Home Assistant - human readable Fritz!Box uptime
Posted on October 15, 2021 (Last modified on July 11, 2024) • 2 min read • 302 wordsThe Fritz!Box uptime in my Home Assistant dashboard sensor looked like this:
2021-10-15T20:45:18.294ZSuper hard to read. To achieve a human readable form I had to perform a couple of steps which helped me understand HA a bit better, and serve as a good starting point for other similar actions. Here we go.
configuration.yaml
To do this you can install the addon File Editor, which gives you a nice GUI for doing this.
# Configure a default setup of Home Assistant (frontend, api, etc)
default_config:
# Text to speech
tts:
- platform: google_translate
group: !include groups.yaml
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
# ADD THIS LINE
sensor: !include sensors.yamlsensors.yaml
Note: You have to restart HA to apply those changes. At least I know no other way.
# from: https://is.gd/koYX60 and https://is.gd/VK1oDj
# this is to check if this file is actually read, go look for the "Home
# Assistant Uptime" entity in HA configuration after restarting
- platform: uptime
name: Home Assistant Uptime
# (modified) from: https://is.gd/vfRYi3
- platform: template
sensors:
fritzbox_connection_uptime_human:
friendly_name: Fritz!Box connection uptime
# in the next line, adjust "sensor.fritz_box_6490_cable_connection_uptime"
# according to YOUR sensor name.
value_template: >
{%- set up_time = as_timestamp(now())-as_timestamp(states('sensor.fritz_box_6490_cable_connection_uptime')) %}
{% if states('sensor.last_boot') == '0.0' %}
Soeben neu gestartet...
{% else %}
{%- macro phrase(name, divisor, mod=None) %}
{%- set value = ((up_time // divisor) % (mod if mod else divisor)) | int %}
{{- '{} {}'.format(value, name) if value | int > 0 else '' }}
{%- endmacro %}
{%- set values = [
phrase('w', 60*60*24*7),
phrase('d', 60*60*24, 7),
phrase('h', 60*60, 24),
phrase('min', 60),
phrase('s', 1, 60)
] | select('!=','') | list %}
{{ values[:-1] | join(' ') ~ ' ' ~ values[-1] if values | length > 1 else values | first }}
{% endif %}