Car Position Not Updated

[veiter555]

Car Position is not getting updated even the car is at home for several hours... After reloading the Service in Home assistant the car position will change to home. So the issue should be in the service by updating the car position dynamically

[babavers]

I have the same problem with an Audi Q4 etron. I discovered also that a reload of the service has an influence, but it's not what it seems. I have an automation running that stores the location of my car in a Google Sheet based on a trigger when the latitude changes state. Before doing the reload, the automation obviously stops saving new records because it doesn't get triggered, but after the reload it gets triggered 2 times per minute and thus writes 2 records every minute, alternatively one with the data of the non updated position and one with the accurate position. I think there are 2 instances of the service running after the reload. Thus, a reload doesn't help me, I have to restart HA to get a solved but then less than a day later the location 'freezes' again or in other words doesn't get updated anymore.

[rhoddan]

Same here

[bartlde]

My car position is fluctuating between the old position (my yesterdays trip) and the current position at home. I have arrived at home yesterday evening. My original Audi APP displays the position correctly at home - with no fluctuation. The problem occurs since the last update. After full restart of HA it seems to be OK. Will check with the next trip.

Here a copy from detailed entity view (my GUI is set to German):
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[shuntfield]

Mine had been doing this since last night.
Its picked the last two locations I have been at, and doesn't update. I enabled debug logging, but not sure where the log is?

[moritzmaier84]

I have this since a few weeks.
Please see #331
Issue is NOT solved.

Hier is a debug file @Kolbi @coreywillwhat
home-assistant_audiconnect_2024-04-19T16-15-02.512Z.log

[coreywillwhat]

Appreciate everyone's patience.
Thank you for the log @moritzmaier84 .
This looks like the issue in your log, I've seen this before in other logs.

2024-04-19 17:49:44.287 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.device_tracker] Platform audiconnect does not generate unique IDs. ID Audi A4 Avant Position already exists - ignoring device_tracker.audi_a4_avant_position

Need to investigate further.

@Kolbi I believe Unique ID's as you had proposed a while ago would fix this issue.

[moritzmaier84]

Appreciate everyone's patience. Thank you for the log @moritzmaier84 . This looks like the issue in your log, I've seen this before in other logs.

2024-04-19 17:49:44.287 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.device_tracker] Platform audiconnect does not generate unique IDs. ID Audi A4 Avant Position already exists - ignoring device_tracker.audi_a4_avant_position

Need to investigate further.

@Kolbi I believe Unique ID's as you had proposed a while ago would fix this issue.

Great news that it's going on and you have ideas for this! Thx!!!

[ghostwind66]

I had the same issue as well a few weeks ago. Downgrading to 1.7.0 resolved the issue for me

[veiter555]

Thank you Gohstwind66!

After downgrading to Release 1.7.0 it seams to work properly again.

For me the position is crucial due to a programm that reduces the discharge powerlimit of my house battery if a car is charging at home.

[moritzmaier84]

I had this before 1.7.0 and after it.

It's not every day. Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

[Kolbi]

Downgrading will also only be a temporary solution as I still believe we didn't changed something crucial since 1.7.0 - it is more installing the new (old) version that it loads the interface / service new. I still think restarting Home-Assistant should do the same thing but maybe in the core there are some caches not erased if not uninstalling / installing the extension.

[ghostwind66]

Downgrading will also only be a temporary solution as I still believe we didn't changed something crucial since 1.7.0 - it is more installing the new (old) version that it loads the interface / service new. I still think restarting Home-Assistant should do the same thing but maybe in the core there are some caches not erased if not uninstalling / installing the extension.

Interestingly enough, I noticed the position not updating on 1.7.0 yesterday as well. A restart fixed the issue. The issue seems to be pretty sporadic and random. This is the first time it has happened since I downgraded a few weeks ago. Strange.

[coreywillwhat]

Downgrading will also only be a temporary solution as I still believe we didn't changed something crucial since 1.7.0 - it is more installing the new (old) version that it loads the interface / service new. I still think restarting Home-Assistant should do the same thing but maybe in the core there are some caches not erased if not uninstalling / installing the extension.

This. No major changes have occurred. I would expect a restart to fix it temporarily as well until we have the actual solution.

[moritzmaier84]

Downgrading will also only be a temporary solution as I still believe we didn't changed something crucial since 1.7.0 - it is more installing the new (old) version that it loads the interface / service new. I still think restarting Home-Assistant should do the same thing but maybe in the core there are some caches not erased if not uninstalling / installing the extension.

Interestingly enough, I noticed the position not updating on 1.7.0 yesterday as well. A restart fixed the issue. The issue seems to be pretty sporadic and random. This is the first time it has happened since I downgraded a few weeks ago. Strange.

I agree - it seems to be totally random. I really tried to find some "rules"... but no.

[ghostwind66]

I created a script that I can call whenever the need arises (eg. I drive away) that re-enables the device using Spook:

Might be handy for those who don't want to reboot their device every time they want to update the position.