From f277109a6def090e55d26a61fb304089e6e47d1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carlo Costanzo Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 13:12:07 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Manual Speedtest Service information (#688) Added new information I just learned about Speedtest from @nkgilley. --- source/_components/sensor.speedtest.markdown | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/_components/sensor.speedtest.markdown b/source/_components/sensor.speedtest.markdown index 29b620cce14..981178b210b 100644 --- a/source/_components/sensor.speedtest.markdown +++ b/source/_components/sensor.speedtest.markdown @@ -74,3 +74,5 @@ Configuration variables: - **day** (*Optional*): Specify the day(s) of the month to schedule the speedtest. Use a list for multiple entries. Default is None. This component uses [speedtest-cli](https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli) to gather network performance data from Speedtest.net. Please be aware of the potential [inconsistencies](https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli#inconsistency) that this component may display. + +When HA first starts up, the values on the speedtest will show as Unknown. You can use the service `sensor.update_speedtest` to run a manual speedtest and populate the data or just wait for the next regularly scheduled test.