Gardena Sensor for Soil humidity is not recognized as entity for the setup and can't be used

[DNier]

I use the GARDENA smart Sensor from Gardena. The Soil humidity from those sensors doesn't show up in the setup dropdown:

[Olen]

Open a bug with the gardena integration to make it use the right device class for its sensors

[DNier]

1. Not realy helpful to point to other integrations. Maybe Gardena does it wrong, but for me as a user I don't care who makes the mistake. I want to use the stuff. It worked before and is now broken.
2. What would be the "right" device class other than moisture?

[Olen]

1. Not really helpful to behave entitled like this. Yes. Gardena probably does it wrong. Ask them to fix it. I am not going to break this integration to accomodate some other integration that does not work correctly,.
2. The list of device classes for sensors is available here: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/sensor

[slaxor505]

@DNier I suggest to use Sensor replacement service as workaround. Just add any available sensor in the setup and then use the service replace the sensor to "unrecognizable" Gardena one. I think it should work until Gardena fixes their classes.

[DNier]

@DNier I suggest to use Sensor replacement service as workaround. Just add any available sensor in the setup and then use the service replace the sensor to "unrecognizable" Gardena one. I think it should work until Gardena fixes their classes.

This is realy helpful. Thanks for this Information. Works for me!