Documentation for home-assistant#8988 Fix octoprint errors when printer is off/disconnected (home-assistant#3211)

William Scanlon · fabaff · commit c0fa3e6d1ea6 · 2017-08-20T21:15:05.000+02:00
* Updates for home-assistant#8988 * Fixed spelling errors * Add HTML
diff --git a/source/_components/octoprint.markdown b/source/_components/octoprint.markdown
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ To get started with the OctoPrint API, please follow the directions on their [si
 octoprint:
   host: YOUR_OCTOPRINT_HOST
   api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
+  bed: false
+  number_of_tools: 1
 ```
 
 Configuration variables:
 
 - **host** (*Required*): IP address or hostname of Octoprint host.
 - **api_key** (*Required*): The retrieved api key.
+- **bed** (*Optional*): If the printer has a heated bed.
+- **number_of_tools** (*Optional*): Number of temperature adjustable tools. i.e. nozzle.
 
-
-**NOTE** If your 3D printer isn't connected to the OctoPrint server during the startup of Home Assistant this component will fail to load.
diff --git a/source/_components/sensor.octoprint.markdown b/source/_components/sensor.octoprint.markdown
@@ -39,5 +39,9 @@ Configuration variables:
 - **monitored_conditions** array (*Required*): States to monitor.
   - **Current State**: Text of current state)
   - **Temperatures**:  Temperatures of all available tools, eg. `print`, `head`, `print bed`, etc. These will be displayed as `tool0`, `tool1`, or `toolN` please refer to your OctoPrint frontend to associate the tool number with an actual device.
-  - **Job Percentage**: 
+  - **Job Percentage**: Percentage of the job.
 
+
+<p class='note'>
+If you are tracking temperature it is recommended to set `bed` and/or `number_of_tools` in your octoprint configuration. This will allow the octoprint sensors to load if the printer is offline during Home Assistant startup.
+</p>
