Unexpected condition clear

[Wesley-Vos]

Hi,

I'm using your integration but sometimes see an error in the log. It is about an unexpected condition: "clear".

I'm running HA 2024.2.4
with integration version 5.6.1
and the "Buienradar condition sensor" as source.

The error is:

Logger: custom_components.illuminance.sensor
Bron: custom_components/illuminance/sensor.py:461
integratie: Verlichtingssterkte (documentatie, problemen)
Eerst voorgekomen: 10:33:20 (3 gebeurtenissen)
Laatst gelogd: 16:43:27

Illuminance: Unexpected current condition: clear

Edit:
This is how the history graph looked like for today, also a bit strange because while it is 'Helder' (i.e. clear), the illumiance is way lower than when it is 'Bewolkt' (cloudy).

If you need more info, please let me know!

Thanks!

[Wesley-Vos]

Hmm, while checking the docs, I see that clear is not an official condition according to HA weather entity, is that the reason?

[pnbruckner]

Yes, that is the reason. It looks like the change to the buienradar integration in the 2023.6 release may have caused it to use this non-standard condition word. I'm not sure. I know I tested with that integration at some point in the past and it worked ok at that time.

You can make up for this by changing the fallback option. It defaults to 10 (dark), but if you change it to 1 (clear), it should compensate for the unexpected condition word.

[Wesley-Vos]

I've checked the buienradar integration a bit more and it turns out that the weather entity (weather.buienradar) is returning the correct conditions for a weather entity. The condition sensor is returning the known conditions from buienradar itself, not necessarily the same condition names as HA.

The weather.buienradar entity can be used in the integration as well I found out so I think that the documentation of this integration can be updated, in that you should use the weather entity of the buienradar integration, instead of the condition sensor. :)

[Feriman22]

I have got similar errors in the HA log:

2025-02-27 17:58:56.782 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.illuminance.sensor] Illuminance: Unexpected current condition: mist
2025-02-27 18:08:56.803 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.illuminance.sensor] Illuminance: Unexpected current condition: light rain
2025-02-27 18:18:56.812 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.illuminance.sensor] Illuminance: Unexpected current condition: moderate rain
2025-02-27 19:58:56.805 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.illuminance.sensor] Illuminance: Unexpected current condition: light rain
2025-02-27 20:08:56.805 ERROR (MainThread) [custom_components.illuminance.sensor] Illuminance: Unexpected current condition: moderate rain