#templates-archived | Home Assistant | Page 95

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:40 PM

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Gawddamn, success

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Atom

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:41 PM

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that might be okay, as long as it's using 2-space tabs. VSCode is nice in that it shows you indentation levels by color and you can tab and shift-tab to adjust

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:41 PM

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I'll have to look into that

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:41 PM

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anyway, you're good to go?

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:42 PM

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I'll try it in the morning, the config check checks out

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If this works, I def owe you a beer

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Ive been scratching my head for the past 3 days with this shit

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:42 PM

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if you're going bed, I'm going to assume that we're geographically separated

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:42 PM

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Sweden

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:42 PM

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yeah, San Diego

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:42 PM

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ah

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:43 PM

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ok, hopefully it works. once you have some good working examples, the rest become easier

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:43 PM

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Well..I'll PM in the morning. I ain't forgetting that beer 🙂

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:43 PM

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and be wary of copying somebody else's stuff, especially when it seems like they don't know what they're doing

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:43 PM

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It's more that I wasn't sure what I was doing

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lol

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:43 PM

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a little from column a, a little from column b

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:44 PM

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yeah..

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welp..tried it..no bueno

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current temp is 22.5

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it sets the fan at 3

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but it should be at 2

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:46 PM

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you can debug the template in devtools ->Template

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:47 PM

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hmm...template returns 3..?

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the heck..?

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am I missing something?

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:51 PM

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it's probably still rounding

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:51 PM

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if I use this

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data_template:
entity_id: climate.huvudvaningen
fan_mode: >-
{% set temp1 = states('sensor.temperature_5')|float %}
{% if temp1 > 22 %} 2
{% elif temp1 > 23 %} 3
{% elif temp1 > 24 %} 4
{% else %} 4
{% endif %}
service: climate.set_fan_mode

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It sets it correctly

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:53 PM

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that's not a useful template, though

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:53 PM

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not at all

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Argh..I'll go at it tomorrow again

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might pm

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sigh

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hmm..

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changed the values around from rising to falling

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works as well

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oh, nevermind

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:56 PM

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I think you just need to set the precision via round(), or via format(). there are some good references on the web

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:56 PM

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too late..can't think.. I'll look into it tomorrow

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:57 PM

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this one, for example:

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{{ "$%.2f"|format(value|float) }}

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where value is replaced with states('sensor.temperature_5')

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if that doesn't help, I recommend more Googling

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 10:59 PM

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{% set temp1 = "%.2c"|format(states('sensor.temperature_5')|float %}?

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 10:59 PM

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you're missing a paren

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after float

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I've never used that construct before, but it's typical in a Google search

muted berry Jun 14, 2020, 11:01 PM

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yeah, I'll check tomorrow. Thank for all your help so far bro

inner mesa Jun 14, 2020, 11:01 PM

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or this:

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{{ "${:.2f}".format(value|float) }}

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sure, no problem

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also, you put %.2c instead of %.2f

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"f" is for "float"

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not Fahrenheit, if that what you were going for

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 7:22 AM

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Mernin'

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So, I did a test..

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https://pastebin.com/T6sLC3XM

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Just to see if it's actually the float value that messes things up and it seems to be the case

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 7:58 AM

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Works fine for me

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:03 AM

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which does? mine or floats?

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:03 AM

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The original of yours

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:04 AM

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do your temp sensors report with or without decimals?

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:04 AM

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With, but that doesn't matter here

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        {% set temp1 = 23.4|float %}
        {% if temp1 < 22.0 %} 2
        {% elif temp1 < 23.0 %} 3
        {% elif temp1 < 24.0 %} 4
        {% else %} 2
        {% endif %}
``` returns 4

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Change 23.4 to another value and it updates accordingly

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:05 AM

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hmm...

little gale Jun 15, 2020, 8:07 AM

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What would a value template look like in order to extract bytes from a command line sensor that provides the following data:
{"count":39,"bytes":166760163267}

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:07 AM

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and if I do this

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{% set temp1 = 22.2|float %}
{% if temp1 < 22 %} 2
{% elif temp1 < 23 %} 3
{% elif temp1 < 24 %} 4
{% else %} 2
{% endif %}

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it returns 3

jagged obsidian Jun 15, 2020, 8:08 AM

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@little gale {{ value_json.bytes }} should be enough

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:08 AM

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heck, if I put 23, it returns 4..

little gale Jun 15, 2020, 8:08 AM

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thanks

jagged obsidian Jun 15, 2020, 8:08 AM

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as it should

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#maths

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:10 AM

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I ment 22*

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and 3

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:10 AM

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Also expected

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22 isn't less than 22 after all

little gale Jun 15, 2020, 8:11 AM

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do I need to create a template sensor if I wish to convert the value of bytes to GB?

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:11 AM

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Yes

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:11 AM

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uh.." {% set temp1 = 22|float %}
{% if temp1 < 21 %} 2
{% elif temp1 < 22 %} 3
{% elif temp1 < 23 %} 4
{% else %} 2
{% endif %}"

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returns 4

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:12 AM

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mindblown

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:12 AM

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fuck am I actually this stupid? 😄

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lol

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:12 AM

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Yes, yes you are

jagged obsidian Jun 15, 2020, 8:12 AM

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have you ignored a few grades in math?

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:12 AM

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Are you actually looking for less than or equal to?

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<=

jagged obsidian Jun 15, 2020, 8:12 AM

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maybe you're looking for the following construct temp1 <=22

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if something is < it means less than, so it can't be equal at the same time as being less than

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:13 AM

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basically between 22-23 = 2

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between 23-24 = 3

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and above 24 = 4

jagged obsidian Jun 15, 2020, 8:14 AM

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between it is

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:14 AM

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Then <= for less than or equal to

jagged obsidian Jun 15, 2020, 8:14 AM

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between means not including 23 and 24

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:14 AM

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Also, the logic of what you said doesn't cater for is 24

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        {% if temp1 <= 23.0 %} 2
        {% elif temp1 <= 24.0 %} 3
        {% else %} 4
        {% endif %}
```That matches what you've been saying better than what you're using just now,

little gale Jun 15, 2020, 8:16 AM

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Can values be defined in the template editor?

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:16 AM

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Yes

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        {% set temp1 = 23.4|float %}

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:19 AM

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then basically this should work as I want it to

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{% set temp1 = 22|float %}
{% if temp1 < 23 %} 2
{% elif temp1 < 24 %} 3
{% else %} 4
{% endif %}

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anything below 23 = 2

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anything below 24 = 3

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and anything else 4

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:19 AM

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https://discordapp.com/channels/330944238910963714/672223497736421388/722001487936487434

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:19 AM

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oh, didn't read, sorry

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:20 AM

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Depends on whether you want 23 and below, or below 23

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You've been saying one thing, and doing the other

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:20 AM

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no, below 23, so once I hit 23, it should switch to a higher fan speed

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so <

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and not <=

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:21 AM

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Yes, but that's what you've had and been confused about

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:22 AM

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To say the least.. I wasn't actually understanding what < was doing

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amongst other things....so I've learned a lot from this

arctic sorrel Jun 15, 2020, 8:22 AM

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This, I'm afraid, is basic maths - if you're going to be playing with more templates it might not hurt to refresh yourself on that

muted berry Jun 15, 2020, 8:23 AM

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And I hate math...also sucked at it (as can be seen)

final mulch Jun 15, 2020, 10:03 AM

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Hi together
I've just a short question. I know .. I can solve this with a template sensor as well but may there is an easier way to do that.

I have this line at the moment:
{% set h, t = states('sensor.shelly_shht_1_123456_humidity') | float, states('sensor.shelly_shht_1_123456_temperature') %}

Now I've a new entity which delivers humidity and temperature as attribute (not state).
How can I rewrite this to directly use the attributes of the new entity weather.location?

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If I understand it right, it should be something like this
{% set h, t = state_attr('weather.location', 'humidity') | float, state_attr('weather.location', 'temperature') %}

hot coral Jun 16, 2020, 12:06 AM

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is there a way to skip updating/refreshing a binary sensor if a condition isn't met? or is it always either true / false?

i have data coming from a serial port which looks like this: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/9DqfzvWQ32/

and my binary_sensor templates are set up like shown in the above paste.

basically, if i have an active alarm (let's say smoke, for this example), and another alarm (battery) comes in, the smoke sensor will evaluate as false even though it could still be active because state_attr('sensor.kidde_serial', 'command') != "smoke")

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maybe some kind of 'if' which returns old_state if command != smoke?

hot coral Jun 16, 2020, 1:04 AM

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got it actually i think:

kidde_battery:
  friendly_name: kidde battery
  value_template: >-
    {% if state_attr('sensor.kidde_serial', 'command') == "battery" %}
      {{ state_attr('sensor.kidde_serial', 'active') }}
    {% else %}
      {{ state('binary_sensor.kidde_battery') }}
    {% endif %}

harsh tiger Jun 16, 2020, 12:01 PM

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hey folks, strptime stopped working for me....it outcomes with a string, not with a time value, as I can't do anything else with it, anyone else got some problems?

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{{ as_timestamp(now()) }} works

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{{ as_timestam(strptime("17-03-1993","$d-$m-$Y")) }} results None

arctic sorrel Jun 16, 2020, 12:04 PM

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🤔

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That's correct

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/#time

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Scroll down to strptime and then click the format link

harsh tiger Jun 16, 2020, 12:06 PM

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damn change $ and %...will try now

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there I go....and now I know why it stopped working...made not enought backup from my templateeditor and lost everything before using this formation and did a reconstruct from brain...

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wastet 2h with this 😦

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thank you very much....once again

fallen tulip Jun 16, 2020, 12:17 PM

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Hi

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Got a question for the action part of an antomation

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Can i do that ?

arctic sorrel Jun 16, 2020, 12:17 PM

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action:
    - service: cover.set_cover_position
      data_template:
        entity_id: cover.potager_electrovanne
        position: "{{ states('input_number.valve_1_duration') }}"```

fallen tulip Jun 16, 2020, 12:17 PM

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thanks :

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Yes it's logical

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thanks 🙂

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not working 😦

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The value is well templated

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but.... not taken into account 😦

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seems is not possible to template with position

arctic sorrel Jun 16, 2020, 12:29 PM

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What's the error in the log?

fallen tulip Jun 16, 2020, 12:30 PM

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noting

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I found something in communauty

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‘{{ states.input_slider.cover_position.state | int }}’

arctic sorrel Jun 16, 2020, 12:31 PM

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Yeah, don't use the states...state format

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‘{{ states('input_slider.cover_position') | int }}’

fallen tulip Jun 16, 2020, 12:33 PM

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ok

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still not working 😦

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in direct it's working

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position: 50 for example

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the templating gives me 50 too

silent barnBOT Jun 16, 2020, 12:37 PM

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If you're having problems with your updates to your configuration:

Check the troubleshooting steps
Check your log file - remembering you may need to set logger to info or debug
Explain what the problem you're having is - sharing configuration, errors, and logs

fallen tulip Jun 16, 2020, 12:40 PM

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It's my fault 🙂

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I forgot "data_template:"

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🙂

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Works like a charm 🙂 thanks

queen flicker Jun 16, 2020, 2:54 PM

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Howdy! I want to be able to detect guests via their presence on my wifi. I have a Unifi gateway, so I can see via the attributes what network a device is connected to. The question: is it possible to make a template for a binary sensor which will return true if ANY device_tracker has an essid of Guest and false if none do?

scenic mica Jun 16, 2020, 4:15 PM

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Hey guys ... how can I retrieve only the first 5 characters of an input_select?

hollow bramble Jun 16, 2020, 4:15 PM

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"{{ states('input_select.dvdo_switch')[0:5] }}"

scenic mica Jun 16, 2020, 4:15 PM

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@hollow bramble thank you 🙂

ivory delta Jun 16, 2020, 4:15 PM

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World's quickest answer 😉

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It's almost like he saw it coming.

scenic mica Jun 16, 2020, 4:16 PM

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damn you guys are good!! lol

ivory delta Jun 16, 2020, 4:16 PM

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You were asking the right person and your question was clear. It was just in the wrong place 🙂 Better to keep it here so other people can search for answers in the future.

scenic mica Jun 16, 2020, 4:17 PM

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yeah I understand ... thanks very much for the help!

hollow bramble Jun 16, 2020, 4:17 PM

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the fact that you already had the template setup made it pretty trivial

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I think just [:5] would also work

scenic mica Jun 16, 2020, 4:17 PM

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I'm very new to Home Assistant ... I'm still copying/pasting from the forum, etc. I wasn't even sure that was called a template

hollow bramble Jun 16, 2020, 4:18 PM

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remember to always test templates in the templates dev tool

scenic mica Jun 16, 2020, 4:18 PM

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Also good to know, thanks! I have lots of learning to do....

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Trying to learn MQTT, Node-RED, and Home Assistant at the same time 🙂

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Template works... thanks again guys!

hollow bramble Jun 16, 2020, 4:20 PM

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Come to #node-red-archived if you get stuck on something. That's also one of my areas of semi-expertise

scenic mica Jun 16, 2020, 4:22 PM

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Awesome ... I found a bug in the node-red-node-serialport but dceejay fixed it right away. Seems like an awesome group of people like you guys 🙂

hollow bramble Jun 16, 2020, 4:23 PM

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There's generally not much gatekeeping in home automation. We're all just trying to make things work

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Unless you mention the system on which you are running your home automation services. Then you're likely to get a 🤢 from @wise arrow

arctic sorrel Jun 16, 2020, 4:27 PM

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Only if it's not HP 😛

scenic mica Jun 16, 2020, 4:27 PM

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SuperMicro motherboard with dual Intel Xeon E5-2643 v2

ivory delta Jun 16, 2020, 4:33 PM

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Nah. We've got people running this on everything from a Pi to an entire server farm. It's all good.

arctic sorrel Jun 16, 2020, 4:36 PM

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Some even run on Pi Zeros

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Poor sods

scenic mica Jun 16, 2020, 4:39 PM

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lol

harsh tiger Jun 16, 2020, 5:37 PM

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Hey Mates, i have 4 arrays I set in a sensortemplate. Is there a way to set them globaly as I need them in a few templates. To be clear its a translationarray for days and months names.

arctic sorrel Jun 16, 2020, 5:38 PM

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Store them in an input_text?

harsh tiger Jun 16, 2020, 5:40 PM

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Really???

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Sounds strange but I'll search for it.

ivory delta Jun 16, 2020, 5:54 PM

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The input_x helpers are awesome. Learn them all.

harsh tiger Jun 16, 2020, 5:59 PM

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Doing my very best. Checked out how to split my config right now....will do so now and then i hope that the magic begins soon

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Thanks for your help you both

scenic mica Jun 16, 2020, 7:42 PM

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@hollow bramble @ivory delta the template you helped me create is working great, but the opposite direction isn't working

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my input_select has options such as "HDMI1 (MiSTer)" and "HDMI2 (OSSC)"

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you helped me create the template to only send [0:5] to MQTT so it only sends "HDMI1" or "HDMI2", etc.

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However, how can I read the value from MQTT and select the correct option? a different system changes input and publishes "HDMI1" but I need my input select to select "HDMI1 (MiSTer)"

ivory delta Jun 16, 2020, 7:46 PM

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For that, you'll need a different template 😉 That one's going to be messy.

scenic mica Jun 16, 2020, 7:46 PM

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Yeah, I thought so ... a bunch of if statements?

ivory delta Jun 16, 2020, 7:54 PM

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Yup

scenic mica Jun 16, 2020, 8:04 PM

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ok, thanks a bunch

gaunt peak Jun 17, 2020, 4:28 AM

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Ok really basic question about templating. I'm working on an animation and I figure I'd have a much easier time if I understood templates a little better. I'm working with Input Numbers so I'm reading the docs but how do I put the info under SERVICES into a template to test it?
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/input_number/

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oop, nevermind I just found the services tab

dreamy sinew Jun 17, 2020, 5:23 AM

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Note that the services tab doesn't support templates

peak haven Jun 17, 2020, 8:26 AM

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Hi Guys, is there a way i can show the total power usage of the 24h from yesterday? I do have the current usage but would like to keep an eye on daily usage too

arctic sorrel Jun 17, 2020, 8:33 AM

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Sounds like maybe the history_stats or utility_meter #integrations-archived

lunar osprey Jun 17, 2020, 8:45 AM

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Hello

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is it possible to display a state-label with a text that is made with a template?

arctic sorrel Jun 17, 2020, 8:47 AM

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Not with any stock card. Some custom cards may be able to

peak haven Jun 17, 2020, 8:57 AM

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Thankyou, i will take a look at utility_meter!

harsh tiger Jun 17, 2020, 11:29 AM

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Once again I#m not sure if I'm doing the "right" thing. I have a entity from an custom component (ICS, reading a calendar showing my waste plan) which is configured via integrations (not config.yaml). I have a template reading the next occurence of the event and converting the date in a german readable date. This results in another entity. Can I "extend" the given entity with templates?

arctic sorrel Jun 17, 2020, 11:30 AM

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Extend, no

harsh tiger Jun 17, 2020, 11:31 AM

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check....then I have to stick at 2 Sensors 🙂 Thanks once again saving me hours in search and try and fail 🙂

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Am I right that my "new" Entity replaces the other one? I used a glance card and I can't chose different sensors for one Icon...phaaa...I dunno how to explan it better, sorry

arctic sorrel Jun 17, 2020, 11:43 AM

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No, you can't "replace" entities

harsh tiger Jun 17, 2020, 11:49 AM

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Sorry...I meant that I have 2 entities and need too use one of them.

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My brain is a lil stuck right now... sorry

thorny snow Jun 17, 2020, 12:23 PM

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Is it possible for a rest sensor to attach the complete response as sensor attributes?
I use a value_template to extract the expected value for the sensor.
But I need also the complete response to be able to use it with further templates

west spoke Jun 17, 2020, 12:58 PM

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hi all, I have a script which calls some services, each one using 'data_template'. is it possible to use a variable, but assign it a default value at the top of the script?

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i mean, use the variable in each 'data_template', using the single variable declaration/assignment

charred dagger Jun 17, 2020, 12:59 PM

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Not really. But I've seen workarounds where you store the variable as an attribute to an entity using customize and use state_attr to recall it in templates...

west spoke Jun 17, 2020, 1:00 PM

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oh, thanks @charred dagger - do you have any links/examples you could share please?

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for clarity - my use case is increasing the brightness of a bunch of lights, using some 'step' value

buoyant pine Jun 17, 2020, 1:06 PM

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You could use an input_number for that

charred dagger Jun 17, 2020, 1:10 PM

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I actually found an old overly complicated package I made which uses this

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Here the value of cfe_switch, which is defined in yaml on line 4 is stored as an attribute to an entity https://gist.github.com/thomasloven/654ae5a4d16a75e3b0ad2d7aa8082243#file-coffeemaker-yaml-L44-L46

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And it is loaded into a jinja2 variable here https://gist.github.com/thomasloven/654ae5a4d16a75e3b0ad2d7aa8082243#file-coffeemaker-yaml-L72

west spoke Jun 17, 2020, 1:32 PM

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@buoyant pine @charred dagger using an input_number is exactly what I was just trying 🙂

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it works well; I wasn't familiar with the syntax but a bit of messing around and conversion to int and all good

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one example :

- service: light.turn_on
  entity_id: light.floor_light
  data_template:
    brightness: >
      {% if is_state('light.floor_light', 'on') %}
      {{states.light.floor_light.attributes.brightness + 10}}
      {% else %}
      {{ states.input_number.brightness_step.state | int }}
      {% endif %}

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bonus in that I can modify the step value via the ui

buoyant pine Jun 17, 2020, 1:34 PM

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Oh, there's a brightness_step and brightness_step_pct service data option for light.turn_on

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Oh nvm I see what you're doing here, that wouldn't apply

arctic sorrel Jun 17, 2020, 1:44 PM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/cookbook/dim_and_brighten_lights/ 😉

west spoke Jun 17, 2020, 8:26 PM

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thanks @arctic sorrel

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hi all. I'd like to have a script that will cycle through some states each time it is called. is this do-able?

I'm thinking the last value could be stored in a helper. But to do the cycling I'd possibly need an array-like variable (or a long if/elseif/else statement 🙂 )

silent barnBOT Jun 17, 2020, 8:28 PM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/input_select/

arctic sorrel Jun 17, 2020, 8:28 PM

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You could use one of those, for instance

west spoke Jun 17, 2020, 8:29 PM

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Oh, nice! Thanks @arctic sorrel - let me have a read through that

west spoke Jun 17, 2020, 8:51 PM

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worked a charm, thanks @arctic sorrel !

restive flume Jun 18, 2020, 11:52 AM

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I haven't done this for far too long... where am I going wrong with this?

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{% macro humidex(T, H) %}
{% set t = 7.5*T/(237.7+T) %}
{% set et = 10**t %}
{% set e= 6.112 * et * (H/100) %}
{% set humidex = T+(5/9)*(e-10) %}
{% if humidex < T %}
{% set humidex = T %}
{% endif %}
{{humidex}}
{% endmacro %}
{{ humidex(states('sensor.family_room_temperature'),states('sensor.family_room_humidity')) }}

arctic sorrel Jun 18, 2020, 11:58 AM

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I'd say you're forgetting that states and attributes are strings

restive flume Jun 18, 2020, 11:58 AM

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oh.. yes I am

arctic sorrel Jun 18, 2020, 11:58 AM

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{{ (states('sensor.family_room_temperature'),states('sensor.family_room_humidity')) }}
``` should make that pretty clear

restive flume Jun 18, 2020, 12:04 PM

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{% macro humidex(T, H) %}
{% set t = 7.5*T/(237.7+T) %}
{% set et = 10**t %}
{% set e= 6.112 * et * (H/100) %}
{% set humidex = T+(5/9)*(e-10) %}
{% if humidex < T %}
{% set humidex = T %}
{% endif %}
{{ '%0.1f' % humidex }}
{% endmacro %}
{{ humidex(states('sensor.family_room_temperature')|float, states('sensor.family_room_humidity')|float) }}

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there we go.. much better

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hmm.. it would be nice if you could jump to customize from the settings on an entity.. I find myself wanting to do that pretty often

jagged obsidian Jun 18, 2020, 12:08 PM

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New Tab is a feature in most browsers

restive flume Jun 18, 2020, 12:09 PM

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it won't jump there.. you still have to navigate through multiple menus

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it's not possible to customise a template sensor? I can't find it in the list

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it's probably just the integration...

worn nova Jun 18, 2020, 5:02 PM

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How would I change the below to show the friendly state?

data:
  message: '{{ states(''alarm_control_panel.area_1'')|title }}'
  title: House Alarm
service: notify.all_devices

ivory delta Jun 18, 2020, 5:07 PM

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First of all, format your posts

silent barnBOT Jun 18, 2020, 5:08 PM

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ivory delta Jun 18, 2020, 5:08 PM

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Make sure to include the proper indentation. What you've posted won't work, for several reasons.

worn nova Jun 18, 2020, 11:29 PM

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Make sure to include the proper indentation. What you've posted won't work, for several reasons.
@ivory delta I have edited my post, it does work but and shows the state, id just like it to show the friendly state instead

chrome temple Jun 19, 2020, 5:57 PM

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@worn nova what exactly do you mean by "friendly state"? Do you mean what's shown in the frontend? If so, I don't think that information is available there, since that's a, well, frontend thing.

coarse tiger Jun 20, 2020, 12:26 AM

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i have a power meter which sums up consumptions from different devices in a template.
the resulting value fluctuates a lot, how can I make an average out of that for the past x minutes?

narrow ginkgo Jun 20, 2020, 12:28 AM

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@coarse tiger use the statistics sensor

silent barnBOT Jun 20, 2020, 12:29 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/statistics/

worn nova Jun 20, 2020, 1:31 AM

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@chrome temple yes, I want the notification to show "Armed" or "Armed Away" currently it shows "Armed_away" or is that not possible?

inner mesa Jun 20, 2020, 1:34 AM

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Depends on what’s displaying it. Any custom card that supports templating can do that. Or you could create a template sensor

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The latter is the traditional way to report a different state name

chrome temple Jun 20, 2020, 3:56 AM

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@worn nova how about message: "{{ states('alarm_control_panel.area_1')|replace('_', ' ')|title }}"

coarse tiger Jun 20, 2020, 9:07 AM

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why is my 'stromverbrauch_median' sometimes unknown ?
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/8zVWk9f5c5/

ivory delta Jun 20, 2020, 9:52 AM

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Probably because there's been no stats in the last two minutes. You have max_age set to 2 minutes.

coarse tiger Jun 20, 2020, 10:06 AM

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oh, i mixed the meaning of max_age and sampling_size up, thx

granite steppe Jun 20, 2020, 11:24 AM

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I've created a switch template for the unifi add-on controller. Aiming to expose this to HomeKit so i can ask Siri (via homepod) to turn it on / off when necessary. It works turning it on but anyone know what i do for the value_template so it can report its state correctly?

thorny snow Jun 20, 2020, 1:58 PM

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hi. have a problem with a binarysensor template who never change states...

- platform: template
  sensors:
    coffeemaschine_usage:
      value_template: "{{ states('sensor.coffeplug_power') | float > 200 }}"
      delay_on: '00:00:30'

plan is: if sensor.coffeeplug_power is higher as 200Watt for more than 30Sec turn coffeemaschine_usage to on. but never happens... whats wrong?

coarse tiger Jun 20, 2020, 2:11 PM

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you cannot use a template for that, you need a automation with that value_template @thorny snow

thorny snow Jun 20, 2020, 2:23 PM

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i use similar with 2 phonechargerplugs - works perfect. what i really wanna do is to prevent my coffeemaschine for beeing turned of (by automation) while its pooring coffee. if its pooring it needs more than 200W and longer than 30secs. i solved it by this template + an automation. is there a better way to solf this problem?

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if its not pooring it may happen that it reheat - so more than 200W but most of the time not longer as 10secs.

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therefor my thinking: if > 200W > 30sec =pooring - dont turn of

tidal heart Jun 20, 2020, 4:49 PM

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Did this channel just got removed? For some reason when I'm in it it shows up under "Support" but as soon I'm clicking out out of it it get's removed from the list ponder

arctic sorrel Jun 20, 2020, 4:50 PM

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No

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You've found a not-very-hidden feature of Discord

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v SUPPORT is the Support section being "open"
> SUPPORT is it collapsed - so that channels without unread messages don't show

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Also, if it was removed... how would you be able to post here 🤔

tidal heart Jun 20, 2020, 4:52 PM

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TIL! Never noticed that before

arctic sorrel Jun 20, 2020, 4:53 PM

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Nobody does, until they find channels missing and panic... 🤣

inner mesa Jun 20, 2020, 4:53 PM

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It’s a great feature

tidal heart Jun 20, 2020, 4:54 PM

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It is, if you know about it hehe

ivory delta Jun 20, 2020, 4:54 PM

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Even better... you can mute channels too 😉

inner mesa Jun 20, 2020, 4:54 PM

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But then you have to actually hide them. It’s two steps for something that should be one

tidal heart Jun 20, 2020, 4:56 PM

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Okay, with that sorted I'm struggling with figuring out how to use nested attributes in a template. So I got this https://hastebin.com/qeqaluyiho.coffeescript and want to be able to pick from the last_checkpoint "layer". I've managed to get the first layer with the likes of {{ state_attr('sensor.aftership', 'trackings',)[1].name }} but the that second layer?

arctic sorrel Jun 20, 2020, 4:59 PM

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{{ state_attr('sensor.aftership', 'trackings')[1].last_checkpoint.location }}

tidal heart Jun 20, 2020, 5:00 PM

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Thanks a bunch!

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Now I see what I did wrong... was trying to do this {{ state_attr('sensor.aftership', 'trackings')[1].last_checkpoint.[1].location }} 🤦‍♂️

buoyant pine Jun 20, 2020, 8:43 PM

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@ivory delta even even better, you can hide muted channels

bleak cipher Jun 20, 2020, 9:11 PM

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What would a value template look like if I wanted to have a value displayed in minutes if it is under one hour, and if it is over one hour, have it be displayed as something like 1 hour, 12 min? I don't think relative_time will work; the HA docs say that will only return the largest unit. TIA, pls @ me

stone lintel Jun 20, 2020, 9:59 PM

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Does anyone know what the attribute would be for a template sensor showing what the current weather is? I.e sunny, cloudy etc so that I can use in a template sensor? This is using the Met.no weather integration

inner mesa Jun 20, 2020, 10:04 PM

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it's the state for my weather.home entity

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currently 'partlycloudy'

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can confirm

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Just look at devtools ->States

stone lintel Jun 20, 2020, 10:06 PM

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Thanks!

thorny snow Jun 21, 2020, 4:33 AM

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hello, surely obvious but i couldn't find answer, how could i set horizontal-stack to take the entire screen ? within lovelace-ui (dynamique mode) i tried to add sytle : width: 100% with no effect my horizontal-stack still stay as a element like the other one - thanks

buoyant pine Jun 21, 2020, 4:35 AM

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#frontend-archived

rigid coral Jun 21, 2020, 5:03 AM

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Needing some guidance. Using the restful I am trying to pull into a sensor the price from the following.

silent barnBOT Jun 21, 2020, 5:03 AM

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@rigid coral posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/8yQXFjRpt2/

rigid coral Jun 21, 2020, 5:04 AM

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Nevermind

buoyant pine Jun 21, 2020, 5:15 AM

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...as in you figured it out?

rigid coral Jun 21, 2020, 5:19 AM

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yes

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Its sad but i game I play has some open api links. So i created a few home automations to give me updates when im away

buoyant pine Jun 21, 2020, 5:22 AM

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Hey, you do you

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Also keep an eye on the line limit in the future

rigid coral Jun 21, 2020, 5:22 AM

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yea my mistake

merry ravine Jun 21, 2020, 5:33 AM

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can someone help me with a template, i want it to return true if the time of day is between 545a and 615a

dreamy sinew Jun 21, 2020, 5:33 AM

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Need to create a time sensor and compare against it

merry ravine Jun 21, 2020, 5:36 AM

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can you elaborate? i have another template that compares time without a time sensor, but i dont care about the minutes so its an easy comparison {{ now().hour < 23 and now().hour > 12 }}

dreamy sinew Jun 21, 2020, 5:36 AM

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That won't work because it will never update

merry ravine Jun 21, 2020, 5:36 AM

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it does work :/

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guess cuz i'm using the built in time sensor?

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entity_id: sensor.time

dreamy sinew Jun 21, 2020, 5:37 AM

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If you are using that sensor you are fine

merry ravine Jun 21, 2020, 5:38 AM

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i just thought there might be an easier way to do what i was wanting than checking that the ((hour = 5 and min >= 45) or (hour = 6 and min <= 15))

dreamy sinew Jun 21, 2020, 5:41 AM

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{{ '05:45' < states('sensor.time').strftime('whatever it is) < '06:15' }}

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Something like that

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Or you could use now().strftime()

merry ravine Jun 21, 2020, 5:42 AM

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what is 'whatever it is'?

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format string?

dreamy sinew Jun 21, 2020, 5:44 AM

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https://strftime.org/

Python strftime reference

A quick reference for Python's strftime formatting directives.

merry ravine Jun 21, 2020, 5:44 AM

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yea, sorry, new to python and jinja...thanks..i think this does it..testing now with ```{{ '00:45' < now().strftime('%H:%M') < '00:46' }}

dreamy sinew Jun 21, 2020, 5:45 AM

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That will get it for between those times. Might want to do <= etc

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Depending on what you want

merry ravine Jun 21, 2020, 5:45 AM

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yea

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thanks, that is much cleaner and easier to read

hollow river Jun 21, 2020, 2:01 PM

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Hey guys
I'm a bit stuck
I'm trying to make my own input_datetime changer using custom button cards
I'm struggling to get the statement correct for input_datetime to accept it
Error I'm getting: Invalid time specified: 12:"{{14}}":00 for dictionary value @ data['time']
I'm just starting at the basics to get input_datetime to accept the template before I carry on as the problem is I'm not giving it in the right format

hollow river Jun 21, 2020, 3:23 PM

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Examples of what I have tried:
time: '10:11:00' works
time: "{{00}}:00:00" doesn't work
time: '1:1:1' works

       {{ now().timestamp() | timestamp_custom("%H:%M:%S", true) }}```  example from https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/input_datetime/ doesn't work
`time: "{{ now().strftime('%H:%M:%S') }}"` from the page above also doesn't work

ivory delta Jun 21, 2020, 3:30 PM

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You're using button-card?

arctic sorrel Jun 21, 2020, 3:31 PM

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Cards generally don't support templates

hollow river Jun 21, 2020, 3:33 PM

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yes custom button card

ivory delta Jun 21, 2020, 3:37 PM

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That card requires a different style of templates: https://github.com/custom-cards/button-card#javascript-templates

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It's not HA templates, so you're probably better off asking for help in #frontend-archived since it's specific to a card.

hollow river Jun 21, 2020, 3:39 PM

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I actually used the JS to determine the name for the card😵 💩
Thanks mono
will try with JS

hollow river Jun 21, 2020, 6:06 PM

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thanks @ivory delta for the reminder!
Got my card going ==> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/RYDZGPyCdK/
Just need to make it look nice

mighty ledge Jun 21, 2020, 7:25 PM

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@hollow river you can make that generic so it works with any input datetime.

hollow river Jun 21, 2020, 7:27 PM

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Should I just make the input_datetime a variable?
Or did I miss something on how to use entity in the button card?
Thanks for taking a look @mighty ledge

fierce hornet Jun 21, 2020, 10:49 PM

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I'm trying to use a template within the data of a service call but cant seem to get it working. Would someone be able to help me?

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I'm using Assistant Relay to send messages from HA to my google home speakers. But I want to include the state of a specific sensor. When using developer tools I can add command: This line will be broadcasted to google home speakers as service data to the service that broadcasts. How can I template in this?

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Nevermind... Just had to use data_template: instead of data: 🤦‍♂️

mighty ledge Jun 21, 2020, 11:44 PM

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@hollow river the the entity gets passed through the entity field. So inside js all you need to use is entity.state to get the state

hollow river Jun 22, 2020, 11:30 AM

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Thanks a million for the tip @mighty ledge!
Looks a lot better and much quicker to apply to other rooms!
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/HtFcPG9szJ/

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:17 PM

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hey, any one can help me? I need to print value_json.20

{% set value_json = '{"20":true,"21":"colour","26":0}'|from_json
%}

stringified object: {{ value_json.20 }}

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this give me:

Imitate available variables:


stringified object:

hollow bramble Jun 22, 2020, 9:18 PM

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value_json['20']

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:18 PM

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thanks 😉

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But i still have problem with getting state from my mqtt device... This is my code and logs: https://pastebin.com/d6XQGtir

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My device is ON when mqtt send: 20: true

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:25 PM

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your state_template is wrong

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move what you have in value_template into state_template

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:25 PM

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i try this, but without any changes

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HA after turn on device, stil thinks that is turn off.

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:27 PM

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then your statement doesn't match the mqtt payload

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:28 PM

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should match:

2020-06-22 23:26:14 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mqtt] Transmitting message on tuya/ver3.3/bf24dd734a72585e44yw96/cf6b639ab2ef6a3b/192.168.123.54/command: { "multiple": true, "data": { 
  "20": true,
  "21": "colour",
  "26": 0} }
2020-06-22 23:26:15 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mqtt] Received message on tuya/bf24dd734a72585e44yw96/cf6b639ab2ef6a3b/192.168.123.54/dps: b'{"20":true}'
2020-06-22 23:26:15 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mqtt] Received message on tuya/bf24dd734a72585e44yw96/cf6b639ab2ef6a3b/192.168.123.54/dps: b'{"20":true}'
2020-06-22 23:26:16 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mqtt] Received message on tuya/bf24dd734a72585e44yw96/cf6b639ab2ef6a3b/192.168.123.54/dps: b'{"101":"QgAAAAGsJgEABwQh"}'

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:28 PM

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but you have messages without "20" on the same topic

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:29 PM

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so, you thinks that last message change state to off?

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:29 PM

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i don't think, i know

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your statement makes it so

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:31 PM

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i change IF to if not value_json['20'] but this still dont help. Do you know better way?

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{% if not value_json['20'] %}off{% else %}on{% endif %}

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:32 PM

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that's just the same statement written differently

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you need to grab last known state of the device from HA in case the message sent to the watched topic doesn't contain "20"

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:33 PM

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is special option for this?

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:33 PM

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special option?

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:34 PM

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optimistic ?

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:34 PM

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you're not understanding what is happening with your current statement

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it says if there is value with key 20 make the device on, if not make it off

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:35 PM

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yes

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:35 PM

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so whenever, f.e. "101" is received it makes your device off since 101 != 20

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:35 PM

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no

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:35 PM

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ok, good luck then

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:36 PM

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maybe this? {% if '20' in value_json %} ?

hollow bramble Jun 22, 2020, 9:38 PM

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@jagged obsidian that's not what the if statement is doing. it's if value_json['20'] equates to true

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{% if value_json['20'] == true %} would be redundant

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:39 PM

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and i said what?

hollow bramble Jun 22, 2020, 9:39 PM

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if there is value with key 20 make the device on, if not make it off

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:39 PM

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and that is not true why?

hollow bramble Jun 22, 2020, 9:40 PM

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Because it's evaluating the value of value_json['20'] not just whether it exists

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:40 PM

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this works:

    state_template: >-
      {% if value_json['20'] is defined %}
        {% if value_json['20'] %}
        on
        {% else %}
        off
        {% endif %}
      {% else %}
        {{ states('mqtt_led_schody_gora') }}
      {% endif %}

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:41 PM

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if it doesn't exist it will throw an error in logs anyway

mighty ledge Jun 22, 2020, 9:41 PM

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no

hollow bramble Jun 22, 2020, 9:41 PM

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it would equate to false

mighty ledge Jun 22, 2020, 9:41 PM

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yup

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@quiet kite that looks good.

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you can shorten it a bit

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:42 PM

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his statement said if value_json has a key "20" make it on, in all other cases make it off

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:42 PM

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but now i dont know how to add control to set color and brightness.. When i add ``` brightness: true
rgb: true

mighty ledge Jun 22, 2020, 9:42 PM

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      {% if value_json['20'] is defined %}
        {{ 'on' if value_json['20'] else 'off' }}
      {% else %}
        {{ states('mqtt_led_schody_gora') }}
      {% endif %}

hollow bramble Jun 22, 2020, 9:42 PM

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no, that's not what it's doing

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:43 PM

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for template schema you need to define brightness value and rgb value

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the true flags are for json schema

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:43 PM

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@mighty ledge: is possible to change string "mqtt_led_schody_gora" for any variable with current name?

hollow bramble Jun 22, 2020, 9:43 PM

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if value_json['20'] is equal to false then if value_json['20'] would return false

mighty ledge Jun 22, 2020, 9:44 PM

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@quiet kite I don't follow the question

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@jagged obsidian it's not python and it's not json.

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it's a dictionary in jinja

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and jinja's rules for existence are different.

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 9:45 PM

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i'm explaining to wmp that he's looking at wrong mqtt.light setup pertaining to the config he posted first

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:48 PM

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how can i get brightness state from HA memory, when mqtt dont send me current?

mighty ledge Jun 22, 2020, 9:49 PM

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pull it from the state machine state_attr('xxx.xxx', 'brightness')

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:49 PM

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thanks

mighty ledge Jun 22, 2020, 9:49 PM

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if the light is off, that attribute may not exist

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:49 PM

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when i add brightness support, i have problem with state...

2020-06-22 23:49:06 DEBUG (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mqtt] Received message on tuya/bf24dd734a72585e44yw96/cf6b639ab2ef6a3b/192.168.123.54/dps: b'{"22":255}'
2020-06-22 23:49:06 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.mqtt.light.schema_template] Invalid state value received

mighty ledge Jun 22, 2020, 9:50 PM

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lol, just noticed {{ states('mqtt_led_schody_gora') }} you don't have a full entity_id here.

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needs to be domain.object_id

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so, if thats a light, i would expect the entity_id to be light.mqtt_led_schody_gora

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 9:51 PM

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ahhh, thanks!

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this is my first device

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my LED controller set RGBW as: 00b7035c0064, i thinks this is R: 00b7 G: 035c B: 0064. This can be true?

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 10:00 PM

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make it so its red only to 100% and then repeate for G, B and W and you'll know

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 10:01 PM

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true

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how can i split this json value: "24": "00b7035c0064" to 4 bits?

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 10:02 PM

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here's my experience with tuya led color: 14 char value in hex (can define only RGB and send HSV value as max: RRGGBBffff6464)

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but that's RGB only

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 10:03 PM

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so i have: RRGGBBWWCWHV

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and i have connected RGBWW led

jagged obsidian Jun 22, 2020, 10:03 PM

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here's how i dealt with it {{ (value_json['TuyaReceived'].Type3Data[0:2]|int(base=16),value_json['TuyaReceived'].Type3Data[2:4]|int(base=16),value_json['TuyaReceived'].Type3Data[4:6]|int(base=16)) | join(',')}}

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change ['TuyaReceived'].Type3Data to your key

quiet kite Jun 22, 2020, 10:04 PM

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thanks

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ok, i must fix set color... thanks for all, bye!

wraith shell Jun 23, 2020, 1:24 AM

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Hi guys, need advice, I'm trying to set a random range in the attribute 'zones' from the lifx.set_state servive. Documentation says it should look something like '[12,13,14,15]'. Tried this template and won't work even though under dev tools it prints it ok

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zones: > {% set t = range(3,20)|random%}
{% set y = range(0,49)|random%}
{% set i = range(y,t+y)%}
{% for i in i %}
{%- if loop.first %}
[{{i}},
{%- elif loop.last-%}
{{i}}]
{%- else -%}
{{i}},
{%- endif -%}
{%- endfor -%}

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sorry, I pasted it wrong: ```

buoyant pine Jun 23, 2020, 1:25 AM

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Templates always return a string even if it looks like a list or another data type

wraith shell Jun 23, 2020, 1:26 AM

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that explains the 'expected int error' I guess

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you mean it can't be done?

dreamy sinew Jun 23, 2020, 1:28 AM

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I'm not even sure what you're trying to do

wraith shell Jun 23, 2020, 1:29 AM

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I want the attribute zones to be random

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first time I call it [1,2,3,4,5] for example, next time I call the service [30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38] for example

dreamy sinew Jun 23, 2020, 1:31 AM

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{{ range(y,t+y)|list|tojson() }}

buoyant pine Jun 23, 2020, 1:34 AM

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Output is still a string though

dreamy sinew Jun 23, 2020, 1:34 AM

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But jsonified at least

wraith shell Jun 23, 2020, 1:37 AM

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yep, still the 'expected int' error

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it can't be done then?

buoyant pine Jun 23, 2020, 1:43 AM

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You could make it a fixed length list with templates in each of the list items

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zones:
- {{ }}
- {{ }}
- {{ }}

wraith shell Jun 23, 2020, 1:43 AM

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yeah I know but fixes length is something I don't want 🙂

buoyant pine Jun 23, 2020, 1:44 AM

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SOL then unfortunately

wraith shell Jun 23, 2020, 1:45 AM

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thanks anyways

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 1:47 AM

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What's the easiest way using templates to convert last_changed to local TZ?

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And is it dangerous to self-reference templated sensor? I want to add a attribute to the same sensor where I'd be pulling the last_changed from (for easy AppDaemon access).

mighty ledge Jun 23, 2020, 2:00 AM

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@hexed galleon as_timestamp(states.switch.foo.last_changed) | timestamp_local. Also, you can self reference all you want. Just realize that it will be the result prior to the current change. I.e. if a sensor updates and you reference itself, the result is prior to the update.

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Also, why even do any of this when you can just use appdaemon to do it

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 2:03 AM

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Because I can't actually work out how to resolve an iteration to a function call in AD. Probably a pretty simple Python thing, but I'm still new to coding.

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This is where I got to in AD:

            "Washing Machine": "binary_sensor.washing_machine",
            "Dishwasher": "binary_sensor.dishwasher",
            "Vacuum": "binary_sensor.vacuum"
        }

        for k,e in entityMap.items():
            strTest = f"self.entities.{e}.last_changed"
            self.log(self.convert_utc(strTest).timestamp())```

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Can't reference e directly inline with self.entities.e.last_changed, so thought I'd try and resolve via string, but that doesn't end up using the actual self object.

mighty ledge Jun 23, 2020, 2:07 AM

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you could just get the state state = self.get_state(entity_id=e)

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and what you have there doesn't really make sense

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you're formatting a string, then sending the string and having it convert to utc?

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but the string is the name of the entity and you add self to it. I donno, that's just all over the place

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Do you understand the difference between a string and a object?

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Well anyways, I suggest you take a basic python tutorial. Make sure to touch base on Classes, it will describe what self means. But you really need to understand the difference between a string and an object. Without that knowledge, you'll have a bad time. This line here tells me that you don't understand that difference. strTest = f"self.entities.{e}.last_changed"

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 2:15 AM

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I do understand, I just wanted to know how to parse the e object so that it could be used inline. And using self.get_state() returns the state, when I need the last_changed, which isn't actually a normal attribute, so couldn't use the attribute= arg for get_state().

mighty ledge Jun 23, 2020, 2:16 AM

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E isn’t an object tho, it’s a string

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And then you’re using format and placing it in another string

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 2:17 AM

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Sorry, yes - I tried that way because I couldn't use self.entities.e.last_changed as it wouldn't parse e, instead referencing it.

mighty ledge Jun 23, 2020, 2:17 AM

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If you want the full state you need to use attributes=‘all’ as an argument for get_state

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 2:18 AM

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Ohh, didn't realise that would also return the hidden/system attributes. That is likely the solution then! Thanks.

mighty ledge Jun 23, 2020, 2:18 AM

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Also, entities is a dictionary

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self.entities.get(e)

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 2:19 AM

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Oh, well now I feel even dumber. Didn't realise there was a simple get function that I could assign to a variable >_>

mighty ledge Jun 23, 2020, 2:20 AM

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That’s why you should take a basic python tutorial

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 2:20 AM

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Lots of learning today! Thanks again 🙂

mighty ledge Jun 23, 2020, 2:20 AM

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It covers uses of dictionaries, lists, classes

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 2:21 AM

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That stuff is AD-specific though, right? I understand dicts/lists. Just didn't realise there was a .get function, and didn't know that AD would return all the attributes (even system ones that are generally harder to find in HA).

mighty ledge Jun 23, 2020, 2:21 AM

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Nope, not AD specific

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.get is on dictionaries

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 2:22 AM

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Ohh, great tip then! Will help a lot.

mighty ledge Jun 23, 2020, 2:22 AM

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The function call get_state is AD specific

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Everything under self. is AD specific

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self is the class you’re inside, and it’s the appdaemon main class

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 2:23 AM

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Yeah, worked that out a while ago. Helped with variable scope to understand that.

mighty ledge Jun 23, 2020, 2:24 AM

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Right but that doesn’t mean an object under AD has all AD specific methods

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Er, functions. Python lingo

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 2:26 AM

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Yeah, makes sense. Thanks again for all your help. Much clearer now!

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 4:13 AM

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Why would the last_changed attribute of a template sensor be reporting the last reboot time of HA? Is it because the device/template referenced in the value is momentarily unavailable at startup?

dreamy sinew Jun 23, 2020, 4:15 AM

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Something like that

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 4:16 AM

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What about for an input_boolean then? Seems illogical to have that "changed" to the same state it was before restart.

dreamy sinew Jun 23, 2020, 4:18 AM

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Because at startup it has no state until it is restored from the db or defaulted via initial:

hexed galleon Jun 23, 2020, 4:19 AM

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Rough 😦 So the only real way you can persist a true last_changed would be to write it as a timestamp to an input_number or as a string to a input_text then?

dreamy sinew Jun 23, 2020, 4:20 AM

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Something like that

restive flume Jun 23, 2020, 9:08 AM

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is it possible to pass an entity to a macro and then have its stage read inside the macro?

mighty ledge Jun 23, 2020, 9:36 AM

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@hexed galleon with appdaemon, you can store date times using json and dump it to a file and restore on startup

viscid junco Jun 23, 2020, 5:49 PM

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Not sure if this is the right channel or not, but I am wondering if there is a way to assign an area to a light template entitiy?

arctic sorrel Jun 23, 2020, 5:53 PM

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No

hollow bramble Jun 23, 2020, 5:54 PM

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Areas are currently very limited

viscid junco Jun 23, 2020, 5:55 PM

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ok, do we know if there is a plan to add that functionality in the future?

hollow bramble Jun 23, 2020, 5:59 PM

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When they were first introduced balloob was saying they were effectively going to replace groups for entity control, allowing control of multiple entities as one without the overhead of tracking states like groups. That was over a year ago, and to my knowledge they haven't changed much since then. They seem to still be directly tied to "devices"

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I don't know what the plan for them is moving forward, but I wouldn't expect much anytime soon

viscid junco Jun 23, 2020, 6:01 PM

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oh ok, I was trying to clean up my HA config... but I can use regular groups instead of areas. thank you for your help.

solemn dirge Jun 23, 2020, 7:13 PM

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I'm having trouble getting the brightness_pct of a lamp. brightness seems to work but with brightness_pct I always get 0

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Any idea why?

dreamy sinew Jun 23, 2020, 7:18 PM

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brightness_pct is not an attribute

solemn dirge Jun 23, 2020, 7:19 PM

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Oh, that explains a lot. Thanks.

buoyant pine Jun 23, 2020, 7:55 PM

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@solemn dirge you could get the brightness_pct equivalent by dividing the brightness by 2.55

autumn inlet Jun 23, 2020, 9:09 PM

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Hey All not sure if this the correct area... I am trying to track how long a scene been on for I have three Day night and Evening, an Automation will kick each one off. I wanted to track them via a sensor or something like this. any help would be great

inner mesa Jun 23, 2020, 9:11 PM

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scenes don't ever turn "off", so it's not clear what the endpoint would be

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seems like that's key to solving the problem

autumn inlet Jun 23, 2020, 9:14 PM

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Technically mine do 😉 ( turn off some lights etc.. ) I was just going to try and track when the house goes from each mod. Maybe I have to achive this in a different way

ivory delta Jun 23, 2020, 9:14 PM

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Set an input_datetime at the same time you activate a scene, then use that to determine the time that's passed.

autumn inlet Jun 23, 2020, 9:16 PM

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@inner mesa @ivory delta cheers for you input tho 🙂

inner mesa Jun 23, 2020, 9:16 PM

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right, and then trigger on whatever your "off" event is, activating a new scene, turning some lights off to modify the "scene", or whatever, and do the math

green wasp Jun 24, 2020, 1:02 PM

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Looks like {{states.sensor.fpl_1034853430.attributes.details[0].date}} gets me the first result, which is great, but without having a total of results first, is there a way to get the last value instead of setting a key?

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ok, so looks like {{states.sensor.fpl_1034853430.attributes.details|last}} will allow me to get the last group

dreamy sinew Jun 24, 2020, 2:26 PM

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[-1]

wraith shell Jun 25, 2020, 5:11 AM

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Hi guys, I'm having issues with a template, dunno why

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trying to run a Plex playlist through a template

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      media_content_id: >
        {% if is_state('input_select.party_scenes_verano', 'Modo Energizing Verano')%}
          {"playlist_name": "Energizing"}
        {% elif is_state('input_select.party_scenes_verano', 'Modo Intense Verano')%}
          {"playlist_name": "Intense"}
        {% elif is_state('input_select.party_scenes_verano', 'Modo Hoguera Verano')%}
          {"playlist_name": "Hoguera"}
        {% elif is_state('input_select.party_scenes_verano', 'Modo Tibet Verano')%}
          {"playlist_name": "Tibetan"}
        {% elif is_state('input_select.party_scenes_verano', 'Modo Lucy Verano')%}
          {"playlist_name": "Lucy"}
        {% elif is_state('input_select.party_scenes_verano', 'Modo Final Fantasy IX Verano')%}
          {"playlist_name": "Final Fantasy IX"}
        {% endif %}

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gives this error: Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 2 (char 1)

dreamy sinew Jun 25, 2020, 5:15 AM

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.share the full thing

silent barnBOT Jun 25, 2020, 5:15 AM

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Please use https://paste.ubuntu.com/ or https://www.hastebin.com/ to share code or logs.

wraith shell Jun 25, 2020, 5:16 AM

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it's a play_media service

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that's what creating problems

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I've been able to run that very same service when just calling a single playlist

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the service yielded the very same error when I single quoted every playlist_name line

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wow, apparently I solved it by mere luck, I just changed every line with this {{ '{"playlist_name": "Energizing"}' }} istead of this '{"playlist_name": "Energizing"}'

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thanks anyways

open snow Jun 25, 2020, 12:44 PM

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    doors_open_count:
      friendly_name: Doors Open Count
      entity_id: 
        - binary_sensor.door_down_patio
        - binary_sensor.door_up_deck
      value_template: >-
{{ states.binary_sensor | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') | selectattr('attributes.device_class', 'eq', 'door') | list | count }}

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just want to confirm something - a template sensor like that written above will always return a string, correct?

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 12:46 PM

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Technically a template always returns a string

open snow Jun 25, 2020, 12:47 PM

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but even if I appended " | float" to the end of the value_template, home assistant would not consider the result a number?

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I'm trying to do math with the result of this value_template and it keeps failing, so I'm trying to confirm that this is the issue

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 12:48 PM

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In your maths, ensure you're filtering the entity state into some form of number

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You have to do that with any entity state anyway

open snow Jun 25, 2020, 12:50 PM

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I'm doing this in node red, so this may be better posted there, but when I try to use the Wait Until node and compare the result of that template sensor to 0, it does not work

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 12:56 PM

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Then yes, #node-red-archived would be where to ask

open snow Jun 25, 2020, 1:16 PM

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so using " | float" and having it display as XX.X in the Dev Tools doesn't necessarily mean HA considers it a number, if it comes from a Template Sensor with the following value template, it's still a string that needs to be converted

{{ states.binary_sensor | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') | selectattr('attributes.device_class', 'eq', 'door') | list | count | float }}

open snow Jun 25, 2020, 1:43 PM

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thanks for the help @arctic sorrel. I just made another template sensor dependent on the other but this one returned true/false which let me do a string comparison in node red

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 4:14 PM

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Hey guys, I need help in creating a command line sensor to extract bytes from this JSON data
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/fzJwRM3pcK/

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 4:15 PM

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Upload, download, or ...?

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 4:16 PM

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Both

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 4:17 PM

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Both added, both separately, both both?

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wail

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 4:17 PM

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Whichever you think is optimum

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 4:17 PM

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FFS

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 4:17 PM

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Ultimately I want to convert the value to Mb/s

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 4:17 PM

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If you don't even know what you want, why are you asking for help?

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{{ THING.download.bytes }}
{{ THING.upload.bytes }}

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Replace THING with the relevant context

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 4:19 PM

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didn't get that

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Is that supposed to be the value template?

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 4:20 PM

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You said I should provide you with whatever I wanted, so I did

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It's unlikely to be terribly useful

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 4:20 PM

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Could you be any less rude?

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 4:20 PM

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Yes

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I asked what you wanted, and you basically shrugged

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Why should I help you if you can't be bothered to decide what you want

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 4:22 PM

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Alright, I will rephrase. I want the values (bytes) extracted and converted to Mb/s in a single command line sensor

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 4:23 PM

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Do you want one for upload and one for download? Do you want a combined total? What do you want?

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 4:23 PM

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The former, but the command should only be run once

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 4:25 PM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/sensor.command_line/#usage-of-json-attributes-in-command-output

value_template: "{{ value_json.download.bytes|int + value_json.upload.bytes }}"
``` probably

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 4:32 PM

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That does not add the two values?

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 4:32 PM

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It probably needs an |int after the second

dreamy sinew Jun 25, 2020, 4:34 PM

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yup, otherwise string math

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 4:37 PM

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The values are simply getting added
"{{ ((value_json.download.bytes|float/1048576)|round(1))|int + ((value_json.upload.bytes|float/1048576)|round(1))|int }}"

inner mesa Jun 25, 2020, 4:38 PM

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kinda seems like you have everything you need to solve this, though

arctic sorrel Jun 25, 2020, 4:38 PM

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You keep posting asking for complete solutions, you've already got all the parts you need to solve these yourselves

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 4:39 PM

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Yes I am close but not there, yet

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 5:54 PM

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What should a value template look like to extract latency from here?
entity - sensor.speedtest_net_download

upload:
  bandwidth: 11690788
  bytes: 42436536
  elapsed: 3628
ping:
  jitter: 0.735
  latency: 1.957
unit_of_measurement: Mb/s
friendly_name: Speedtest.net Download
icon: 'mdi:speedometer'

ivory delta Jun 25, 2020, 6:04 PM

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Plenty of examples here: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/#states
What have you tried so far?

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 6:06 PM

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I have tried this:
{{ state_attr('sensor.speedtest_download','ping').latency }}

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This seems to work but should not be used as per docs??
{{ states.sensor.speedtest_net_download.attributes["ping"]["latency"] }}

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Plenty of examples here: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/#states
What have you tried so far?
Can't find anything here for nested attributes

Been following from here
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/rest/#fetch-multiple-json-values-and-present-them-as-attributes

ivory delta Jun 25, 2020, 6:07 PM

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And why does it say it shouldn't be used?

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 6:07 PM

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Avoid using states.sensor.temperature.state, instead use states('sensor.temperature'). It is strongly advised to use the states(), is_state(), state_attr() and is_state_attr() as much as possible, to avoid errors and error message when the entity isn’t ready yet (e.g., during Home Assistant startup).

hollow bramble Jun 25, 2020, 6:08 PM

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Did you try {{ state_attr('sensor.speedtest_download','ping')['latency'] }}

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 6:08 PM

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Just did, doesn't work

ivory delta Jun 25, 2020, 6:09 PM

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That format definitely works. I get a value back for a template in my HA ({{ state_attr('sensor.sonarr_upcoming_media','data')[1].airdate }})

hollow bramble Jun 25, 2020, 6:09 PM

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What comes up with just state_attr('sensor.speedtest_download','ping')

ivory delta Jun 25, 2020, 6:09 PM

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Quotes 😄

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Are you testing this in devtools > Templates?

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 6:10 PM

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Yes

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What comes up with just state_attr('sensor.speedtest_download','ping')
None

ivory delta Jun 25, 2020, 6:11 PM

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Then it doesn't have a ping attribute.

hollow bramble Jun 25, 2020, 6:11 PM

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Let's play a game

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 6:11 PM

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Alright please check this screenshot
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k6ydt0cyy1v3uou/Screenshot 2020-06-25 23.41.36.png?dl=0

hollow bramble Jun 25, 2020, 6:11 PM

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spot the difference sensor.speedtest_net_download sensor.speedtest_download

ivory delta Jun 25, 2020, 6:12 PM

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You mean you can't just make up names?!

hollow bramble Jun 25, 2020, 6:12 PM

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You can, but the results won't change

little gale Jun 25, 2020, 6:13 PM

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What comes up with just state_attr('sensor.speedtest_download','ping')
Yeah corrected this and it works

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Thanks for your help @hollow bramble

slate tundra Jun 26, 2020, 8:01 AM

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hey guys, how do I take the timestamp from last time a door was open and let's say in last 5 minutes, something like this?

{{ ((as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(states.binary_sensor.lumi_magnet_aq2_door_entrance_on_off.last_changed)) | int < 300) }}

{{ ((as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(states.binary_sensor.lumi_magnet_aq2_door_entrance_on_off.last_updated)) | int < 300) }}

the problem is when I restart ha this becomes true for the first 5 minutes, how do I overcome this, I am interested to know if the door was open in last 5, 10 minutes for tracking proposes

silent barnBOT Jun 26, 2020, 11:34 AM

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Please DO NOT cross post. Read the channel description, post it and wait for folks to respond.

simple sage Jun 26, 2020, 10:26 PM

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Can this be done?
When I type in "module" and get the result
stat/xxxxx/MODULE = {"Module":{"46":"Shelly 1"}}
I only want to get "Shelly 1" but I am not sure how to do that in the templates

mighty ledge Jun 26, 2020, 10:50 PM

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valur_json.Module[“46”]

simple sage Jun 26, 2020, 10:56 PM

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what I needing is 46 to be a wildcard so I can write it up like this, so no matter if its 46 or 28, it will just give me the answer "Shelly" or whatever it is

value_template: " + '"' + "{{ value_json['Module'][???] }}

buoyant pine Jun 26, 2020, 10:58 PM

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Sounds like the key (46 or 28) really needs to be the value

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What's the ultimate goal here though?

simple sage Jun 26, 2020, 11:00 PM

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I have sensors to give me certain data for each device... I want a sensor to tell me what module is set for that device

buoyant pine Jun 26, 2020, 11:02 PM

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Separate template sensors then with petro's suggestion (value_json of course)

simple sage Jun 26, 2020, 11:03 PM

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but what if the key is say 50?

buoyant pine Jun 26, 2020, 11:05 PM

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Add another template sensor for it? I'm not sure what that number is supposed to represent but if it's some kind of ID for a device, why wouldn't it be static?

simple sage Jun 26, 2020, 11:06 PM

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I forgot to mention,, this was the output from a tasmota device... so each different module name has a number and there is a lot of them built in. However I don't have a list of what each number is for each module

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which is why I was hoping there was some wildcard value so it did not make a difference if it was 25, or 46 or 50. I just want the value regardless of the number

buoyant pine Jun 26, 2020, 11:16 PM

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this should work:

{% for val in value_json['Module'].values() %}
{{ val }}
{% endfor %}

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@simple sage ☝️

simple sage Jun 26, 2020, 11:18 PM

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Thanks, giving it a try

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@buoyant pine
Thanks, that works

versed gyro Jun 27, 2020, 9:17 PM

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I am trying to see if my variable 'mode' is equal to any of these values: sleep, chill, away. I wrote this but it doesn't work. What is the proper way to write this?

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{% if occ == 'occupied' and mode == "sleep" or "chill" or "away" %}

buoyant pine Jun 27, 2020, 9:20 PM

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{% if occ == "occupied" and mode in ["sleep", "chill", "away"] %}

versed gyro Jun 27, 2020, 9:25 PM

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Thank you!!

stray raptor Jun 27, 2020, 10:23 PM

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Does anyone know how to access Event data when templating?

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in the Dev tools i can see the event being fired when i listen for it, but i'm not sure how to access the data that is returned when the event gets fired.

inner mesa Jun 27, 2020, 10:32 PM

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it's in the docs

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the very first section: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/templating/

stray raptor Jun 27, 2020, 10:40 PM

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I saw that page before, i'll take another look.

inner mesa Jun 27, 2020, 10:41 PM

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when in doubt, read the docs. they're generally excellent

stray raptor Jun 27, 2020, 10:43 PM

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I guess i'm just not connecting the dots. I'm trying to get the value of "actionName" when an actionable notification is fired.

inner mesa Jun 27, 2020, 10:44 PM

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need more about the event from you, then

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one of mine:

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- alias: 'iOS Widget: Arm Alarm Night'
  initial_state: 'true'
  trigger:
  - event_data:
      actionName: Arm Night
    event_type: ios.action_fired
    platform: event

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the name is whatever name you gave it

stray raptor Jun 27, 2020, 10:48 PM

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my event looks like this in the Dev Tools:

silent barnBOT Jun 27, 2020, 10:48 PM

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@stray raptor posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/YjMk7bxqs8/

inner mesa Jun 27, 2020, 10:49 PM

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ok, and you have my example

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mine is old and probably outdated. I don't use it anymore

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looks like the event_type has chnaged

stray raptor Jun 27, 2020, 10:49 PM

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Yes, but i'm not trying to trigger off of it, i'm trying to set a helper's value

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(I need to pass the value of actionName to a rest_command)

inner mesa Jun 27, 2020, 10:51 PM

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you have to start with a trigger

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and the trigger will be for a particular actionName

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so I'm not really following

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how else are you going to pass it to something else?

stray raptor Jun 27, 2020, 10:52 PM

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Yes, i'm triggering on the action name, but i also need to pass the action name along to a rest api command in the "Action" section of the automation

inner mesa Jun 27, 2020, 10:52 PM

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but you already know what it is

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you're trying not to type it a second time?

stray raptor Jun 27, 2020, 10:52 PM

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right, but i have multiple triggers based on different actions

inner mesa Jun 27, 2020, 10:53 PM

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oh, I see

stray raptor Jun 27, 2020, 10:53 PM

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so do i need to setup separate automations for each possible actionName?

inner mesa Jun 27, 2020, 10:53 PM

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I would assume trigger.event_data.actionName

stray raptor Jun 27, 2020, 10:53 PM

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i'd like to just reference the ActionName in the Action sectoin of the automation.

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ok, cool, i'll give it a shot.

inner mesa Jun 27, 2020, 10:54 PM

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I have an example somewhere

stray raptor Jun 27, 2020, 10:54 PM

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is there a way i could test that in the "Template" secton of the dev tools?

inner mesa Jun 27, 2020, 10:55 PM

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    - platform: event
      event_type: isy994_control
      event_data:
        entity_id: sensor.kit_remote_kit_lights
        control: DFON
  condition: []
  action:
    - data:
        entity_id:
          - switch.kit_overhead_lights_scene
          - light.kitchen_table_light
      service_template: >-
        homeassistant.turn_{{ 'on' if trigger.event.data.control == 'DFON' else 'off' }}
    - service: script.fix_scene_states

stray raptor Jun 27, 2020, 10:55 PM

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oo nice.

inner mesa Jun 27, 2020, 10:55 PM

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so, just data

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usually there's an example somewhere in the docs of the integration that's sending the event

stray raptor Jun 27, 2020, 10:59 PM

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ok, thanks! i'll give it a shot after dinner. sounds promising.

stray raptor Jun 28, 2020, 12:22 AM

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@inner mesa I'm struggleing with using the template like you have in your example. I'm trying to use a template when setting the value of an input_text helper

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the template doesn't seem to be rendering:

data:
  value: '{{trigger.event.data.actionName}}'
entity_id: input_text.babybuddy_diaper_solid
service: input_text.set_value

inner mesa Jun 28, 2020, 12:24 AM

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indent entity_id:, probably

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and data_template:

dreamy sinew Jun 28, 2020, 12:24 AM

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Nope, rule 1 of templating

silent barnBOT Jun 28, 2020, 12:26 AM

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When working with templates, don't forget:

You can test them in Developer tools -> Templates
Rule 1 and rule 2 (https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/templating/#important-template-rules)

stray raptor Jun 28, 2020, 12:27 AM

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🤦‍♂️

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I was trying to do it via the webUI and totally forgot about the data_template

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Remembering these simple rules will help save you from many headaches and endless hours of frustration when using automation templates.

inner mesa Jun 28, 2020, 12:31 AM

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or, you can just spend that time 🙂

stray raptor Jun 28, 2020, 12:31 AM

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and then still need to ask for help!

idle cargo Jun 28, 2020, 12:32 AM

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@stray raptor do u use NODE RED?

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I'm working on something similar with actionable notifications

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if your notifications are going into android

stray raptor Jun 28, 2020, 12:35 AM

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@idle cargo No

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My notifications are for iOS. I migrated away from NodeRed recently. I felt like it was becoming too difficult to share/backup

idle cargo Jun 28, 2020, 12:37 AM

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I just started using node red this week...and seems pretty powerful

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for this exercise I was able to create actionable notifications in node red and receive the actions as well.

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I also was able to use node red to call HA Automation... and also receive the actions as well

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@stray raptor .... not sure maybe this might help

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https://www.smarthomelab.ca/ios-actionable-notifications-with-home-companion/

vagrant monolith Jun 28, 2020, 1:37 PM

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how can i do a state + state math operation? in template?

arctic sorrel Jun 28, 2020, 1:37 PM

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{{ states('thing.one')|float + states('thing.two')|float }}

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See the templating docs

vagrant monolith Jun 28, 2020, 1:38 PM

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Thx!

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What is problem here?

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{{ states('sensor.server_1_disk_1_usage')|float * 100 / states('sensor.server_1_disk_1_usage')|float + states('sensor.capacity_disk_1_free')|float }}

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it should return 20

arctic sorrel Jun 28, 2020, 1:40 PM

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BODMAS

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Aka operator precedence

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If in doubt, use brackets

vagrant monolith Jun 28, 2020, 1:42 PM

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?

arctic sorrel Jun 28, 2020, 1:42 PM

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High school maths

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a + b * c is a + (b * c)

vagrant monolith Jun 28, 2020, 1:43 PM

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Ow

arctic sorrel Jun 28, 2020, 1:43 PM

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But, if you wanted a+b * c then you needed to write (a + b) * c

vagrant monolith Jun 28, 2020, 1:44 PM

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Could you please correct that code?
{{ states('sensor.server_1_disk_1_usage')|float * 100 / states('sensor.server_1_disk_1_usage')|float + states('sensor.capacity_disk_1_free')|float }}

arctic sorrel Jun 28, 2020, 1:44 PM

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Not without knowing your intent

royal vortex Jun 28, 2020, 1:45 PM

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I'm trying to come up with a template loop that shows me all the entities in the light domain so I can make sure I've got them all named right (I have a lot), but it's not working.

  {{ entity_id | lower }}
{%- endfor %}```

vagrant monolith Jun 28, 2020, 1:45 PM

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i have like 400 * 100 / 2000 which wll make me the percentge of usage off totalt

arctic sorrel Jun 28, 2020, 1:46 PM

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{{ ( states('sensor.server_1_disk_1_usage')|float ) * 100 / ( states('sensor.server_1_disk_1_usage')|float + states('sensor.capacity_disk_1_free')|float ) }}
``` Maybe

vagrant monolith Jun 28, 2020, 1:46 PM

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Thanks!

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I will look at the code and see what was my problem

arctic sorrel Jun 28, 2020, 1:47 PM

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Have a look at the default in devtools -> Templates @royal vortex

{% for state in states.sensor -%}
  {{ state.entity_id | lower }}
{% endfor %}

royal vortex Jun 28, 2020, 1:47 PM

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@vagrant monolith why are you multiplying by 100 and dividing by the sum of used + capacity? shouldn't it be (usage/capacity)*100?

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Have a look at the default in -> Templates @royal vortex
{% for state in states.sensor -%}
  {{ state.entity_id | lower }}
{% endfor %}

@arctic sorrel seeing it stated slightly differently helped.

  {{ state.name | lower }} {{- '\n' -}}
{%- endfor %}```

dreamy sinew Jun 28, 2020, 4:35 PM

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If you're using that as a sensor it will never update

hollow river Jun 28, 2020, 8:47 PM

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Hey guys
I would like to know how to strip the "," out of 2020-06-28, 22:46 using templates
I want to use it to trigger an automation with input_datetime

buoyant pine Jun 28, 2020, 8:49 PM

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{{ states('sensor.whatever').replace(',', '') }}

hollow river Jun 28, 2020, 8:52 PM

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ahh
.replace thanks @buoyant pine ! I was trying to use replace as a filter🤢

royal vortex Jun 28, 2020, 8:57 PM

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  {{ domain.name | lower }}: {{- '\n' -}}
  {% for entity in states[mydomain] -%}
    {{ entity.entity_id | lower }} {{- '\n' -}}
  {%- endfor %} {{- '\n' -}}
{%- endfor %}```
I'm trying to iterate through each domain and list the entity id of all of the entities within that domain, is there a collection of domains? I can't figure out what it is and it doesn't seem to be listed in any of the docs I've looked through

buoyant pine Jun 28, 2020, 9:03 PM

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{% for state in states %}
{{ state.entity_id }}
{% endfor %}

royal vortex Jun 28, 2020, 9:03 PM

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Beat me to it!

mighty ledge Jun 29, 2020, 2:09 PM

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{{ states | selectattr(“domain”, “eq”, “light”) | map(attribute=“entity_id”) | list }}

buoyant pine Jun 29, 2020, 2:10 PM

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https://media.tenor.com/images/3bc4f656073e3d6f95774efcdecfb696/tenor.gif

dreamy sinew Jun 29, 2020, 2:11 PM

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use the filters luke

buoyant pine Jun 29, 2020, 2:11 PM

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Nah jk, I should learn how to make templates like that

fallen sorrel Jun 30, 2020, 8:41 PM

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trying to get a template going,.. but failing miserably,.. so I turn for some help and guidance from the noble few,.. Ok so i'm trying to enable a light to be on for set delay times,.. and to be active only 1hr before sunset until 1hr after sunrise,.. but to also change the countdown timer value depending on whether it is evening or night,.. I have cobbled together a template,.. from many different threads,.. ( and although HA is happy to execute it) it does not deliver,... can anyone help,.. and can anyone shed light on the meaning of code differences such as 'duration: >-' or 'duration: >'... the dash being the only difference... rules here:- https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/3TQMWCGckd/ many tx guys/gals

inner mesa Jun 30, 2020, 8:44 PM

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Not specific to your template, but I recommend using sun elevation rather than sunset/sunrise to simplify and improve the conditions

hollow bramble Jun 30, 2020, 8:45 PM

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> removes line breaks, but leaves a trailing break at the end. >- gets rid of the trailing break

fallen sorrel Jun 30, 2020, 8:55 PM

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ok,.. tx,.. I'll go for the elevation stuff,.. have tried a variant or two along the way,.. but I will revert back and try some more,... is my timer template good,? or is that missing some refinement,.. ah >, >- I get it now... rather than having one long line,... sort of similar to \ in linux.

fallen sorrel Jun 30, 2020, 9:16 PM

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Ok,.. have revamped to a previous incarnation of my automations.yaml with elevation the driver,.. but this is still not working as expected even though it is now dark in the UK,.. 🙂 https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/w3KzyzYDVq/ thanks for the pointers help

ivory delta Jun 30, 2020, 9:19 PM

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The sun's elevation isn't below -6º in most of the UK yet 😉

fallen sorrel Jun 30, 2020, 9:27 PM

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ahhhh,.. I would not have found that ,... 🙂 so what is a good number for the UK.. say London Now....

ivory delta Jun 30, 2020, 9:41 PM

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A good number? I like -90.

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Surefire way to make sure your automation never triggers 🤷‍♂️

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If you don't know what values you want, experiment. If you want to see what the sun's elevation is at your location, check in devtools > States

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I can't tell you, cos I'm not in London... and basic math says it's gonna vary based on latitude and longitude 😉

real flint Jun 30, 2020, 9:48 PM

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me personally - I'm using https://github.com/claytonjn/hass-circadian_lighting because the elivation alone doesn't work well all year round

ivory delta Jun 30, 2020, 9:51 PM

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Well that's great if you're talking about the colour temperature or brightness or bulbs... but when you want a 'night mode' for timers... 🤷‍♂️

real flint Jun 30, 2020, 10:01 PM

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sorry, wasn't thinking.. I have an automation that does something similar. It uses the sunset event and offsets by 15 minutes. That worked well for me but am still thinking of building a lux measurement.

velvet gate Jul 1, 2020, 12:28 AM

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wait what are we talking about?

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I do a decent amount with lights.

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I use node red though

fallen sorrel Jul 1, 2020, 10:56 AM

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@ivory delta,... ah tools=>states,.. perfect,.. now I can see -6 was never going to work,... more like 25,.. as mid-day is at approx. 60degrees...

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thanks for the pointers

ivory delta Jul 1, 2020, 11:08 AM

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Midday is around 60 degrees at some times of the year.

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Seasons exist because of the Earth's tilt. The sun's elevation varies year round.

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If you want a more accurate solution, you'll have to take that into account... but elevation is good enough for most purposes.

arctic sorrel Jul 1, 2020, 11:11 AM

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at some times of the year, at some latitudes...

ivory delta Jul 1, 2020, 12:06 PM

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Well, yeah. I was taking it as a given that diyhouse won't be moving around the globe constantly 😄

trim leaf Jul 1, 2020, 3:05 PM

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Can someone bring some sanity here? Here is a self contained template that sets var, then sets entity based on the value of var, then prints it. It works fine if var is less than < 10, but the moment i get into 2 digit numbers, it breaks.

Practically speaking, var is actually a counter, but its working the same way


{% if var <= '1' %}
{% set entity = 'light.osram_lightify_flex_outdoor_rgbw_2904a300_level_light_color_on_off' %} 
{% endif %}
{% if var >= '6' %}
{% set entity = 'light.kitchen_island_lights' %}
{% endif %}
The entity is: {{ entity }}```

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so if var is set to 1-9, I get the value entity, the moment I set it to 10 it breaks

hollow bramble Jul 1, 2020, 3:06 PM

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You're trying to do math on a string

trim leaf Jul 1, 2020, 3:07 PM

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is this because I wrapped the int in single quotes?

hollow bramble Jul 1, 2020, 3:07 PM

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wrapping something in quotes makes it a string

trim leaf Jul 1, 2020, 3:07 PM

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right, when I remove the quotes the template fails completely though

hollow bramble Jul 1, 2020, 3:08 PM

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fails in what way?

trim leaf Jul 1, 2020, 3:08 PM

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let me test it again, it is possible I had quotes in portions of the template, and not others.

hollow bramble Jul 1, 2020, 3:09 PM

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{% set var = 10 %} 

{% if var <= 1 %}
{% set entity = 'light.osram_lightify_flex_outdoor_rgbw_2904a300_level_light_color_on_off' %} 
{% endif %}
{% if var >= 6 %}
{% set entity = 'light.kitchen_island_lights' %}
{% endif %}
The entity is: {{ entity }}

this renders The entity is: light.kitchen_island_lights

trim leaf Jul 1, 2020, 3:09 PM

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yeah im looking at my git history and thats what I did

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ugh, sorry

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thanks!

buoyant pine Jul 1, 2020, 3:09 PM

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Also why separate if statements

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Instead of if, elif, else

trim leaf Jul 1, 2020, 3:11 PM

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@buoyant pine if we're being honest I didnt realize there was elif in jinja, but clearly I didnt look hard enough

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soooo thank you lol

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admittedly new to templating. thank you both!

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Ah, small update I knew I wasnt totally crazy. Looks like the result of my state call to the counter

states('counter.kitchen_occupancy_counter') was actually returning a string, which is why when I tried to compare it to an int the template failed

Now that I filter the state response into an int states('counter.kitchen_occupancy_counter') | int everything works as expected.

Thanks again!

daring ingot Jul 1, 2020, 3:18 PM

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Does anyone with template/webhook and JSON experience what to take a look at this issues I'm having: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/json-in-webhook-notification/208428

dreamy sinew Jul 1, 2020, 3:19 PM

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try trigger.id

daring ingot Jul 1, 2020, 3:22 PM

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@dreamy sinew gives me the same error.

hollow bramble Jul 1, 2020, 3:23 PM

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Is it possible whatever "{{.Service.Id}}" is rendering to is breaking the json string?

silent barnBOT Jul 1, 2020, 3:24 PM

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@worn nova posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/d7fjYykD3B/

hollow bramble Jul 1, 2020, 3:25 PM

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{{trigger.to_state.name}}

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@daring ingot try just rendering {{trigger.data}}

daring ingot Jul 1, 2020, 3:28 PM

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@hollow bramble Same error I'm afraid

silent barnBOT Jul 1, 2020, 3:28 PM

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Please take the time now to review all of the rules and references in #rules.

arctic sorrel Jul 1, 2020, 3:29 PM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/state_object/

daring ingot Jul 1, 2020, 3:29 PM

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was that for me @arctic sorrel ?

arctic sorrel Jul 1, 2020, 3:30 PM

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Not as such...

hollow bramble Jul 1, 2020, 3:31 PM

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same error as what? Your other error was json related. You're still getting a json error when you use {{trigger.data}}?

daring ingot Jul 1, 2020, 3:33 PM

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@hollow bramble Yes same error as in the link.

hollow bramble Jul 1, 2020, 3:35 PM

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try changing the payload to a static json string

daring ingot Jul 1, 2020, 3:35 PM

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sorry example?

hollow bramble Jul 1, 2020, 3:35 PM

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{
  "id": "id",
  "online": true
}

daring ingot Jul 1, 2020, 3:39 PM

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again same JSON error. Just going to reboot HA as previously it was triggering but getting no json output in the persistent message.

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@hollow bramble and the same error. A reply in the HA forum suggested that the payload wasn't being sent as JSON but looking at Statping it shows the correct content type (application/json) and POST.

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@hollow bramble thanks for your help, I'll keep testing and trying 🙂

hollow bramble Jul 1, 2020, 3:53 PM

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It does seem like it's not posting a json string, but if you don't have access to what it's really sending then it's pretty much impossible to know without introducing something other than HA

daring ingot Jul 1, 2020, 3:55 PM

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is there anywhere in HA to intercept the actual payload and display whats been sent/received or another tool that does something similar?

hollow bramble Jul 1, 2020, 3:59 PM

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Node red would work

livid pawn Jul 1, 2020, 4:08 PM

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Hello all, i have a question about json, mqtt and directing the data to different sensors.. am i in the right place or is there somewhere more appropriate?

arctic sorrel Jul 1, 2020, 4:09 PM

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You're possibly in the wrong place, but until you say more we won't know

livid pawn Jul 1, 2020, 4:15 PM

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ok, so i have some homemade sensors giving me json messages like this.. ESPNow/key {"temp":"29.00","station":"1"} ESPNow/key {"temp":"29.00","station":"2"}
I can extract the temperature, they are all coming in on the same mqtt topic.. what i am looking for is to find out if there is a way to look at the "temp" and the "station id" and decide to which topic the data should be assigned...

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so 2 different sensors coming in to the same gateway

arctic sorrel Jul 1, 2020, 4:16 PM

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No

livid pawn Jul 1, 2020, 4:18 PM

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ok, so just not manageable? i guess i will have to build that in at an earlier stage or preprocess in node-red

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Well thanks anyway

hasty spindle Jul 1, 2020, 5:22 PM

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@dreamy sinew https://hastebin.com/didahuhuci.sql

dreamy sinew Jul 1, 2020, 5:25 PM

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hmm, i don't see anything wrong with that. Only problem would be if you're not getting valid json back from that topic

hasty spindle Jul 1, 2020, 5:28 PM

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It works if I publish from node red, but not from the code itself, however, I can hear the code publishing from node red

buoyant cliff Jul 1, 2020, 6:16 PM

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hi I'm just wondering if it's possible to make my automations a little more dry with a template and how I'd go about this. I've used a consistent naming convention throughout so for example the entityId for the lights in a room would be light.<room_name> and lamps would be light.<room_name>_lamp(s) and the timer would be timer.<room_name> and finally the motion sensor would be motion.<room_name>. With that in mind my light motion automations are all identical and very repetitive. So I wondered if it would be possible to some how match the motion and timer triggers using a wildcard and extracting the room name to control the time and light entities accordingly

tulip viper Jul 1, 2020, 8:14 PM

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hi, so i got the int comparison to work. now the next step i can't figure out is the same for a string

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train_a1:
value_template: >-
{% if states.sensor.a_to_b.attributes.products = AKN, S %}
off
{% endif %}

arctic sorrel Jul 1, 2020, 8:15 PM

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And... quotes 😉

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There's also no else

dreamy sinew Jul 1, 2020, 8:16 PM

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eh it would just do off / none 😛

tulip viper Jul 1, 2020, 8:16 PM

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didnt copy it :/ Here is the complete one
{% if states.sensor.a_to_b.attributes.products = AKN, S %}
off
{% else %}
failed
{% endif %}

arctic sorrel Jul 1, 2020, 8:16 PM

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          {% if is_state_attr('sensor.a_to_b','products','AKN, S') %}
            off
          {% else %}
            failed
          {% endif %}

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Didn't copy it...

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You copied the whole thing then cut parts out... don't do that

tulip viper Jul 1, 2020, 8:16 PM

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ok sorry! won't do it again

dreamy sinew Jul 1, 2020, 8:17 PM

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value_template: "{{'off' if is_state_attr('sensor.a_to_b','products','AKN, S') else 'failed' }}"

arctic sorrel Jul 1, 2020, 8:17 PM

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That is indeed the most compact version

tulip viper Jul 1, 2020, 8:26 PM

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If I create a sensor for the products i get ['AKN', 'S']. Seems like they are 2 seperate strings? How can i do this?

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Or is it possible just to match the AKN string? Something like a products contain AKN = true

tulip viper Jul 1, 2020, 8:51 PM

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So with ['BUS'] it is working good when there is only a bus. But when there is a the aforementioned string, then i does not work :/

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Ok yeah now it's working even though it was the first thing i tried.. super weird. Thanks for your help!! How do i make quotes like you?

silent barnBOT Jul 1, 2020, 8:55 PM

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```
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tulip viper Jul 1, 2020, 8:56 PM

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test

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Great, thanks!

hasty spindle Jul 1, 2020, 9:58 PM

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https://hastebin.com/ulutegokez.cs

ivory delta Jul 1, 2020, 9:58 PM

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Same answer as the last time you asked... the payload doesn't have the property value_json

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'value_json' is undefined means it doesn't exist.

hasty spindle Jul 1, 2020, 10:00 PM

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Okay but how do I fix it?

ivory delta Jul 1, 2020, 10:02 PM

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First, check what you actually get back in the payload.

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Second, use something that exists.

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Where's it coming from? Where's your config?

hasty spindle Jul 1, 2020, 10:05 PM

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https://hastebin.com/erasuhomuz.sql

ivory delta Jul 1, 2020, 10:05 PM

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So you're using MQTT Cover... what's the MQTT payload for that device?

hasty spindle Jul 1, 2020, 10:05 PM

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That's my config

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The MQTT payload is exactly what I declared it in the config

ivory delta Jul 1, 2020, 10:06 PM

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No. No, it's not.

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Listen to that topic (AB_Left_Curtain/state), wait until there's a message, share that message here.

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devtools > MQTT > Listen to a topic

hasty spindle Jul 1, 2020, 10:08 PM

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I am working on coding the curtains from scratch, that's how I can verify the messages

ivory delta Jul 1, 2020, 10:08 PM

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I don't care how you made it. Share the message.

hasty spindle Jul 1, 2020, 10:08 PM

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Okay

ivory delta Jul 1, 2020, 10:15 PM

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Found it?

hasty spindle Jul 1, 2020, 10:18 PM

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I had to restart my HA because of a network issue, I'll share it as soon as I can!

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I keep getting a socket err on the program, I think I'll just retry this tomorrow as I've been getting issues all day, thank you anyways though

odd flare Jul 2, 2020, 1:54 AM

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Does a logged error tell me which template is having an issue?

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Source: helpers/template.py:230
Integration: Home Assistant WebSocket API (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 3:02:58 PM (2 occurrences)
Last logged: 3:02:58 PM

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The error, https://pastebin.com/raw/ETHsMtF4, doesnt appear to point to any specific template and I'm confused by websocket component in the logger

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Anyone know where I should look?

dreamy sinew Jul 2, 2020, 2:04 AM

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Check the actual log file

edgy dirge Jul 2, 2020, 1:51 PM

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with 0.112.0 Update i see MQTT tab missing under developer tools

hollow bramble Jul 2, 2020, 1:54 PM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/#integration-specific-panels-are-now-on-the-integrations-page

buoyant pine Jul 2, 2020, 1:54 PM

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also not a #templates-archived question lol

hollow bramble Jul 2, 2020, 1:55 PM

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not even really a question

arctic sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 1:59 PM

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Damn, didn't even notice that had moved there

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I kind of get why it's there, but it's slightly odd 😄

hollow bramble Jul 2, 2020, 2:01 PM

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yeah... maybe an "integrations" tab on dev tools would have been a little easier of a transition

buoyant pine Jul 2, 2020, 2:12 PM

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It has been...quite jarring

hollow bramble Jul 2, 2020, 2:12 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/challenge-accepted-patrick-star-sponge-bob-square-pants-nervous-gif-12020725

Tenor

buoyant pine Jul 2, 2020, 2:13 PM

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That's why I have a server controls panel redirect now (to get to the logs quicker)

hollow bramble Jul 2, 2020, 2:13 PM

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using the frontend logs GWspenderSpongeTriggered

buoyant pine Jul 2, 2020, 2:13 PM

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And reloads for automations, scripts, etc

hollow bramble Jul 2, 2020, 2:13 PM

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jk that's pretty much all I use

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What did you use to do that again?

buoyant pine Jul 2, 2020, 2:16 PM

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Moving to #frontend-archived

edgy dirge Jul 2, 2020, 2:39 PM

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What is wrong with this script

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  alias: Ring_test
  sequence:
  - data:
      data_template:
        filename: '{{state_attr(''camera.front_door_2'', ''friendly_name'')}}'
        subdir: '{{state_attr(''camera.front_door_2'', ''friendly_name'')}}'
        url: '{{ state_attr(''camera.front_door_2'', ''video_url'') }}'
    service: downloader.download_file```

buoyant pine Jul 2, 2020, 2:40 PM

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data_template: doesn't go under data:, it replaces data:

edgy dirge Jul 2, 2020, 2:40 PM

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oh what should i do

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replace data: with data_template: ???

buoyant pine Jul 2, 2020, 2:41 PM

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that is what i said 😛

edgy dirge Jul 2, 2020, 2:43 PM

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now i get invalid error for url error

silent barnBOT Jul 2, 2020, 2:43 PM

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When working with templates, don't forget:

You can test them in Developer tools -> Templates
Rule 1 and rule 2 (https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/templating/#important-template-rules)

fallen sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 5:14 PM

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help,.. so I placed/copied a template in the dev. tools template,.. and then triggered it from an Events form and check result,... Humm that does not work for me,.. well more correctly 'I aint doin' right',.. pls help,.. what should I be doing,.. I'm a wally for missing the obvious I assume...

silent barnBOT Jul 2, 2020, 5:15 PM

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@fallen sorrel Please use https://paste.ubuntu.com/ or https://www.hastebin.com/ to share code or logs.

arctic sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 5:15 PM

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Without seeing what you're doing, and you explaining what you want... 🤷

fallen sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 5:25 PM

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https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/Dv949h3q5n/,.. testing this template,.. which fails during HA reboot with

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Invalid config for [sensor.mqtt]: [time_of_day] is an invalid option for [sensor.mqtt]. Check: sensor.mqtt->time_of_day. (See ?, line ?).
Component error: time_of_day - Integration 'time_of_day' not found.
Component error: entity_id - Integration 'entity_id' not found. Component error: time_of_day - Integration 'time_of_day' not found. Component error: friendly_name - Integration 'friendly_name' not found.
Error loading /config/configuration.yaml: while scanning for the next token found character '%' that cannot start any token in "/config/configuration.yaml", line 89, column 6

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line 89 is the start of the if statements in my configuration.yaml file....

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but I was trying the template tester stuff out that has just popped up on the chat here,. so I thourght I'd give that a whizz..

buoyant pine Jul 2, 2020, 5:27 PM

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that needs to go under

sensor:
  - platform: template
``` in your config

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/template/

fallen sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 6:39 PM

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sorry guys,.. this is the error message I get from my config.yaml...Invalid config for [sensor.mqtt]: [time_of_day] is an invalid option for [sensor.mqtt]. Check: sensor.mqtt->time_of_day. (See ?, line ?).
Component error: time_of_day - Integration 'time_of_day' not found.
Component error: entity_id - Integration 'entity_id' not found. Component error: time_of_day - Integration 'time_of_day' not found. Component error: friendly_name - Integration 'friendly_name' not found.
Error loading /config/configuration.yaml: while scanning for the next token found character '%' that cannot start any token in "/config/configuration.yaml", line 89, column 6
Invalid config for [sensor.template]: [time_of_day] is an invalid option for [sensor.template]. Check: sensor.template->time_of_day. (See ?, line ?).

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https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/TQpMfCNvsK/ and this is my config.yaml,.. I have tried the code supplied by Tediore,.. and many variations,.. there of,.. trying to get my 2 spaces correct,.. I assumed because I have a 'sensor:' entry already in the file I add extra sub sensor: bits by prefix'ing with a dash '-',.. but apparently not!... where is my formatting failure... many tx for your patience...

carmine fog Jul 2, 2020, 6:49 PM

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hello my dearest friends 😄

buoyant pine Jul 2, 2020, 6:49 PM

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@fallen sorrel your indentation is off, check the template sensor docs again

carmine fog Jul 2, 2020, 6:50 PM

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I hope someone here may help me 😄 iam currently building a rest sensor and wanting to query "tomorrow as yyyy-mm-dd"

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resource_template: http://192.168.5.195:8089/api/mealplancount/{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d') "Idontknow what I shoudl do here because Iam a noob" }}

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today is no problem works with resource_template: http://192.168.5.195:8089/api/mealplancount/{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }}

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wah discord encodes it 😄

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carmine fog Jul 2, 2020, 6:52 PM

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sorry thank you

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:bot 😄

dreamy sinew Jul 2, 2020, 6:52 PM

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stops that problem

carmine fog Jul 2, 2020, 6:52 PM

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ok

tulip viper Jul 2, 2020, 7:19 PM

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heyy 🙂 i wanted to add 2 minutes to a timestamp but can't figure it out.. can you help me?

      train_akn:
        value_template: "{{(state_attr('sensor.hamburg_horgensweg_to_hamburg_langenfelde','departure')+(120|timestamp_custom('%H:%M', false))) }}"

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heyy 🙂 i wanted to add 2 minutes to a timestamp but can't figure it out.. can you help me?

      train_akn:
        value_template: "{{(state_attr('sensor.hamburg_horgensweg_to_hamburg_langenfelde','departure')+(120|timestamp_custom('%H:%M', false))) }}"

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The output is somehow departuretime00:02

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The output is somehow departuretime00:02

arctic sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 7:22 PM

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You could convert it to a timestamp (seconds since the epoch) then add 120 seconds, then convert back

carmine fog Jul 2, 2020, 7:24 PM

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@arctic sorrel sry to bother, do you maybe also know how I can add one or two days to {{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }} in resource_template: http://192.168.5.195:8089/api/mealplancount/{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }}

arctic sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 7:24 PM

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blink

carmine fog Jul 2, 2020, 7:24 PM

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eeek ss 😄

arctic sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 7:24 PM

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As above

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Convert to timestamp, do maths, convert back

carmine fog Jul 2, 2020, 7:25 PM

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ok I'll try ty !

tulip viper Jul 2, 2020, 7:30 PM

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i use as_timestamp for the conversion right?

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so

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        value_template: "{{(as_timestamp(state_attr('sensor.hamburg_horgensweg_to_hamburg_langenfelde','departure'))) }}"

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should give me some number right? only getting none..

arctic sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 7:33 PM

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as_timestamp requires the right kind of input 😉

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Odds are that your entity isn't providing an actual datetime

tulip viper Jul 2, 2020, 7:35 PM

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The output is like 20:44

arctic sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 7:35 PM

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Then you can't convert that to a timestamp

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Add a date

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You need something like 2016-06-02 20:44:00

tulip viper Jul 2, 2020, 7:41 PM

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is the an option to test such commands except in the configuration.yaml?

silent barnBOT Jul 2, 2020, 7:41 PM

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When working with templates, don't forget:

You can test them in Developer tools -> Templates
Rule 1 and rule 2 (https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/templating/#important-template-rules)

tulip viper Jul 2, 2020, 7:43 PM

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Ah way better, thanks!

fleet condor Jul 2, 2020, 8:19 PM

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Hi! I'm trying to get the max value a sensor has been. I've been trying through examples on the web but no luck yet. Anyone have a good idea?

arctic sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 8:19 PM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/statistics/

fleet condor Jul 2, 2020, 8:21 PM

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Yeah I have that, then did {{ state_attr('sensor.total_solar_energy_stats', 'max_value') }} so the attribute is the statistics version of the sensor but it seems to output the current state

arctic sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 8:22 PM

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The attribute has the correct value?

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You may also need to play with the max age setting

fleet condor Jul 2, 2020, 8:24 PM

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Ah that looks to be it. It doesn't say in the docs, do you know what format the max_age should be?

arctic sorrel Jul 2, 2020, 8:25 PM

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time

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So, same as https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/trigger/#state-trigger

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You can specify days, hours, minutes, and seconds

fleet condor Jul 2, 2020, 8:27 PM

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alright, thanks!

tulip viper Jul 2, 2020, 8:44 PM

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still working on the smae problem with another try. I got 22:34 and want to seperate both and then add the time. Time adding is working good so i get 36 with the code but when i want to add the hour i can't render anymore

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        value_template: "{{((state_attr('sensor.hamburg_horgensweg_to_hamburg_langenfelde','departure')[0:3])+(state_attr('sensor.hamburg_horgensweg_to_hamburg_langenfelde','departure')[3:5]|int+2) )}}"

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So last part is working good with conversion to int, but now i want to keep first part as a string

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got it working

warm isle Jul 2, 2020, 8:54 PM

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now when I'm finished 😛

tulip viper Jul 2, 2020, 8:54 PM

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ohh sorryyy

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but you can post anyways

warm isle Jul 2, 2020, 8:54 PM

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[0:2]?

tulip viper Jul 2, 2020, 8:55 PM

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my solution is not very elegant

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value_template: "{{((state_attr('sensor.hamburg_horgensweg_to_hamburg_langenfelde','departure')[0:2]|int)|string+":"+(state_attr('sensor.hamburg_horgensweg_to_hamburg_langenfelde','departure')[3:5]|int+2)|string )}}"

warm isle Jul 2, 2020, 8:55 PM

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I actually dont know what you try to do

tulip viper Jul 2, 2020, 8:55 PM

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i wanted to add 2 to the "mins"

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but I am too stupid to find an ewasy way

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easy*

warm isle Jul 2, 2020, 8:55 PM

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your issue meight be taht you take the semicolon with

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Imitate available variables:
{% set my_test_json = {
  "temperature": "22:34",} %}
 {{ (my_test_json.temperature)[0:3] }} 
 {{ (my_test_json.temperature)[3:5] }} 

 {{ (my_test_json.temperature).split(':')[1] }} 
 {{ (my_test_json.temperature).split(':')[1]| int+2 }}

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=

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tulip viper Jul 2, 2020, 8:58 PM

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so the split takes everything after the ":" ?

warm isle Jul 2, 2020, 8:59 PM

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you set the symbol where you like to cut stuff and pack it in an array
[0],[1],[2].... to get the data out

tulip viper Jul 2, 2020, 9:01 PM

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ah okay nice. thank you!

warm isle Jul 2, 2020, 9:02 PM

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{% set my_test_json = {
  "temperature": "22:34:i want to:27:50:say hi",} %}
 {{ (my_test_json.temperature).split(':')[2] + " >>:<< " +(my_test_json.temperature).split(':')[5] }}

i want to >>:<< say hi

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I need inspiration with this Ikea Tradfri on/off dimmer switch.
I can compfortable turn on / off devices but got my issues templating the brightness_down > brightness_stop messages.
some pointers maybe?

peak flame Jul 2, 2020, 11:19 PM

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is there a place other than configuration.yaml to put template sensors? I don't like having to restart home assistant to add one, and you can add scripts etc without doing so

hollow bramble Jul 2, 2020, 11:36 PM

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not yet

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 4:36 AM

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god willing, one day...

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 4:53 AM

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can anyone help me template out the NWS weather. I'm trying to get just a single forecast from the list.

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I have {{ state_attr('weather.kelp_daynight', 'forecast') }}

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But if I try to do {{ state_attr('weather.kelp_daynight', 'forecast')[0] }} It fails

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 4:59 AM

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dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:00 AM

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thats not returning anything in the template editor

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heres an example of the data.

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dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:01 AM

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https://hastebin.com/iyinopodej.coffeescript

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:02 AM

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try {{ states.weather.kelp_daynight.attributes.forecast.detailed_description[0] }}

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:03 AM

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nada

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dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:05 AM

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oh.

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:05 AM

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you must have something wrong in the name or something. i just tried {{ states.weather.home.attributes.forecast[0] }} in my own editor and it worked fine

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returns {'datetime': datetime.datetime(2020, 7, 4, 12, 0, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'America/New_York' EDT-1 day, 20:00:00 DST>), 'temperature': 82.8, 'condition': 'sunny', 'pressure': 1016.1, 'humidity': 65.7, 'wind_speed': 12.2, 'wind_bearing': 20.5}

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:06 AM

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I have a weather.home entity as well.

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But still don't get a return out of it.

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:07 AM

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and weather.kelp_daynight is a different entity?

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:07 AM

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yes

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it is using the National Weather Service Addon

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:07 AM

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idk what is wrong then. should be working based on what you have said

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try restarting ha i guess?

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:09 AM

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what version of home assistant are you on? i think there was an issue with dev tools > template in 0.112.0

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:09 AM

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oh yeah

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:09 AM

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also Barbados, it's good practice to use {{ state_attr('weather.home', 'forecast') }} instead of the method you're using

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:10 AM

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112

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:10 AM

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same idea with using states() instead

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:10 AM

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ill be honest, i'm too lazy to hold shift for the parentheses

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but i know you are right lol

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:10 AM

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lmao

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@dull ledge your syntax looks fine, the template tool is just acting up and cuts off the first few lines of output

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:11 AM

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so this should be valid then?

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:11 AM

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yeah

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:11 AM

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im on 112.1 and it is working for me so update and youll be good

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:11 AM

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      tomorrows_forecast:
        friendly_name: "Tomorrows Forecast"
        value_template: "{{ state_attr('weather.kelp_daynight', 'forecast')[3].condition }}"

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:12 AM

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and yeah, just update to 0.112.1 (i'm doing it now)

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:12 AM

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mashing that button

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:12 AM

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SMASH THAT MF UPDATE BUTTON

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:12 AM

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like & subscribe

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:13 AM

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alright. Thanks for the help. Hopefully when it comes back up everything will behave.

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:13 AM

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this is how i update 😛

matt@debian-server:~$ update
What Home Assistant version do you want to update to? (Enter x to cancel.)
[1] Stable
[2] Beta
[3] Dev
[4] Custom
1
Update to the newest stable version? (y/n)
y
Ok, updating.

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:13 AM

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do you snapshot beforehand?

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:13 AM

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does that work on the docker supervisord install?

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:14 AM

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i don't run supervised so i don't have snapshots

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:14 AM

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oooo

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:14 AM

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that's a bash script i made

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:14 AM

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livingOnTheEdge.gif

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:14 AM

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i mean, i have automated backups

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:14 AM

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big dick tediore

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:14 AM

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lmaooooo

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got that BIG DOCKER ENERGY

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:15 AM

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hahahaha

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:15 AM

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pepeeggplant

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:15 AM

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i loled at that

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im such a pussy, i had an update fail like 2 years ago and ever since i wont even look at the update button without snapshotting

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:16 AM

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non-supervised is nice though in that it doesn't roll you back if there's a config issue, you can just check the logs, fix the issue, and restart

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:16 AM

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lol. I've been playing with this for 3 weeks

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:16 AM

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wow and you are already templating

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i was still figuring out what an entity was

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:16 AM

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look at the big brain on BigD

dull ledge Jul 3, 2020, 5:16 AM

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I was trying to build it all with docker-compose. But it was a PITA so I went to an easier install

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:17 AM

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i just have a separate compose file for everything lol... kind of defeats the point but it works for me

violet oyster Jul 3, 2020, 5:17 AM

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ive always used frenck's install script for docker and never had reason to look elsewhere

buoyant pine Jul 3, 2020, 5:17 AM

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but it ties in to my update bash script for EZPZ updates

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let's move to #the-water-cooler

warm isle Jul 3, 2020, 10:04 AM

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I need inspiration with this Ikea Tradfri on/off dimmer switch.
I can compfortable turn on / off devices but got my issues templating the brightness_down > brightness_stop messages.
some pointers maybe?

real flint Jul 3, 2020, 10:46 AM

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zha, DeCONZ or Ikea Bridge?

warm isle Jul 3, 2020, 11:32 AM

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Oh forgotten about the other integrations. The 4th, zigbee2mqtt

ivory delta Jul 3, 2020, 11:36 AM

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Don't just say you have issues. Explain what you're trying to do, and share any relevant logs/config.

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Bad padawan. Bad.

warm isle Jul 3, 2020, 11:49 AM

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