Difference between meter template and "custom" modbus

[mrfenyx]

Hi,

I am encountering the following (weird) issue: if I am adding my meter using a template, then the data is retrieved correctly. If I am adding the same meter using a custom modbus definition, I am getting an i/o timeout. Does anyone have any idea how come?

Here's my "custom" definition:
meters:

- name: pv # with modbus, not template
  type: custom
  power:
    source: modbus
    uri: 192.168.2.158:4703
    id: 3
    register:
      address: 8062
      type: holding
      decode: uint32
    timeout: 10000
  energy:
    source: modbus
    uri: 192.168.2.158:4703
    id: 3
    register:
      address: 8058
      type: holding
      decode: uint32
    timeout: 10000

And here the one with the cfos template which uses the same 2 registers (8058 and 8062) for energy and power:

- name: pv
  type: template
  template: cfos
  usage: pv

 # Modbus TCP
  modbus: tcpip
  id: 3
  host: 192.168.2.158
  port: 4703

[mrfenyx]

The issue is the "timeout" tag, which has to be specified in the format "s". So instead of timeout: 10000, using timeout:10s will work!

[andig]

Yes, it's a Golang duration.