_count)
  [Previous line repeated 2 more times]
  File "/home/magnus/homeassistant-powercalc/utils/measure_v2/measure.py", line 153, in take_power_measurement
    raise OutdatedMeasurementError(
powermeter.errors.OutdatedMeasurementError: Power measurement is outdated. Aborting after 5 retries

Not sure if there is a more dewtailed log I can provide?

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Created 2 years ago
Comments:9 (9 by maintainers)

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magnusoverlicommented, Sep 13, 2021

Sorted by waiting long enough for fresh measurements.

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SteffanHcommented, Jan 23, 2022

😆

You don’t happen to recall which parameter ? I’ve set the sleep time to 30 seconds, but it’s still failing

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