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OpenThread Info Sensor

The openthread_info sensor platform exposes OpenThread diagnostic information via numeric sensors, complementing the OpenThread Info Text Sensor.

All sensors in this platform are diagnostic entities. They use the OpenThread instance provided by the OpenThread Component, which must be configured.

# Example configuration entry
sensor:
  - platform: openthread_info
    parent_average_rssi:
      name: "Thread Parent Average RSSI"
    parent_last_rssi:
      name: "Thread Parent Last RSSI"
    parent_link_quality_in:
      name: "Thread Parent Link Quality In"
    parent_link_quality_out:
      name: "Thread Parent Link Quality Out"
    tx_total:
      name: "Thread TX Total"
    tx_retries:
      name: "Thread TX Retries"
    tx_err_cca:
      name: "Thread TX CCA Errors"
    tx_err_abort:
      name: "Thread TX Abort Errors"
    rx_total:
      name: "Thread RX Total"
    rx_err_fcs:
      name: "Thread RX FCS Errors"
    attach_attempts:
      name: "Thread Attach Attempts"
    parent_changes:
      name: "Thread Parent Changes"
    partition_id_changes:
      name: "Thread Partition ID Changes"

Configuration variables

Section titled “Configuration variables”

  • parent_average_rssi (Optional): The average RSSI of the parent, in dBm. Only valid when the device is an attached child; the sensor skips publishing otherwise. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 5s.

  • parent_last_rssi (Optional): The RSSI of the last frame received from the parent, in dBm. Only valid when the device is an attached child; the sensor skips publishing otherwise. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 5s.

  • parent_link_quality_in (Optional): Incoming link quality from the parent (0-3). Only valid when the device is an attached child. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 5s.

  • parent_link_quality_out (Optional): Outgoing link quality to the parent (0-3). Only valid when the device is an attached child. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 5s.

  • tx_total (Optional): Total MAC TX frame transmissions since boot. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 30s.

  • tx_retries (Optional): Total MAC TX frame retransmissions since boot. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 30s.

  • tx_err_cca (Optional): Total MAC TX CCA (Clear Channel Assessment) errors since boot. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 30s.

  • tx_err_abort (Optional): Total MAC TX abort errors since boot. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 30s.

  • rx_total (Optional): Total MAC RX frames received since boot. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 30s.

  • rx_err_fcs (Optional): Total MAC RX FCS (Frame Check Sequence) errors since boot. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 30s.

  • attach_attempts (Optional): Total MLE attach attempts since boot. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 30s.

  • parent_changes (Optional): Total MLE parent changes since boot. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 30s.

  • partition_id_changes (Optional): Total MLE partition ID changes since boot. All options from Sensor. Default update interval: 30s.

See Also

Section titled “See Also”