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trail estuary Jul 4, 2022, 9:53 PM

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I would redact a lot of that from here….? I see client ID and accessToken? Only for testing purposes, or….?

obsidian lintel Jul 4, 2022, 9:54 PM

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i redacted it alrd

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Its for testing only

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Im disabling this after

native sparrow Jul 4, 2022, 11:08 PM

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Have a look at the washing machine example in the template docs https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/template/

dense tinsel Jul 4, 2022, 11:12 PM

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native sparrow Have a look at the washing machine example in the template docs https://www.home...

Thanks!! @native sparrow. I can work with this. I will create two binary sensors one for Brew and another for Keep. I will set a badge with an entity & state filter for on state.

dense tinsel Jul 5, 2022, 1:10 AM

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dense tinsel Thanks!! <@949593052928962581>. I can work with this. I will create two binary s...

I was able to get it to work with the binary sensors. ☕ 👍

A few notes for feedback if anybody is interested. I was getting an error with state not suported in the config yaml. I pivoted to value_template to get it to work. I required a compound if condition for the Warm state and used the Energy#Period variable to distinguish Brew from Warm; they both had the same draw, but the warm phase used the power intermittent, meaning the average usage over the period was lower than the Brew cycle. Finally, I setup two badges, one for Brew and the other for Warm. They only appear based on their state_filter.

If anybody is interested, I can post the configs here, let me know.

Thanks again @native sparrow

calm spruce Jul 5, 2022, 2:21 AM

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I got a template sensor here that is only reporting back as unavailable. I’ve confirmed my leak sensor is reporting a last_seen timestamp. It works in the template editor and passes config check. Why is it showing unavailable? Am I missing unit of measurement?


template:
  - sensor:
      - name: "Leak utility time since update"
        state: > 
          {{ (as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(state_attr('sensor.leak_utility_linkquality', 'last_seen'))) | timestamp_custom("%M:%S", false) }}```

calm spruce Jul 5, 2022, 2:38 AM

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Nevermind, it started reporting the state now. I guess I was being impatient 😂

trail estuary Jul 5, 2022, 7:53 AM

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Can a template access a sensor state at a given time? Say I want to use the value of a sensor from the previous hour at minute 59?

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 7:57 AM

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No, you need to retrieve that from the the database (using an SQL sensor). Only the current state is available for templates

trail estuary Jul 5, 2022, 7:58 AM

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You any good with SQL? 😂

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 7:58 AM

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Nope 🙂

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There are probably examples on the community forum

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you can't be the only one who wants this 🙂

brittle socket Jul 5, 2022, 9:04 AM

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i am trying to create a template switch to share with google home. all it needs to do is match the fan on or off status of a izone zone.
this works in that if i turn it on it will turn on the izone zone and if i quickly turn off it will turn off the problem is the switch will auto switch itself off everytime its turned on and then inorder to turn the izone off i have to quickly switch it back on then off what have i messed up here why wont it hold it state?

code as follows:

switch:
  - platform: template
    switches:
      skylight:
        value_template: "{{ is_state('climate.bed_1', 'Fan only') }}"
        turn_on:
          service: climate.Turn_on
          target:
            entity_id: climate.bed_1
        turn_off:
          service: climate.Turn_off
          target:
            entity_id: climate.bed_1

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 9:05 AM

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marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 9:05 AM

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and service calls are in lower case

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Based on your description, your value template is incorrect

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I really doubt Fan only is the correct state

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Check what the state is in devtools > States

brittle socket Jul 5, 2022, 9:17 AM

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its two states are fan_only and off let me try it with that underscore

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 9:17 AM

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and lowercase F

brittle socket Jul 5, 2022, 9:17 AM

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oh right yeah good catch

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 9:18 AM

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You also still have capital T in your service calls

brittle socket Jul 5, 2022, 9:26 AM

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ok thank you so much its working now

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 9:49 AM

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hello, im trying to make an automation work on UTC / GMT and not on BST (which is DST, +1 hour in the summer)

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{{utcnow() | as_timestamp | timestamp_custom("%I:%M", False, "00:00:00 AM 1/1/01") ==  "10:16"}}

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is what ive got to try and make the automation work at 10:16, it looks like an absolute mouthful and now my automation doesnt trigger

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can anyone point me in the right direction here?

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 9:51 AM

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should this be 10:16 UTC or local time?

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 9:52 AM

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I'm trying to get this to run at 10:16 UTC

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 9:53 AM

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Okay, some remarks:
timestamps in using UTC, so now() | as_timestamp and utcnow() | as_timestamp have the exact same result

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 9:54 AM

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sorry am I being thick or is it really complicated to get something to run at utc?

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I don't understand what you mean

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am I approaching this the wrong way? is there a better way to do this?

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ah hang on I think I see what you are saying to me

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the time module for automations runs on local time

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now and utcnow are both UTC?

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 9:56 AM

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Timestamps are the number of seconds since the epoch

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They don't have a concept of timezones

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 9:56 AM

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is now() timezone aware?

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 9:56 AM

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Try it in devtools -> Templates

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 9:57 AM

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{{ utcnow().tzinfo }}
{{ now().tzinfo }}
{{ now().astimezone().tzinfo }}

UTC
Europe/London
BST

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 9:57 AM

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now() | as_timestamp immediately loses any concept of a timezone

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 9:57 AM

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ohhhhhh

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ok now that makes sense (pardon the pun)

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 9:58 AM

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Timestamps are the number of seconds since the epoch

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Try it in the test tool

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{{ now() | as_timestamp }}
{{ utcnow() | as_timestamp }}

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 9:58 AM

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I really appreciate your help but I think im too dumb for this

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ill just set a calendar reminder and adjust the automations manually

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 9:59 AM

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Unix timestamp is a simple count of seconds since 00:00:00 on 1 January 1970

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If you don't convert to a timestamp your problem should go away

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 9:59 AM

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yes I know that but I dont understand how to make a simple automation run on UTC

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because im an idiot

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and im not connecting the dots

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oh well

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:00 AM

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arctic sorrel If you _don't_ convert to a timestamp your problem should go away

but how can I compare it to something to get a truthy value?

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 10:00 AM

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You're trying to trigger at midnight?

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 10:00 AM

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{{ utcnow() > utcnow().replace(hour=10, minute=16, second=0, microsecond=0) }}

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I guess this should work

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:01 AM

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arctic sorrel You're trying to trigger at midnight?

yeah cheap power is between 00:30 and 07:30 but once I know the basic mechanics I can dial it in myself

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 10:01 AM

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Also

{{ utcnow().hour == 10 and utcnow().minute == 16 }}

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:01 AM

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marble jackal `{{ utcnow() > utcnow().replace(hour=10, minute=16, second=0, microsecond=0) }}`

aha this is the bit im missing

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no need to convert to a timestamp if I do that

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 10:01 AM

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for 10:16 UTC that is

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 10:02 AM

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

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:02 AM

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yup yup thanks mate I just didnt know how to compare to the value I needed without going into a timestamp and I think going into a timestamp was causing all the issues

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I assumed feeding a timezone aware datetime into a timestamp filter would preserve the timezone awareness

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that was the issue I think

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I know its just number of seconds since unix time was started

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but I thought the filter would add on the 3600 seconds if it needed to

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it does not

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 10:03 AM

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No, because a timestamp is free of the concept of timezones - on any platform

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:03 AM

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yeah but a filter takes a value and spits out that value in a different format

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in this case the value is changed

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 10:04 AM

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Yeah, but when you filter it with a filter that has no concept of Chocolate, you can't expect the result to still include Chocolate

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:04 AM

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I was seeing the filter as

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this datetime as a unix timestamp

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this is way more complicated than it needs to be and all the forum posts point you in the wrong direction

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I wont be the first or last to have this issue

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I get for those well versed on exactly how python handles timezones this might be logical but even for a reasonably technical user it was not

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let alone my mum trying to figure this out

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ultimately laypeople are our target audience no?

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 10:06 AM

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I'm not sure templates will ever be targeted there

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Also, I don't grok Python at all (but I do have "some" experience with timestamps)

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:07 AM

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go do the same thing in django's templating language (or jinja2) and tell me this all makes sense

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 10:08 AM

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It makes sense to me, but then I do know what a timestamp is

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:08 AM

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mate please stop assuming I cant understand the concept of a unix time stamp

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I dont think I could have got this far without understanding an incrementing seconds counter

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 10:08 AM

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ablobwave

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:08 AM

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but

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go do the same thing in django templating

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it works the opposite

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so it shows there is some disagreement about how this should work with a template filter

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:16 AM

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arctic sorrel I'm not sure templates will ever be targeted there

I think thats exactly the point - you shouldnt need a template to run an automation on UTC.

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its something the average user might want to do, not something that should be limited to advanced users

arctic sorrel Jul 5, 2022, 10:18 AM

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So, open a feature request on the forum shrug

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(or develop support yourself, and submit the PRs required)

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:22 AM

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good idea, see my previous comments in the #automations-archived room

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 10:26 AM

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tepid basin this datetime as a unix timestamp

That is exactly what it does

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:27 AM

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it treats it as a timezone naive datetime before doing the conversion - im pretty sure django treats it as a timezone aware datetime before doing the conversion

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:33 AM

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tepid basin yup yup thanks mate I just didnt know how to compare to the value I needed witho...

as_timestamp is dt aware unless it’s coming from a string. Aslo, this is not Django, it’s jinja

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:35 AM

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ok makes sense thanks, if you chain template filters would that make it a string?

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:36 AM

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Depends on what filters you were using

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:36 AM

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aha so check the definition of the filter and see what its outputting if in doubt

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:36 AM

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If you want utc times, just replace the tz

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today_at("00:00").as_timezone(utcnow().tzinfo)

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:38 AM

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yes ofc that makes sense thanks

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:38 AM

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That might not work

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Going off memory

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Need to look up func

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It’s astimezone, not as_timezone

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:40 AM

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2022-07-04 23:00:00+00:00

yup works great thanks

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so if we had a boolean on the time trigger for automations "use daylight savings time" would that be a good path forward?

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if it detected that the user was in a timezone that used DST ofc

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 10:42 AM

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I thought your basis was a utc time (10:16), this converts a local time to utc, which will still give issues when there it's not DST anymore

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:42 AM

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DST should be handled by local

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:43 AM

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yeah im deliberately trying to ignore DST for a small subset of automations

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basically anything to do with power usage (monitoring, using)

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as the meter time is UTC

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:43 AM

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Right, but it’ll ignore it

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:43 AM

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thanks yeah the solutions above work - im thinking about how to formulate this feature request

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I don't want others having to knob around with this im thinking about how to make it easy

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it feels like the time trigger needs to have a timezone option

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:44 AM

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There’s nothing that’s easy with time and you’re the first person to want it

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:44 AM

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I can't imagine that - others must want their washing machine using cheap rate power at night too

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and others must have meters that don't obey DST and stay on UTC

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:47 AM

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Most people just use what’s built into HA which also uses DST and Local

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:48 AM

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in which case they are using 1 hour of premium rate electricity more than needed for 6 months of the year or having to mess with templates

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or im being stupid and not seeing something built-in that does this

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I know adding complexity for the sake of it is bad but it feels like a useful feature, im happy to work on it, maybe it goes nowhere

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:49 AM

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Are you sure your washing machine isn’t just outputting the data 1 hour behind?

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HA puts your data within the hour it receives it

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:50 AM

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100%, if my automations are running on DST and my meter is running on UTC

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:52 AM

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Common problem I seee is that the energy meters output slightly past the hour for the previous hour

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:52 AM

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im using a pulse counter...

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:52 AM

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Which makes all the calcs off by an hour

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:54 AM

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I appreciate you trying to help me but I can assure you the issue is that home assistant automations using the time trigger follow local time (DST, or in my case +1 hour right now) and the meter does not (UTC)

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:55 AM

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Then just make your time tiggers and be done with it

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I’ve been in HA for 7 years now helping with templates, you are the first person to want utc time triggers

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:55 AM

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im using template triggers now but my point is if I'm struggling with it my less technical friends and family simply could not do it

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I think recent projects like https://github.com/klaasnicolaas/home-assistant-glow change the calculus

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anyone using that with a meter like mine (which is very common in the UK) will run into this problem

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with energy prices having doubled here the number of people monitoring their energy will increase

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I perceive this as a pain point im happy to put a feature request / pull request in to solve, im not sure why thats a bad thing?

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 10:59 AM

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Not saying it’s a bad thing. I doubt it will go through

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 10:59 AM

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ok im willing to take that chance

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 11:00 AM

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I think in most countries the high and low tariff is based on local time (at least here in the Netherlands it is).

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 11:01 AM

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I guess the UK didnt get the memo, wouldn't be the first time lol

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 11:01 AM

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Most everything is local time. It’s odd to be UTC

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 11:01 AM

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for us no, UTC == GMT

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DST == BST == UTC + 1 or GMT + 1

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 11:02 AM

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Utc does not follow dst

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So gmt != utc

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 11:02 AM

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GMT does not follow DST

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BST does

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GMT != Europe/London

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 11:04 AM

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So literally only Britain does this stupid 2 timezone crap instead of just using a tz that uses dst

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Super smart, and everyone calls Americans dumb for using imperial

floral shuttle Jul 5, 2022, 11:04 AM

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using these template covers https://community.home-assistant.io/t/overkiz-api-and-somfy-api/61448/1752 works fine, except for when the system (cloud) is down for maintenance, and it throws File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/template/cover.py", line 240, in _update_position state = float(result) TypeError: float() argument must be a string or a real number, not 'NoneType'

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 11:04 AM

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all im trying to do is have a few automations that dont follow DST

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thats it

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my meters clock doesnt change

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home asisstants clock changes

floral shuttle Jul 5, 2022, 11:05 AM

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what would be the best way to guard against this?

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 11:05 AM

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it feels like this could be as simple as a single boolean checkbox

floral shuttle Jul 5, 2022, 11:06 AM

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boils down to position_template: > {% set id = 'rolluik_slaapkamer' %} {{state_attr('cover.'~id,'current_position')}} I suppose

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 11:06 AM

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floral shuttle what would be the best way to guard against this?

Use availability template

floral shuttle Jul 5, 2022, 11:07 AM

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a, you mean on the whole cover template?

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 11:07 AM

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Yeah

floral shuttle Jul 5, 2022, 11:07 AM

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right! didnt think of that...

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 11:07 AM

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I can’t remember if cover supports it

floral shuttle Jul 5, 2022, 11:08 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/cover.template/#availability_template

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yep

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 11:08 AM

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👍

floral shuttle Jul 5, 2022, 11:13 AM

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maybe overkill? ```
availability_template: >
{{states.cover.rolluik_logeerkamer is not none and
states('cover.rolluik_logeerkamer') not in ['unknown','unavailable']}}

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 11:15 AM

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Id just do state_attr is_number

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The first part is unnecessary

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You’d only need states not in[]…

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Sry on mobile

floral shuttle Jul 5, 2022, 11:17 AM

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{% set id = 'rolluik_slaapkamer' %}
          {{state_attr('cover.'~id,'current_position')|is_number}}```

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might be sufficient already?

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or better be safe than sorry and do: {% set id = 'rolluik_slaapkamer' %} {{states('cover.' ~id) not in ['unknown','unavailable'] and state_attr('cover.'~id,'current_position')|is_number}}

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otoh, if is_number is True, the [] is moot

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 12:08 PM

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mighty ledge Super smart, and everyone calls Americans dumb for using imperial

UK wants to go back to imperial https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/05/30/uk-to-revive-imperial-measurements-to-bring-back-british-culture-and-heritage-says-mp 😛

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 12:09 PM

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marble jackal UK wants to go back to imperial <https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/05/30/uk-...

I like imperial and metric, both have their uses IMO

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Imperial for construction, metric for measurement

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 12:10 PM

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Imperial for TV sizes 😛

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 12:10 PM

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That too

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 12:31 PM

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and pizzas

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 12:38 PM

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🍕

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Just checked that one, but Domino's uses cm here in the Netherlands

tepid basin Jul 5, 2022, 12:43 PM

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if anyone encounters an issue like the one I was having with automations being on DST and meters being on UTC then I can't help but feel the best option is just to use a template sensor like so

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https://dpaste.org/T1NWF

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then you can use that as a trigger for any automation you want and thats easy enough to teach to the rest of the family for when they are making their own automations

civic hedge Jul 5, 2022, 12:55 PM

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Hope this is the right channel.

In an automation I have an MQTT trigger with topic "paradox/states/zones/+/presently_in_alarm" and payload "True". I can then split the trigger topic up using {{trigger.topic.split('/')[3]}} that give me the info I need for my notification e.g. the zone in this case.

I'm wondering if it is possible to create a sensor that has the {{trigger.topic.split('/')[3]}} value? Following on the example above if the topic was "paradox/states/zones/zone1/presently_in_alarm" then {{trigger.topic.split('/')[3]}} would return "zone1". I'd like to have "zone1" allocated to a sensor.

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 1:00 PM

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tepid basin https://dpaste.org/T1NWF

I would suggest using a binary_sensor here, instead of a normal sensor, and you can simplify your template a bit:

template:
  - binary_sensor:
      - name: "Off Peak Power"
        state: "{{ utcnow().replace(hour=0, minute=36, second=0, microsecond=0) < utcnow() < utcnow().replace(hour=7, minute=36, second=0, microsecond=0)}}"

shell leaf Jul 5, 2022, 1:05 PM

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hi everyone. is there a way that i can set a entity before writing out a template and it will put the entity name without me having to input it many times

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my examples is the following:

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https://dpaste.org/OpQ7C

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i just want to set the entity as climate.kitchen_ac without having to retype it each time i want to utilize it in my template

obsidian lintel Jul 5, 2022, 1:11 PM

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Event • Meeting Booking

Location • Board Room

Guest • Jane (mllcng@gmail.com)

I wanna create a regex that only selects Jane which is not constant

/Guest • (.*)/gmi

this is what I have so far but it picks up the email too which I do not want...

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 1:40 PM

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shell leaf i just want to set the entity as climate.kitchen_ac without having to retype it ...

{% set c = 'climate.kitchen_ac' %}
{{ states(c) }}
{{ state_attr(c, 'temperature') | int}} °C
{% if is_state(c, 'off') %}
{% else %}
  blue
{% endif %}

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 1:40 PM

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Ignore the email, but go to the (

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Capture all characters between the dot and the (, that’s pretty much all you’d need

shell leaf Jul 5, 2022, 1:41 PM

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Thanks @marble jackal . Will give it a go

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 1:48 PM

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shell leaf Thanks <@723160143314812971> . Will give it a go

but this only works if they are under the same key. I looks like you have are setting up a card (maybe a mushroom template card) and then you can not use it like that
You can not use variables in something like this:

primary: "{{ states('climate.kitchen_ac') }}"
secundary: "{{ state_attr('climate.kitchen_ac', 'temperature') | int}} °C"
icon_color: >
  {% if is_state('climate.kitchen_ac', 'on') %}
    blue
  {% endif %}

shell leaf Jul 5, 2022, 1:50 PM

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correct, a mushroom template card. seems ill have to do each AC in each room separate. but i can at least use the set in the Dev tools template environment to save alot of copy pasting

obsidian lintel Jul 5, 2022, 1:50 PM

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mighty ledge Capture all characters between the dot and the (, that’s pretty much all you’d n...

Thankss

shell leaf Jul 5, 2022, 1:53 PM

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well actually it wont work in that either 😛

silent barnBOT Jul 5, 2022, 1:55 PM

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@obsidian lintel posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://hastebin.com/arulepacuq

obsidian lintel Jul 5, 2022, 1:55 PM

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How would i go about to iterate all the values in this list and get the keyboardPwdId from the keyboardPwdName "Clement"

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 2:00 PM

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{{ your_list | selectattr('keyboardPwdName', 'eq', 'Clement') | map(attribute='keyboardPwdId') | list }}

obsidian lintel Jul 5, 2022, 2:04 PM

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If for example, 'Clement' is not constant

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Can i use a {{states()}}?

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{{ value_json['list'] | selectattr('keyboardPwdName', 'eq', states(sensor.current_booking_name)) | map(attribute='keyboardPwdId') | list }}

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Im getting an error hahaha

obsidian lintel Jul 5, 2022, 2:06 PM

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marble jackal `{{ your_list | selectattr('keyboardPwdName', 'eq', 'Clement') | map(attribute='...

I can confirm this works however

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ah i got it

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needed to quote it

obsidian lintel Jul 5, 2022, 2:30 PM

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{{(now().timestamp()|int*1000)}} )```

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how do I do this?

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select attr where value is less than now().timestamp()

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 2:39 PM

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obsidian lintel ```selectattr( {{as_timestamp(state_attr('calendar.calendar_com', 'end_time'))|i...

you are nesting templates, remove the {{ and }}

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and you can not do what you are doing

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you will have to select an existing key in your list as first part of your selectattr

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what is the dataset you are using this on?

obsidian lintel Jul 5, 2022, 2:43 PM

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API JSON Request

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{{ value_json['list'] | selectattr('endDate', 'lessthan', now().timestamp()|int*1000 ) | map(attribute='keyboardPwdId') | list }}

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Im using this now but

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Im getting all the keyboardPwdId

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Thanks so much Fes, I think im getting there!

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[1657030500000, 0, 0, 0]```

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{{ value_json['list'] | selectattr('endDate', 'lessthan', now().timestamp()|int*1000 ) | map(attribute='endDate') | list }}

using this. how do I select the first value in the list?

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I tried this

{{ value_json['list'] | selectattr('endDate', 'lessthan', now().timestamp()|int*1000 ) | map(attribute='endDate') | list[0] }}

marble jackal Jul 5, 2022, 2:57 PM

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either: {{ (value_json['list'] | selectattr('endDate', 'lessthan', now().timestamp()|int*1000 ) | map(attribute='endDate') | list)[0] }}
or: {{ value_json['list'] | selectattr('endDate', 'lessthan', now().timestamp()|int*1000 ) | map(attribute='endDate') | list | first }}

obsidian lintel Jul 5, 2022, 2:57 PM

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Sick

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Ah legendddd

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hahahahahaha

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Im quite unaware with Jinja scripting, but I really am starting to like it. Still a student here, may I know what applications uses it? Ansible?

karmic wadi Jul 5, 2022, 3:23 PM

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hi guys, i'm folllowing the steps to add roborock map using the map extractor, and importing the rooms

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https://github.com/PiotrMachowski/lovelace-xiaomi-vacuum-map-card/discussions/317

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at Step 4 it says "Copy template result to card's config and adjust it to your liking" , any idea what file is this card's config referring to?

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the main configuration.yaml? the template output doesn't look like it fits in there, or am i mistaken

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oh the actual card itself

mighty ledge Jul 5, 2022, 5:30 PM

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karmic wadi at Step 4 it says "Copy template result to card's config and adjust it to your l...

When anything references cards, it’s talking about a dashboard

karmic wadi Jul 5, 2022, 5:32 PM

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mighty ledge When anything references cards, it’s talking about a dashboard

ic, thanks!

versed smelt Jul 5, 2022, 8:57 PM

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I’m stuck with how to setup a command_line switch. I’m trying to run ssh against a remote device, but I’m not sure how to create the actually switch.

inner mesa Jul 5, 2022, 9:02 PM

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what did you try?

versed smelt Jul 5, 2022, 9:05 PM

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I thought I could create it under the helpers or as part of scripts, but I cannot figure out how to create something that isn’t part of an integration. I’ve created a few toggles as helpers. I think I need to do it as manual code in a yaml file. I could use a good example to figure it out.

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or a good youtube video

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I’ve started this based on other info, I’m just not sure how to make it appear in HA as a thing 🙂

- platform: command_line
  switches:
    magic_mirror_state:
      friendly_name: Magic Mirror Power
      command_on: 'ssh pi@192.168.10.227 -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i /config/keys/id_rsa "xrandr -display :0 --output HDMI-1 --auto"'
      command_off: 'ssh pi@192.168.10.227 -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i /config/keys/id_rsa "xrandr -display :0 --output HDMI-1 --off"'

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I’ve managed to get the ssh to execute without password

inner mesa Jul 5, 2022, 9:15 PM

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in the future, please format it properly

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inner mesa Jul 5, 2022, 9:15 PM

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I'm not sure what this part is doing: {{ value == 'on' }}

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but assuming that you format it properly and it passes the config check, then you should end up with a switch.magic_mirror_state entity

versed smelt Jul 5, 2022, 9:17 PM

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I would put this in configuration.yaml?

inner mesa Jul 5, 2022, 9:19 PM

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it goes under switch: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switch.command_line/

versed smelt Jul 5, 2022, 9:31 PM

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Thank you! I knew I was missing something simple.

balmy wedge Jul 5, 2022, 10:33 PM

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Is there a way to show the maximum value of a sensor, say, over the last 24 hours?

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Ah, I see https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/min_max/ so I imagine that's the way to do it

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Thanks!

forest vapor Jul 6, 2022, 5:29 AM

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Good morning all

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i have an unknown Tuya device. i have sniffed all the HEX commands and can read the Tuya data. "TuyaReceived":{"Data":"55AA0307005A0

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My question is how can i get this Hex data to read in Tasmota. From the Hex i get two temperatures and i also want to send serial commands to the device with toggle sliders(min and max, each toggle option has a hex value).

sacred sparrow Jul 6, 2022, 8:34 AM

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is there a better way to write this:

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      state: >
        {% set index = states('sensor.fitzroy_uv_max_index_0') | int %}
        {% if index <= 2 %}
          Low
        {% elif index <= 5 %}
          Moderate
        {% elif index <= 7 %}
          High
        {% elif index <= 10 %}
          Very High
        {% else %}
          Extreme
        {% endif %}```

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low (1-2)
moderate (3-5)
high (6-7)
very high (8-10)
extreme (11 and above).

sacred sparrow Jul 6, 2022, 8:50 AM

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it works great I just wanted to know if there was a better way 🙂

marble jackal Jul 6, 2022, 8:52 AM

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This is fine, but do note it will show extreme if your source sensor is unavailable

sacred sparrow Jul 6, 2022, 10:05 AM

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I've added availability so that should cover it

floral shuttle Jul 6, 2022, 1:50 PM

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as an alternative:```
{% set index = states('sensor.dark_sky_uv_index') %}
{% set scale = {'1':'Zeer laag','2':'Zeer laag','3':'Laag',
'4':'Laag','5':'Matig','6':'Matig',
'7':'Hoog','8':'Hoog','9':'Zeer hoog',
'10':'Zeer hoog'} %}
{{scale.get(index,'unknown')}}

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ofc, thats without higehr than 10.... I took the Dutch weatherinstitute scale

obsidian lintel Jul 7, 2022, 10:34 AM

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      value_template: >
        {{ state_attr('calendar.it_autolifetech_com', 'description')|regex_findall('\+[0-9]+([0-9]{6})$')}}
      friendly_name: "Current Booking Passcode"
      icon_template: mdi:key```

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Having some issues with my Regex it aint picking up the match even tho the testcases succeeded in Regex101

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+6590000004

+15326126677812933

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Here are the 2 test cases

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Seems like it doesnt accept the $ at the back, its working now

obsidian lintel Jul 7, 2022, 4:36 PM

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How should I go about to countdown
{{(state_attr('calendar.lol', 'start_time'))}}

inner mesa Jul 7, 2022, 6:20 PM

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Set a timer entity to the difference between that time and now. Then start the timer

primal copper Jul 7, 2022, 6:55 PM

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I have a card that has a few if statements in it to display when garbage (and optionally recycling) is due, so eventually it outputs something like "Garbage pickup is tomorrow" -- what's the best way to set this to a reusable variable so that I can use it on my watch without having to copy the entire template block with the ifs to my phone/watch? So, ideally I'd just like to call sensor.garbage_pickup_string and it'd output the above, is there some way I'm not seeing or should I just set it to a sensor in yaml?

inner mesa Jul 7, 2022, 6:56 PM

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You can make a template sensor for that, or set it in an input_text entity

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A template sensor is easiest, and you'd create that in YAML

primal copper Jul 7, 2022, 6:58 PM

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okay perfect, ty for the quick answer

rain pagoda Jul 7, 2022, 8:09 PM

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Anyone know if there is a way to change a capitalized value to lower case?

inner mesa Jul 7, 2022, 8:11 PM

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Yes, with |lower

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There's Jinja documentation at the link in the channel topic

rain pagoda Jul 7, 2022, 8:16 PM

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So I tried {% for alert in alerts if is_state(alert, 'on') %}{% if 'warning' or 'severe' in state_attr( alert, 'alert_NWSheadline')|lower() %} But I'm using it in a mushroom title card which I think is trying to use markdown if I understand correctly

inner mesa Jul 7, 2022, 8:19 PM

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You added ()

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You're also not actually outputting anything

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You should review the jinja docs

rain pagoda Jul 7, 2022, 8:38 PM

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It was just an excerpt from the rest. Thank you - The () was the ticket. Removed that and now it outputs like it should 🙂

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It may not be pretty but it works!

marble jackal Jul 7, 2022, 8:49 PM

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rain pagoda It was just an excerpt from the rest. Thank you - The `()` was the ticket. Remov...

{% if 'warning' or 'severe' in state_attr( alert, 'alert_NWSheadline')|lower %} this will be always true because 'warning' is always true

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I think you want {% if 'warning' in state_attr( alert, 'alert_NWSheadline')|lower or 'severe' in state_attr( alert, 'alert_NWSheadline')|lower %}

eager veldt Jul 7, 2022, 9:31 PM

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wondering if someone can help me create a lights template?

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devices are two smart light bulbs and a switch I can toggle but don't know the state of. I realize I can use the availability of the light bulbs to assume the state of the switch.

inner mesa Jul 8, 2022, 1:28 AM

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@fringe temple This may do what you want, or at least get you started:

template:
- sensor:
  - name: Work Zone
    state: "{{ states.person|selectattr('state', 'eq', 'Work')|map(attribute='entity_id')|list|count }}"
    attributes:
      people: "{{ states.person|selectattr('state', 'eq', 'Work')|map(attribute='name')|list|default(state_attr('sensor.work_zone', 'people'), True) }}"

marble jackal Jul 8, 2022, 5:53 AM

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inner mesa <@594908728789172250> This may do what you want, or at least get you started: ``...

This is basically a replication of what the zone is already showing. To show the last person there in case there is nobody in the zone, I guess you'll need a trigger based template sensor

inner mesa Jul 8, 2022, 6:03 AM

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Oh, I didn't realize that it shows who is in the zone as well as how many people

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Well, that appeared to solve both problems without a trigger

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When the list is empty, it just keeps the last value in the attribute

marble jackal Jul 8, 2022, 6:58 AM

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inner mesa Oh, I didn't realize that it shows who is in the zone as well as how many people

That was added in 2022.6 🙂

coarse sable Jul 8, 2022, 8:07 AM

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I'm struggling with the correct way to use state_attr and getting UndefinedError: 'dict object' has no attribute 'ThirdPractice' when testing in devtools .

{% set nr = state_attr('sensor.formula_one_sensor', 'next_race')  %}
{{nr}}

FP1: {{ nr.FirstPractice.date }}
FP2: {{ nr.SecondPractice.date }}
FP3: {{ nr.ThirdPractice.date }}
Spr: {{ nr.Sprint.date }}

sensor.next_race is here : https://pastebin.com/3Q2t5JKR

What is the correct way to address the 4 objects and avoid errors when one of them doesn't exist ?

marble jackal Jul 8, 2022, 8:30 AM

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{% set nr = state_attr('sensor.formula_one_sensor', 'next_race')  %}
{% set nr = nr if not nr is none else {} %}
FP1: {{ nr.get('FirstPractice', {}).get('date') }}

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you could try this

coarse sable Jul 8, 2022, 8:31 AM

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nope...same error

marble jackal Jul 8, 2022, 8:31 AM

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I already saw, adjusted

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(for one example)

coarse sable Jul 8, 2022, 8:32 AM

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ah yes...lemme check

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looks promising, thank you @marble jackal

waxen rune Jul 8, 2022, 10:30 AM

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coarse sable I'm struggling with the correct way to use `state_attr` and getting `UndefinedEr...

..and please share the complete result for other F1 fans to enjoy 🙂

young jacinth Jul 8, 2022, 2:03 PM

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HI!

how do i check if any off the binary sensors of primary is on?

{% set primary = ['binary_sensor.a','binary_sensor.b','binary_sensor.c'] %}

inner mesa Jul 8, 2022, 2:09 PM

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{{ primary|expand|selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on')|list|length > 0 }}

oblique stratus Jul 8, 2022, 2:17 PM

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is there a way to convert a next alarm sensor to datetime? or is there a reason why my custom template sensor won t show up in ha? i m pretty sure the configuration.yaml and the sensor.yaml is ok

marble jackal Jul 8, 2022, 2:29 PM

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.share the code

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marble jackal Jul 8, 2022, 2:29 PM

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and as_datetime (both as function or filter) should be able to convert a string to a datetime

oblique stratus Jul 8, 2022, 2:30 PM

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oh i was using as_timestamp

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{{ as_timestamp(states('sensor.bogdans10_next_alarm')) | timestamp_local }}
{{ as_timestamp( now() ) | timestamp_local }}```

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in the end i figured out this gives me the 2 dates i need

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i think im onto something

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but i get that i can t subtract 2 strings

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{{ as_timestamp(states('sensor.bogdans10_next_alarm')) | as_datetime - as_timestamp( now() ) | int | as_datetime }}

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this seemed to give me the number of minutes before my alarm which i guess is what i wanted

marble jackal Jul 8, 2022, 2:32 PM

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you can also subtract two datetimes

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that will give a timedelta

oblique stratus Jul 8, 2022, 2:33 PM

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yep that s wht i got a timedelta

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is that enough to make a trigger? like can i compare that timedelta to something?

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sth like when that timedelta is less than a minute do something

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oh there s a as_timedelta function

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got it working now

marble jackal Jul 8, 2022, 2:38 PM

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A template trigger should return true or false

oblique stratus Jul 8, 2022, 2:38 PM

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    - as_timestamp( now() ) | int | as_datetime) < as_timedelta('00:01:00')
}}

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yep this is what i got in the end

marble jackal Jul 8, 2022, 2:38 PM

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That is overly complex

oblique stratus Jul 8, 2022, 2:39 PM

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i mean it takes the difference between next alarm and now and compares it to 10 minutes

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1 minute sorry

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for some reason the automation started exactly on my alarm

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which is wierd but what i wanted

marble jackal Jul 8, 2022, 2:40 PM

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{{ (as_datetime(states('sensor.bogdans10_next_alarm')) - now() )).seconds < 60 }}

oblique stratus Jul 8, 2022, 2:40 PM

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oh yeah that s way cleaner :))

marble jackal Jul 8, 2022, 2:42 PM

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You were converting now() which is a datetime, to a timestamp and then back to a datetime

oblique stratus Jul 8, 2022, 2:43 PM

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yeah i see it now it makes sense

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mine turns to true a bit later than yous

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but it doesn t trigger the automation untill the actual alarm on my phone starts

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that s a bit wierd

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thanx a lot for the help

young jacinth Jul 8, 2022, 2:55 PM

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inner mesa `{{ primary|expand|selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on')|list|length > 0 }}`

is expand filter not allowed for template sensors?

inner mesa Jul 8, 2022, 2:55 PM

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It's not allowed in template triggers

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What are you trying to do?

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You can also use expand(primary)

young jacinth Jul 8, 2022, 2:58 PM

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this works 🙂

inner mesa Jul 8, 2022, 2:59 PM

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There's something weird about the filter. I don't know what's wrong

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It works in the template dev tool

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hmm: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/67728

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Looks like it just died as "stale". I'll see if I can figure out what's going on when I have some time

young jacinth Jul 8, 2022, 5:28 PM

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inner mesa What are you trying to do?

iam optimizing my occupation sensor. it should have primary and secondary sensors. primary sensors can turn the sensor on, but secondary should only HOLD them on if primary sensors go off.

your suggestion for my first problem worked. iam having trouble with self referencing using the thisvariable now

this is the working sensor: https://pastebin.com/02kezg5Q

this is the NOT working sensor: https://pastebin.com/axKsmhPS

young jacinth Jul 8, 2022, 5:29 PM

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inner mesa Looks like it just died as "stale". I'll see if I can figure out what's going o...

ouch

inner mesa Jul 8, 2022, 5:53 PM

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this is the state object itself, and can't be used to index into states, and doesn't need to be

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you just want this.state

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there's an example in the docs that references an attribute: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/template/#self-referencing

young jacinth Jul 8, 2022, 6:20 PM

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inner mesa `this` is the state object itself, and can't be used to index into `states`, and...

i will try that thanks

pliant viper Jul 9, 2022, 12:03 AM

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Is there a built-in filter to validate an IP4 address? I need to verify that a state is a valid IP before continuing

white ruin Jul 9, 2022, 12:07 AM

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pliant viper Is there a built-in filter to validate an IP4 address? I need to verify that a ...

To my knowledge there isn't anything built into Jinja templates to do that but I'd look into the documentation here: https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/latest/templates/

pliant viper Jul 9, 2022, 12:08 AM

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Yeah, I couldn't find anything other than a filter in ansible, would've been too easy

winter pilot Jul 9, 2022, 1:07 AM

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I'm trying to assign a sensor attribute as a variable so I can send it to TTS but am having issues. I keep getting an error that the variable is undefined when it "is" ..

{% set alertb = state_attr('sensor.wx_alerts', 'spoken_desc') %}

I've tried several iterations and finally gave up and came here as my Google skills yielded no results thus far.

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 1:15 AM

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what is the error?

winter pilot Jul 9, 2022, 1:15 AM

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UndefinedError: 'alertb' is undefined

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 1:15 AM

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that's not the code producing it

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share that

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that is an assignment

winter pilot Jul 9, 2022, 1:17 AM

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what is the preferred code share site again?

silent barnBOT Jul 9, 2022, 1:17 AM

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winter pilot Jul 9, 2022, 1:18 AM

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thanks! I keep getting pastebin stuck in my head for some reason but know that isn't the one to use. Code incoming...

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inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 1:20 AM

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that is still an assignment

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it's not going to produce the error you mentioned

winter pilot Jul 9, 2022, 1:21 AM

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The very last line is where I test the values... "{{ alerta }}, {{ alertb }}"

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 1:21 AM

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yes, the problem is on the last line, and the problem is that you need to use a namespace

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you're defining/assigning a variable inside the loop, and it won't be available outside the loop

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this is an example: #templates-archived message

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I suggest some strategic indentation there - it was really really hard to see what was going on

winter pilot Jul 9, 2022, 1:25 AM

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ya, sorry on that one ... I hadn't formatted everything yet. The colorizing helps keep track...

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thanks for the direction ... i'll mess with it and see what I can do. Haven't yet dealt with namespaces yet.

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@inner mesa You might be my favorite person on the internet right now.... Thanks!

civic cargo Jul 9, 2022, 2:41 AM

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https://dpaste.org/KkB1C

Is there a way to hide a template switch?

My TV doesn't play well with home assistant, so I created a template switch to control it.
This new switch appears in google home, but I'd like it to be hidden. Though, because it's a template, it can't be done with the UI

My google-fu and experimentation hasn't been fruitful.

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 2:48 AM

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you should be able to hide it if you give it a unique_id: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switch.template/#unique_id

civic cargo Jul 9, 2022, 2:53 AM

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I don't deserve you.
Seeing this now, I feel pretty silly.

I also understand where the UI was TRYING to point me. 🤦‍♂️

Thank you

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 2:09 PM

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hey :)
I am looking at https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/ and i can't find a way to have something like "{{ is state('binary_sensor.test", "off") }}" that work with a timed for: "00:01:00" like i can have in state condition.
Is this something that i missed, or something that isn't possible an i need to think my way around ?

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maybe doing this and a check on last_changed but that will kill the auto update of the template if i make a check with now in it

ebon yoke Jul 9, 2022, 2:15 PM

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what's the reason that this template sensor outputs 0 kwh?

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        {{ states('sensor.wall_plug_switch_electric_consumption_kwh_4') }}
      {% endif %}

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do i need an else here?

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or can i set the value to its last value?

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 2:18 PM

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what is the value of sensor.wall_plug_switch_electric_consumption_kwh_4 ?

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(bad zwave wall_plug that output crazy negative value ? there is a blueprint for that if i remember)

ebon yoke Jul 9, 2022, 2:20 PM

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sinful bison (bad zwave wall_plug that output crazy negative value ? there is a blueprint for...

that is correct.. the same problem

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where do i find that blueprint?

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 2:22 PM

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i'm googling it, i didn't save it

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the issue you may have tho is that the sensor is cumulative, so when it get a crazy low value, it will stay in negative and slowly go back up.
You can't filter that way, you need to ignore negative change, but not ignore negative value

ebon yoke Jul 9, 2022, 2:25 PM

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throw in an {% else %} and then just 0?

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meaning: no change?

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 2:28 PM

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that won't be change, it will be value

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you will reset your sensor to 0

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is it a neo plug ?
https://gist.github.com/KloudJack/4489ffcbeae58b88072f391dca55b40d

ebon yoke Jul 9, 2022, 2:30 PM

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yes, it's a neo

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but is it possible to add this as a general template or do i have to create new unique sensors?

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i have to create an equal number of template sensors as i have devices, right?

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 2:33 PM

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yes you will have to

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you can then "hide" the broken one from the UI to avoid it showing up

ebon yoke Jul 9, 2022, 2:34 PM

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yeah

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but can i reuse some of the constants?

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        {% set roundDecimals = 4 %}

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 2:35 PM

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you will have to create some entity to store those, and then call the entity to get the value back, not worth it

ebon yoke Jul 9, 2022, 2:35 PM

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ok

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 2:35 PM

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template variable scope is limited to the current template

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tell me if it work when you have it fixed please, i just disabled the sensor and it could be nice to have it back

ebon yoke Jul 9, 2022, 3:01 PM

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seems like it's working

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have to wait till tomorrow to see if the energy dashboard behaves

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getting totally wicked data currently

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like -80 kwh 🙂

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 3:12 PM

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you may need to reset that to 0 asit won't do it on it's own

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 3:21 PM

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sinful bison hey :) I am looking at https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templati...

I may have to create automation for this only to turn off or turn on a input_boolean, and have it in my template

lot's of extra step but that's all i can see right now

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 3:51 PM

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It's not that complicated with a template, but what you described is another option

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 3:55 PM

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i am looking for a template solution :°
Can you develop please ?

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i have surely missed an option because i couldn't find it

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 3:58 PM

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{{ is_state('switch.fr_table_lamp', 'off') and now() > states.switch.fr_table_lamp.last_changed + timedelta(minutes=5) }}

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 4:00 PM

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ok, i had this in mind to (the message just under) but we agree that this can't go in a trigger "template" right ? because with now change won't get evaluated ?

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 4:00 PM

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I didn't see anything about a trigger in your question

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 4:01 PM

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yup, didn't mention it because i am bad at explaining what i'm looking for :D

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 4:02 PM

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what you're looking for is better done with a trigger and a condition

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 4:02 PM

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i am looking if there is an equivalent to the state trigger in template in order to use it in a binary_sensor state

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 4:03 PM

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but the template binary_sensor is the easiest

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 4:03 PM

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sinful bison i am looking if there is an equivalent to the state trigger in template in order...

I don't know what this means

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 4:07 PM

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here for exemple, if i want all of those to turn test on but only if one is "on" for > 5mn, this is not the right way right ?

    - name: test
      state: "{{
is_state('media_player.hifi_1','playing') or
is_state('media_player.hifi_2', 'on') or
is_state('media_player.hifi_3', 'on')
}}"```

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you are saying i should use 3 state trigger instead ?

marble jackal Jul 9, 2022, 4:08 PM

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sinful bison ok, i had this in mind to (the message just under) but we agree that this can't ...

Templates with now() will be evaluated once per minute

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 4:08 PM

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Oo Ok i forgot about that change thank's :)

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 4:10 PM

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sinful bison here for exemple, if i want all of those to turn `test` on but only if one is "o...

you can use delay_on: '00:05:00' if you want it to turn on if the expression goes from false to true and stays there for 5 minutes

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 4:14 PM

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First, this is me trying to plan the cleanest way to do room occupation, so no specific need in mind.

i know about delay_on, what i hope to get is the capability to have different delay per entity.

I also think about a "not is_state('light.somelight', off > 5mn)" in the same single binary_sensor and i don't know how i can mix and match all of that between trigger and state template

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 4:18 PM

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make separate binary_sensors

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 4:18 PM

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one for each source ? then a big list in a final one ?

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 4:19 PM

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that is one way

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 4:19 PM

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what would be your way ?

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 4:20 PM

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that way is fine

sinful bison Jul 9, 2022, 4:22 PM

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ok :)
so trigger with the correct state to turn it on, and auto_off to turn it off.
Retrigger will extend the delay no problem. And even if i have to create more binary sensor that i wanted, it's cleaner than automation and input_boolean

young jacinth Jul 9, 2022, 5:13 PM

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hi,

{{ states.device_tracker|selectattr("attributes.ssid", "eq", "FritzBox")|list }}

this template is failing lately but i dont know why the object has ssid=FritzBox

UndefinedError: 'homeassistant.util.read_only_dict.ReadOnlyDict object' has no attribute 'ssid'

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 5:13 PM

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you need to filter for entities that have that attribute

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{{ states.device_tracker|selectattr('attributes.ssid', 'defined')|selectattr("attributes.ssid", "eq", "FritzBox")|list }}

young jacinth Jul 9, 2022, 5:15 PM

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inner mesa `{{ states.device_tracker|selectattr('attributes.ssid', 'defined')|selectattr("a...

iam getting

TemplateRuntimeError: No test named 'attributes.ssid'

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 5:16 PM

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sorry, corrected

young jacinth Jul 9, 2022, 5:17 PM

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inner mesa sorry, corrected

thanks again that works

merry marsh Jul 9, 2022, 6:21 PM

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How can I set a template sensor 5 seconds to e.g. "foo" if another entity state changes to "bar". "bar" is afterwards still the state of the second entity, but after the 5 seconds the to be created template sensor should get another state, e.g. "foo2". Are there examples I can adopt?

inner mesa Jul 9, 2022, 6:35 PM

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Perhaps with a trigger-based template sensor

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Two triggers - one when the state changes, a second with for: '00:00:05'

merry marsh Jul 9, 2022, 6:40 PM

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Oh man. You are right. Sometimes I cannot see the tree in the forest.

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Will try this, if there are side effects, I do not want.

paper hazel Jul 9, 2022, 11:34 PM

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I'm stumped - Any idea why this template condition will cause an error? It renders correctly to false when tested```
- platform: template
value_template: "{{ states('device_tracker.me_composite') != 'home' }}"

inner mesa Jul 10, 2022, 12:16 AM

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what is the error?

paper hazel Jul 10, 2022, 12:22 AM

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I cleared it now, from the logs, but if I recall correctly it got a value of 'none'. I shall uncomment the automation tomorrow and post the error, but for now it is bed time - almost 2:30am...

inner mesa Jul 10, 2022, 12:30 AM

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you should use {{ not is_state('device_tracker.me_composite', 'home') }} to avoid issues at startup

paper hazel Jul 10, 2022, 12:33 AM

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Thx! Will try it tomorrow - Got the errors during automation reload though...

winged dirge Jul 10, 2022, 3:53 AM

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I figured out all my Automations with Unicode Emojis in 2022.7 are no longer working i.e.
title: "\uD83D\uDEAE Take Out Rubbish Bins"

Just checked in Jinja2 that now returns an empty string

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I'm pretty sure the Jinja encoding engine is parsing UTF16 characters differently since 2021.7

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Which means posts like this are no longer correct...

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https://thibmaek.com/posts/using-emoji-in-home-assistant

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Ok I have confirmed UTF16 is not interpreted any more, however you can just use Emojis directly in Yaml. I'd prefer to encode them as I'm not sure all my scripts will handle Emoji's in source code.

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If anyone could pinpoint what changed in 2022.7 i.e. Python 10 or jinja2 upgrade that causes this let me know

merry marsh Jul 10, 2022, 9:47 AM

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inner mesa you should use `{{ not is_state('device_tracker.me_composite', 'home') }}` to av...

I know using states() and is_state() instead of state.etc is better, because of situations with undefined stated at startup. But why is is_state better than states()==? That means, what is resulting in what differently in which edge cases?

marble jackal Jul 10, 2022, 10:57 AM

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The difference is explained there

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@merry marsh

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In your case it should not make a difference based on that

obsidian lintel Jul 10, 2022, 10:59 AM

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  selectattr('current_temperature', 'lessthan' , 27) | list | count
   }} Aircons probably turned on!```

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I did this, but im getting an error that say:

UndefinedError: 'homeassistant.helpers.template.TemplateState object' has no attribute 'current_temperature'

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Though I literally have an attribute current_temperature

obsidian lintel Jul 10, 2022, 11:19 AM

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I got it

obsidian lintel Jul 10, 2022, 12:00 PM

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map(attribute='name', 'current_temperature') is there any way to map 2 attributes?

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I want it to be like Hot Desk - Panasonic AC 1 (Currently 26.5°C)

marble jackal Jul 10, 2022, 1:54 PM

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You'll have to use a for loop with a namespace

paper hazel Jul 10, 2022, 3:36 PM

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inner mesa you should use `{{ not is_state('device_tracker.me_composite', 'home') }}` to av...

Hi, I have changed it to {{ not is_state('device_tracker.me_composite', 'home') }}, and still get this error in the log.```
Invalid config for [automation]: Unexpected value for condition: 'None'. Expected and, device, not, numeric_state, or, state, sun, template, time, trigger, zone @ data['condition'][1]. Got None Unexpected value for condition: 'None'. Expected and, device, not, numeric_state, or, state, sun, template, time, trigger, zone @ data['condition'][2]. Got None. (See ?, line ?).

inner mesa Jul 10, 2022, 3:39 PM

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share the whole thing

paper hazel Jul 10, 2022, 3:42 PM

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Here it is: https://dpaste.org/NACmV

inner mesa Jul 10, 2022, 3:49 PM

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I don't know. Weird quotes? Wrong entity_id?

paper hazel Jul 10, 2022, 3:58 PM

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Hmm... entity_id is correct as it renders in the UI under templates. Think I'll just trash it, and start fresh building it up... Thx for your help!

lyric hatch Jul 10, 2022, 6:24 PM

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Hey all, I'm trying to get a binary sensor working, I have 4 sensors and I want if sensor1 value is lower than the rest then the binary sensor is on otherwise off, any help is appreciated

inner mesa Jul 10, 2022, 6:34 PM

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You want something like 'w < [x, y, z]|min'

sacred sparrow Jul 10, 2022, 7:29 PM

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is there a way to only show appointments between 07:00am - 10:00am?

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    - name: Work Appointments Today
      icon: mdi:calendar
      availability: "{{ not is_state('sensor.ical_work_calendar_event_0', 'unavailable') }}"
      state: >
        {% set ns = namespace(count = 0) %}
        {% for item in states.sensor | selectattr('entity_id', 'match', '^sensor.ical_work_calendar_event') %}
          {% if item.attributes.start.date() == now().date() and item.attributes.summary == 'Busy' %}
            {% set ns.count = ns.count + 1 %}
          {% endif %}
        {% endfor %}
        {{ ns.count }}

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I cant figure out how to edit "if item.attributes.start.date() == now().date()"

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everything else in that code works perfectly. but I don't really care about appointments before 7am or after 10am for my automations

thorny snow Jul 10, 2022, 7:58 PM

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Hey, im having an automation that sends me a message when i leave home with the count of windows left opened, the question / problem here is, can i get it to say Window for 1 and Windows when its more than 1 window left opened ?...

lyric hatch Jul 10, 2022, 7:59 PM

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inner mesa You want something like 'w < [x, y, z]|min'

What is w,x,y,z ment to be? I know it's the sensors I want to use but how do I format it correctly? I've tried {{ states('sensor.sensor1') }} and sensor.sensor1 and sensor.sensor1.state

flint wing Jul 10, 2022, 8:12 PM

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I'll post once in case anyone could help, if not, then I'll post in HA community online.

I'm doing my best with template sensors. I am now trying to create a sensor that can output a numerical value so that it could be used in an automation condition. If you look at the code below, my sensor displays a time in 00:00:00 format but an automation condition expect a float for dictionary value @ data[‘above’]. How can I modify my code so that it gives me a numerical value in seconds of the time passed since my entity has been OFF.

platform: template
sensors:
duree_fermeture_lumieres_interieures_garage:
entity_id:
- sensor.time
- switch.garage_switch_1
value_template: >
{% set t = 0 if states('switch.garage_switch_1') == 'on' else now().timestamp() - states.switch.garage_switch_1.last_changed.timestamp() %}
{{ t | timestamp_custom('%H:%M:%S', false) }}

inner mesa Jul 10, 2022, 8:19 PM

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lyric hatch What is w,x,y,z ment to be? I know it's the sensors I want to use but how do I f...

It's pseudocode

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you should review the docs in the channel topic

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the syntax that you're looking for is states('sensor.xxx')|float

sacred sparrow Jul 10, 2022, 8:35 PM

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sacred sparrow I cant figure out how to edit "if item.attributes.start.date() == now().date()"

is this the best way:

      state: >
        {% set ns = namespace(count = 0) %}
        {% for item in states.sensor | selectattr('entity_id', 'match', '^sensor.ical_work_calendar_event') %}
          {% if item.attributes.start > today_at("07:00") and item.attributes.start < today_at("10:00") and item.attributes.summary == 'Busy' %}
            {% set ns.count = ns.count + 1 %}
          {% endif %}
        {% endfor %}
        {{ ns.count }}

acoustic arch Jul 10, 2022, 8:53 PM

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i have an array of rainvalues with which im toying with. I already can find the first non zero value in the array and print the time. But how can i find the first zero value in the array after that one? that would be the end of the rain.

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lets say i got: 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 7 8 0 0 0 2 2 9.
i can find the first value of 1, but how can i find the first 0 after. ( in this case after value 8)

marble jackal Jul 10, 2022, 8:54 PM

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sacred sparrow is this the best way: ``` state: > {% set ns = namespace(count = 0...

You could use today_at('07:00') < item.attributes.start < today_at('10:00') to shorten it just a little bit

acoustic arch Jul 10, 2022, 8:56 PM

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i palying with a automation which prints starttime, max value and endtime of the rain

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on my very own special novice way

inner mesa Jul 10, 2022, 8:57 PM

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how did you find the first '1'?

acoustic arch Jul 10, 2022, 8:57 PM

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with a lot of code 😉

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a lot of elsif-s

marble jackal Jul 10, 2022, 8:57 PM

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acoustic arch lets say i got: 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 6 7 8 0 0 0 2 2 9. i can find the first value of 1...

find the index if the first non zero value 4 in this case. Take out of this list the remainder of the list starting with that, and find the first 0

acoustic arch Jul 10, 2022, 8:59 PM

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you mean toss out arraypositions 0 1 2 3?

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then rerun my elseif-s?

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my time is tied to those positions, so thats gonna be fun skrewing that up 🙂

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i could do a lot of new elseif-s by hopping +1 to see if its value 0

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OR make 2 arrays with the same values in it? one is for time, the other for finding that value 0

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mmmm food for thought

acoustic arch Jul 10, 2022, 9:04 PM

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inner mesa how did you find the first '1'?

{% elif r1 > 0 %}  {% set mmRegenval = r1 %}  {% set StartTijdRegen = (state_attr('sensor.neerslag_buienalarm_regen_data', 'data').start + (60*5) )  | timestamp_custom('%H:%M') %}
{% elif r2 > 0 %}  {% set mmRegenval = r2 %}  {% set StartTijdRegen = (state_attr('sensor.neerslag_buienalarm_regen_data', 'data').start + (60*10) )  | timestamp_custom('%H:%M') %}```

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etc. 25 in total

marble jackal Jul 10, 2022, 9:09 PM

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{% set rain = [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 9] %}
{% set start = rain.index(rain | reject('eq', 0) | list | first) %}
{% set end = rain[start:].index(0) + start %}

acoustic arch Jul 10, 2022, 9:10 PM

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ooooooooooo! let my tiny brain process this for a while 😉

marble jackal Jul 10, 2022, 9:10 PM

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Don't know what the time intervals are, but the rain starts at index 4, and ends at index 10

acoustic arch Jul 10, 2022, 9:11 PM

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its +5min each.

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https://www.codepile.net/pile/Y9XPnL96

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that starttime is always trailing behind. Because its not updating in real time. array pos 0 is that time. Then each is +5min

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thanks for all the help! its way past bedtime. tomorrow ill check out your code! much appreciated

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i can see its working already. So i can delete all my painfully written elseif-s haha

whole marsh Jul 11, 2022, 12:22 AM

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is there a way to use | random with a template where it has JSON in it? Use case is right now I can't seem to use this as there's a bug with HASS: {{ [ "Red", "Green", "Blue", "Purple" ] | random }}. So I was going to try to use RGB values instead, like [255,0,0], but I'm not sure if that'll work the same way.

automation is this:

    - service: light.turn_on
      data:
        entity_id: light.under_bed
        color_name: >
          {{ [ "Red", "Green", "Blue", "Purple" ] | random }}
        brightness: 60

rose scroll Jul 11, 2022, 1:15 AM

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flint wing I'll post once in case anyone could help, if not, then I'll post in HA community...

You've told it to convert t to hh:mm:ss at the end. Does this sensor need to have a state in that format? You can choose to convert to seconds in this sensor's state, or at the point when you are using this sensor's state in the automation.

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 5:39 AM

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rose scroll You've told it to convert `t` to `hh:mm:ss` at the end. Does this sensor need to...

No it doesn't need to have a state in that format. I'm far from an expert with templating, I'm still in the learning stage so I assembled some code to come closer to what I am trying to reach. Can you help me correct this code so it simply gives me "t" in seconds so I can use it in an automation?

platform: template
sensors:
duree_fermeture_lumieres_interieures_garage:
entity_id:
- sensor.time
- switch.garage_switch_1
value_template: >
{% set t = 0 if states('switch.garage_switch_1') == 'on' else now().timestamp() - states.switch.garage_switch_1.last_changed.timestamp() %}
{{ t | timestamp_custom('%H:%M:%S', false) }}

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 5:43 AM

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Isn't t already the number of seconds?

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 5:44 AM

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inner mesa Isn't t already the number of seconds?

Probably? So how do I display "t" so that sensor state display seconds? I simply remove the last line?

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 5:45 AM

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No, {{ t }}

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It looks like bad syntax for the sensor, though

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 5:46 AM

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I went very deep to finally came to a simple solution 😂

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 5:46 AM

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I'm not sure what you're doing with the entity_id lines

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 5:46 AM

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Probably some extra code from other sensor I picked up elsewhere

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All I need is simply to calculate time since my entity is OFF so that I can use it in an automation

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 5:48 AM

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Ok. That will only update once per minute

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 5:49 AM

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Can I have a way to update it faster? Because when I shut my light OFF, I have 5-10 seconds or my open light automation will turn them ON.

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 5:50 AM

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It sounds like you just want to update constantly

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I'm also pretty sure there's a better solution to your problem

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But it's too late for me to figure it out

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 5:53 AM

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My goal is that when my garage side door open, I want my lights to open. But when I leave, I manually shut the lights, but I don't want that automation to trigger the lights ON. Thus I thought of adding a condition for that automation to run so if my lights have been OFF for less than 10 seconds, do not turn lights ON. If my lights have been OFF for more than 10 seconds, then YES you can trigger them ON.

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 5:56 AM

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Then use a trigger for the lights turning off and out a delay in the action

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Your sensor is not useful here

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 5:58 AM

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The trigger is the door open sensor that comes with August Home. If door opens, it trigger the automation to turn lights ON. But my automation does not know which side of the door I am, I can either be coming in or leaving. Thus using the light switch OFF for less than 10 seconds seems a good way for my automation to know I am leaving because I always shut lights manually when leaving

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 6:01 AM

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inner mesa Ok. That will only update once per minute

After some more thinking, I realise it doesn't really matter if it update once per minute. When lights are ON, t = 0 and my automation condition will be respected because time will be below 10 seconds

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 6:03 AM

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Ok. There are better ways to solve this, and I'm sure somebody in a more favorable timeline will be along to offer them 🙂

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 6:04 AM

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If anyone has a better solution, I' m all ears and ready to learn! But for now, I'll go test my automation by going in my garage entering by the side door 🙂

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Thank you @inner mesa, for now you've solved my issue be removing the extra code of the last line and I can now use the value in my automation. 🙂

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 6:49 AM

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@flint wing You could also use (now() - states.switch.garage_switch_1.last_changed).total_seconds()

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Or make it a binary sensor
{{ is_state('switch.garage_switch_1', 'on') or (now() - states.switch.garage_switch_1.last_changed).total_seconds() < 10 }}

wispy zodiac Jul 11, 2022, 7:40 AM

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jinja

silent barnBOT Jul 11, 2022, 9:18 AM

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buoyant sapphire Jul 11, 2022, 9:18 AM

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the documentation (https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/scripts/) on "WAIT FOR A TEMPLATE" mentions something, that I do not fully understand, but I think it is exactly what I need.

somehow my wait template does not see that its conditions that it is waiting for turned true.

can someone explain to me with an example how to do exactly this from the documentation:

If you need to periodically re-evaluate the template, reference a sensor from the Time and Date component that will update minutely or daily

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https://dpaste.org/GVpHh#L48
line 48 has the template i am talking about

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 9:26 AM

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That's not really relevant anymore, as all templates using now() are also evaluated every minute

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In the past you needed to ad something as {% set time = states('sensor.time') %} to your template so that it would update every minute

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Your templates will be updated on state changes of your vacuum, that should be fine

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marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 9:28 AM

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looks like it also sends empty responses

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you could do something like "{{ value_json.values[0] if iif(value_json) else 0 }}"

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@buoyant sapphire you have timeout of 30 minutes there, are you sure the automation wasn't just cancelled because you saved an automation, or restarted HA?

wind crag Jul 11, 2022, 9:33 AM

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Seems that my issue was "values" being a reserved keyword is my guess. Changed the name of the object and now it's working

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 9:56 AM

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Hey, im having an automation that sends me a message when i leave home with the count of windows left opened, the question / problem here is, can i get it to say Window for 1 and Windows when its more than 1 window left opened ?...

buoyant sapphire Jul 11, 2022, 10:27 AM

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marble jackal <@593501314865037521> you have timeout of 30 minutes there, are you sure the aut...

this sounds like the issue. i was playing around on HA, so yeah. - thanks for your input mate.

dry sequoia Jul 11, 2022, 11:09 AM

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can I track more than one entity cumulatively for history stats?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 11:11 AM

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dry sequoia can I track more than one entity cumulatively for history stats?

That'll be something for #integrations-archived

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 11:14 AM

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thorny snow Hey, im having an automation that sends me a message when i leave home with the ...

Yes sure, something like

{% set c = states.binary_sensor | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on')  | selectattr('attributes.device_class', 'defined') | selectattr('attributes.device_class', 'eq', 'window') | list | count %}
There are {{ c }} window{{ 's' if not c == 1 }} open

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 11:41 AM

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thanks ! and now the important question, how and where to use the code ? 😄

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or does it all just come in the message box ? 🙂

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 11:45 AM

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it goes in your message

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 11:49 AM

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Its wasn't allowing me to save it in the message box in UI, and also in the UI YAML, so i edited the autmations.yaml

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can not read an implicit mapping pair; a colon is missed at line 818, column 209:
... eq', 'window') | list | count %}
^

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thats the result an error in the automations.yaml...

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 11:50 AM

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can't help without seeing hwat you did

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 11:52 AM

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https://dpaste.org/1gRNX

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🙂

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 11:52 AM

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incorrect quoting

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" outside ' inside

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or ' outside and " inside

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or use multiline yaml notation and skip the outside quote

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see pin 5

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pin 5

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 11:56 AM

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https://dpaste.org/vzs28

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Like so ?

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 11:57 AM

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yep, but you didn't copy @marble jackal's template properly

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 11:58 AM

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https://dpaste.org/FAayf missed comma between flow collection entries at line 818, column 19:
message: ''{% set c = states.binary_sensor | ...
^

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now im getting this one, and i thought that he forgot one of the { so i added it myself 😄, but now its a exact copy of what he wrote 🙂

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 11:59 AM

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right, but you're still using multiple lines with single line notation

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see the pin

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that I pointed to

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 11:59 AM

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If you already have a count, you could use that one

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 11:59 AM

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i have a count 🙂

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:00 PM

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I only added it because of completeness

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:00 PM

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take the time to learn yaml vs jinja and you'll be able to fix the problem

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:00 PM

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sensor.count_windows_open

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:00 PM

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hint: it's not the template

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:00 PM

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well, your count sensor seems to have the state open, so that doesn't seem to be a count

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unless you've put it in an attribute

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:01 PM

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have no idea about the attribute thing, but the notifications work like a charm, then only problem is to get it to show the s at the end...

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https://dpaste.org/y6wno this one works fine, and if i try to paste You're code in the message box, replacing the '{{ states(''sensor.count_windows_open'') }} Windows were left open' its just no allowing, offering the option to save, but if i just manually edit in automations.yaml then i get the error...

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:09 PM

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sorry, but if sensor.count_windows_open gives you the number of open windows (so e.g. 3) this condition will always fail:

  - condition: state
    entity_id: sensor.count_windows_open
    state: open

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:10 PM

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thorny snow https://dpaste.org/y6wno this one works fine, and if i try to paste You're code ...

my man, I've explained what's going wrong with the other tempalte

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it's not the template

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it's your lack of understanding yaml, it's spacing, and where the template starts and ends

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all covered in pin 5

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:11 PM

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condition:
  - condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.count_windows_open
    above: 0
action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app_iphone_x
    data:
      message: "{{ states('sensor.count_windows_open') }} window{{ 's' if not is_state('sensor.count_windows_open', '1') }} were left open"

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:11 PM

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you're mixing multi and single line templates. Simple as that, and it's creating the error

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:13 PM

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mighty ledge you're mixing multi and single line templates. Simple as that, and it's creatin...

I have 0 understanding of YAML thats why im using UI for 99% of the stuff i do, so comparing YAML from whom i understand 0 with something i've never even heard of jinja, is impossible at the moment.

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:14 PM

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right, but just read the pin

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it's 100 words

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:14 PM

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Okay, tip, if you place this template in the message box in the GUI, leave out the double quotes

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:19 PM

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marble jackal ```yaml condition: - condition: numeric_state entity_id: sensor.count_wind...

When i replaced the condition and action line in automations.yaml the thing didn't gave an error but also sent windows by only one opened. then i just deleted the message box in GUI and pasted only the message text without '' and it worked

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:20 PM

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that's what I hinted to just above your post..

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:21 PM

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i know thats why it worked 🙂 but its strange that it doesn't work when i edited it in automations.yaml

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:22 PM

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because you aren't using multiline notation or single line notation when you edit the yaml

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you're using a mixture of both or neither

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do you understand what a single line is vs more than 1 line?

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:23 PM

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nope... but from what i could understand {% %} or {{ }} inside them is jinja, the rest is yaml, thats kinda all 🙂

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:24 PM

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ok

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this is one line

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one line

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this is 2 lines

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one line
two line

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:24 PM

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ok so far im in 🙂

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:24 PM

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alright, now if you read the pin

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it states that when you use a single line template... it needs quotes

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field: ".... template here... "

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if you use multiple lines, you need to use the multiple line notation and space it properly

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field: >
  ... template here line 1 ...
  ... template here line 2 ...

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see the arrow?

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that means multline

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all of that is covered in that pin

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notice how the multiline doesn't have quotes around it, because the > removes the need for that

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:26 PM

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ok got it

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but, multiline is only when i use Enter and add the next thing or also then the first thing is just really long that it goes in second line ?

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:28 PM

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doesn't matter, if you use the > you can perform the following indented lines however you want

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a single line template has to be 1 line

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:30 PM

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https://dpaste.org/ekKAu

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like so ? since its two lines after data ?

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:31 PM

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yep that should work, however you don't need to escape the quotes

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'' is escaping quotes

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you only need 1 quote ' or "

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:32 PM

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i have no idea why they are apart from eachother...

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:32 PM

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because it's 2 single quotes

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' is a single quote

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" is a double quote

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'' is 2 single quotes

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:33 PM

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i get the idea, is there a specific key for that ? 🙂

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:33 PM

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same key on the keyboard, ' and shift + ' is "

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:33 PM

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thorny snow https://dpaste.org/ekKAu

that looks a bit wonky, with the > after data:. I would place it after message:

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 12:34 PM

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ah yes

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:34 PM

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the GUI is a big fan of the double single quotes

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:34 PM

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i can do # or with shift '

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but when i use shift and two times the '' it makes them apart 😄

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:35 PM

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yes, that is a double single quote

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:35 PM

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marble jackal that looks a bit wonky, with the `>` after `data:`. I would place it after `mess...

it was just to get the idea, to differentiate single and multiline, the code isn't in use 🙂

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:35 PM

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there must be a double quote on your keyboard somewhere

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:36 PM

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"

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yep got it 😄

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:36 PM

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that one

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:36 PM

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ok so single line " and multiline > plus '

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?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:37 PM

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message: "{{ some template }}"

message: >
  {{ some
  template }}

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forgot a double quote

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:38 PM

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oh then multiline no quotes at all

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:39 PM

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bad example, new one:

message: "{{ states('some.sensor') | int + states('another.sensor') | int }}"

message: >
  {{ states('some.sensor') | int
  + states('another.sensor') | int }}

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:41 PM

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https://dpaste.org/FH2Lw

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how are You getting code directly in here without the dpaste site ?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:41 PM

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.format (add yaml directly behind the backticks for the colors)

silent barnBOT Jul 11, 2022, 12:41 PM

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To format your text as code, enter three backticks on the first line, press Enter for a new line, paste your code, press Enter again for another new line, and lastly three more backticks. Here's an example

Don't forget you can edit your post rather than repeatedly posting the same thing.

For over 15 lines you must use a code share site such as https://dpaste.org/ (pick YAML for the language), https://www.codepile.net/ (pick YAML for the language), or https://paste.debian.net/ (pick YAML for the language).

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:42 PM

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add yaml directly behind the backticks for the colors, however, only use this for small code snippits

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:42 PM

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whats a backtick ?...

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:43 PM

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read the botpost

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:43 PM

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'''

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action:

service: notify.mobile_app_iphone_x
data:
message: >
{{ states(''sensor.count_windows_open'') }} Window{{ ''s'' if not
+ is_state(''sensor.count_windows_open'', ''1'') }} were left open
mode: single

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'''

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fck 😄

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:43 PM

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wrong backtick

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:44 PM

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  action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app_iphone_x
    data:
      message: >
        {{ states(''sensor.count_windows_open'') }} Window{{ ''s'' if not
        + is_state(''sensor.count_windows_open'', ''1'') }} were left open
  mode: single
```

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hah, so this code, looks right now ?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:44 PM

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better, you have an additional backtick there

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:44 PM

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noticed, its ok for the first time doing it 😄

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And the code for a multiline looks correct ?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:45 PM

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no, the + should not be there

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:46 PM

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since its the same thing, if i had another sensor then i should have used the + ?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:47 PM

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No, I had a + in my example as I was adding two sensors together in my single line template. I'm still doing the same in my multi line template

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:48 PM

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ok, i got at least half of today lecture so thats a progress at least 🙂

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https://dpaste.org/YHbV1

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why this then wouldnt work ?

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except the message part, i got that 🙂

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the state should be on or off right ?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:49 PM

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#templates-archived message

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And I already provided the solution here: #templates-archived message

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:50 PM

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i remember that, thats why im asking, i would like to understand why, the idea is that its a condition, and if the condition is saying that there are a window open, then the automation goes further thats why i used the state open, since i want it to go through only when something is left open

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:51 PM

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ah state condition will check if the state of an entity exactly matches the state you provide in the condition

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If you have a sensor which will have a count of the open windows in your hourse, the state will be "0" or "1" or "5" or whatever number (note that I've added quotes, because entity states are always strings)

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so the state will never be "open"

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If you use a state condition for the state "open", that condition will always fail

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:53 PM

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how to add pictures here ?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:54 PM

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a numeric_state condition checks for a state to be above or below (or both) a numeric value (and will convert the strings to numbers for the comparison)

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:54 PM

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i used a state ( word open ) thats not recognized as a state, in this case states can only be recognized as a number 🙂 right ?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:55 PM

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You can provide anything you want as state in the state condition, but the entity you provide will also need to use that state

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and you can upload your images to some page like imgur

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and post the link

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:56 PM

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why does everything has to be so hard 😄

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https://imgur.com/Hvkq2hr

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so, i dont have a option to give number because there is no box who states above

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:57 PM

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That's because you need to select the right condition type first

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:58 PM

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numeric state

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 12:58 PM

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💯

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 12:58 PM

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i now have to redo all the automations i made ... fck me 😄

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 1:00 PM

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For further questions/issues in your automations not related to templates, there is #automations-archived

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 1:03 PM

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I've been kicked around he so often that i have no idea what differs templates from automations and automatons from iOS and so on, im just posting where i think its right and hoping not getting kicked around 😄 last quick question -> https://dpaste.org/pJ5mR now it looks correct ?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 1:07 PM

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well, petro already pointed you to a link a couple of times explaining where templates differ from yaml (which is used for the automations)

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so it could help if you would read that

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 1:08 PM

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https://community.home-assistant.io/t/psa-template-and-yaml/348967

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this one ?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 1:09 PM

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yep

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 1:09 PM

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like if its about the whole thing its automation, if its about the part inside the ( ) its template ?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 1:09 PM

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thorny snow I've been kicked around he so often that i have no idea what differs templates f...

the parts between the curly brackets are templates

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oh, and about that link, you have an additions single quote after open

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open' should be open

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and all those double single quotes could just be single quotes, they are probably added because of that quote you left in

thorny snow Jul 11, 2022, 1:11 PM

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well if they work as double im not touching them

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for now, as long as it works, don't fix it 😄

proper void Jul 11, 2022, 1:51 PM

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{% if states('sensor.clothes_washer_power') | float > 2.0 %}
          on
        {% else %}
          off
        {% endif %}

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 1:52 PM

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{{ states('sensor.clothes_washer_power') | float(0) > 2.0 }}

proper void Jul 11, 2022, 1:52 PM

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I want the condition to be true if it is greater than for 20 seconds

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 1:53 PM

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use the template petro provided for a template binary sensor

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and then use a state trigger or state condition with for: "00:00:20"

proper void Jul 11, 2022, 1:55 PM

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This is inside my yaml file not in an automation

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 1:55 PM

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which yaml file?

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 1:55 PM

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yes, make a template sensor with that trigger

proper void Jul 11, 2022, 1:55 PM

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- platform: template
  sensors:
    clothes_washer_status:
      friendly_name: "Clothes Washer Status"
      value_template: >
        {% if states('sensor.clothes_washer_power') | float > 2.0 %}
          on
        {% else %}
          off
        {% endif %}

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 1:55 PM

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use a binary_sensor and you can use delay_on

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but using for: in the condition/trigger makes it more flexible, as you can change the time for each trigger/condition

proper void Jul 11, 2022, 1:57 PM

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How can I use the for in the yaml file?

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I have not choose binary sensor because I plan to have a lot of states not only on and off

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 1:58 PM

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automations also provide yaml file (automations.yaml if you use the GUI), so referring to the yaml file makes this rather confusing

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okay, if you don't want to use a binary sensor, you can't put that in the sensor itself

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 3:19 PM

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marble jackal <@934475998139916319> You could also use `(now() - states.switch.garage_switch_...

Thank you for the alternative formulation. I've taken note of it and I'll sure play around with these. Your help here is very appreciated and help us learn a lot!

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 3:23 PM

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marble jackal Or make it a binary sensor `{{ is_state('switch.garage_switch_1', 'on') or (now(...

If I want to use
(now() - states.switch.garage_switch_1.last_changed).total_seconds()

How should I write it down to test it? Presently my template syntax is this:

      {% set t = 0 if states('switch.garage_switch_1') == 'on' else now().timestamp() - states.switch.garage_switch_1.last_changed.timestamp() %}
      {{ t }}

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 3:30 PM

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I would do something like this:

{% set t = (now() -  states.switch.garage_switch_1.last_changed).total_seconds() %}
{{ 0 if is_state('switch.garage_switch_1', 'on') else t }}

fervent cosmos Jul 11, 2022, 3:39 PM

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Hello, working with tinkerer on a sunlight % template / integration. here is what I am seeing in tools > template. I am expecting to see a % result in states so I can use that to then trigger lights.

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well, i can't post any images apparently

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hmm. how can I explain what i'm seeing

silent barnBOT Jul 11, 2022, 3:40 PM

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@fervent cosmos posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://hastebin.com/ejucikuqoc

fervent cosmos Jul 11, 2022, 3:41 PM

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the entity is a sunlight percentage sensor using this code here: https://www.codepile.net/pile/g3aJdWnN

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 3:42 PM

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what's the question

fervent cosmos Jul 11, 2022, 3:43 PM

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sorry, so under tools > states, the sensor.sunlight_pct says unavailable. I just updated HA to the latest version and previously it was giving me a number

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Tinkerer suggested I look at the templates area and I am not sure how to read it honestly

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 3:43 PM

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and what errors do you have in th elogs

fervent cosmos Jul 11, 2022, 3:44 PM

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TemplateError('ValueError: Template error: float got invalid input 'unknown' when rendering template '{%- set elevation = state_attr('sun.sun','elevation') | float %} {%- set cloud_coverage = states('sensor.dark_sky_cloud_coverage') | float %} {%- set cloud_factor = (1 - (0.75 * ( cloud_coverage / 100) ** 3 )) %} {%- set min_elevation = -6 %} {%- set max_elevation = 90 %} {%- set adjusted_elevation = elevation - min_elevation %} {%- set adjusted_elevation = [adjusted_elevation,0] | max %} {%- set adjusted_elevation = [adjusted_elevation,max_elevation - min_elevation] | min %} {%- set adjusted_elevation = adjusted_elevation / (max_elevation - min_elevation) %} {%- set adjusted_elevation = adjusted_elevation %} {%- set adjusted_elevation = adjusted_elevation * 100 %} {%- set brightness = adjusted_elevation * cloud_factor %} {{ brightness | round }}' but no default was specified') while processing template 'Template("{%- set elevation = state_attr('sun.sun','elevation') | float %} {%- set cloud_coverage = states('sensor.dark_sky_cloud_coverage') | float %} {%- set cloud_factor = (1 - (0.75 * ( cloud_coverage / 100) ** 3 )) %} {%- set min_elevation = -6 %} {%- set max_elevation = 90 %} {%- set adjusted_elevation = elevation - min_elevation %} {%- set adjusted_elevation = [adjusted_elevation,0] | max %} {%- set adjusted_elevation = [adjusted_elevation,max_elevation - min_elevation] | min %} {%- set adjusted_elevation = adjusted_elevation / (max_elevation - min_elevation) %} {%- set adjusted_elevation = adjusted_elevation %} {%- set adjusted_elevation = adjusted_elevation * 100 %} {%- set brightness = adjusted_elevation * cloud_factor %} {{ brightness | round }}")' for attribute '_attr_native_value' in entity 'sensor.sunlight_pct'

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 3:45 PM

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ok, so sensor.dark_sky_cloud_coverage doesn't exist

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and your template doesn't guard against missing sensors

fervent cosmos Jul 11, 2022, 3:45 PM

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okay so i need to add that somehow then.. hmm

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sorry i am very very inexperienced in coding so this is difficult for me haha

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so i need to add a dark sky sensor to the configuration then?

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 3:46 PM

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did you have a dark sky cloud coverage sensor?

fervent cosmos Jul 11, 2022, 3:46 PM

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no, i just started adding this today

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 3:46 PM

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then how could this have worked before?

fervent cosmos Jul 11, 2022, 3:46 PM

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it was code that was recommended on reddit that i am trying to integrate

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well i never tested it but it DID return a value in a previous version 1 hr ago

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 3:47 PM

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it won't work without a cloud cover sensor

fervent cosmos Jul 11, 2022, 3:47 PM

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okay makes senseso what are the steps to get dark sky sensor installed.

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 3:47 PM

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you can't use dark sky because they don't give out API access tokens

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so you have to find something else that gives cloud cover as a number

fervent cosmos Jul 11, 2022, 3:49 PM

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sensor.openweathermap_cloud_coverage

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quick google shows openweathermap can work

mighty ledge Jul 11, 2022, 3:50 PM

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ok, so integrate that and then change the entity_id from sensor.dark_sky_cloud_coverage to sensor.openweathermap_cloud_coverage in the template. Keep in mind that you have to know the entity_id, it may not actually be sensor.openweathermap_cloud_coverage

fervent cosmos Jul 11, 2022, 3:51 PM

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correct. okay I will give that a shot. give me a few. Thanks petro!

fervent cosmos Jul 11, 2022, 4:33 PM

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its now returning a %! thank you again for the help

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 5:45 PM

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marble jackal I would do something like this: ```jinja {% set t = (now() - states.switch.gara...

Excellent! It works flawlessly with both! For my own understanding, which syntax is better? Why choosing one over the other?

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 5:48 PM

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states('switch.garage_switch_1') == 'on' -> is_state('switch.garage_switch_1', 'on') is recommended in the docs. Otherwise, it's just stylistic

zealous flame Jul 11, 2022, 5:54 PM

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I was considering conditioning an automation based on whether a light’s brightness was last adjusted by an automation or by a person manually, but it looks like the system doesnt log changes to brightness

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Ive tried listening to events in developer tools but im not sure if im doing something wrong, or if this is just not possible?

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 5:57 PM

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You just need to use a state trigger and specify the attribute. Then the user_id in the context will tell you whether it was a user or an automation

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 5:58 PM

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inner mesa `states('switch.garage_switch_1') == 'on'` -> `is_state('switch.garage_switch_1'...

And with correct syntax how should it be formatted? I'm asking because while reading your correct syntax it seems different from what @marble jackal suggested.

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 5:59 PM

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I copied it straight from his solution

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 6:01 PM

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inner mesa I copied it straight from his solution

He wrote:

{% set t = (now() - states.switch.garage_switch_1.last_changed).total_seconds() %}
{{ 0 if is_state('switch.garage_switch_1', 'on') else t }}

You wrote:

states('switch.garage_switch_1') == 'on' -> is_state('switch.garage_switch_1', 'on')

Sorry if I misunderstand something here but it seems different

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 6:01 PM

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I'm only saying that
states('switch.garage_switch_1') == 'on'
is "wrong" and
is_state('switch.garage_switch_1', 'on')

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is right

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nothing more

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 6:02 PM

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Ok ok ok ! I get it now 🙂

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 6:02 PM

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I'm just confusing things,

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you asked how they're different, and I'm trying and failing to explain

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 6:03 PM

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I really appreciate your help, I'm learning and I hope I can help someone here in the future but I still need to keep on learning. I'm very thankful, honestly 🙂

flint wing Jul 11, 2022, 6:08 PM

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inner mesa `states('switch.garage_switch_1') == 'on'` -> `is_state('switch.garage_switch_1'...

And the "docs" you are referring to and that every serious template creator should read is this: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/ ???

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 6:09 PM

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yes, with the Warning! box here: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/#states

acoustic arch Jul 11, 2022, 6:40 PM

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marble jackal ```jinja {% set rain = [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 9] %} {% se...

how do i catch the error if the array is all zero's?

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 6:41 PM

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What is your current template?

acoustic arch Jul 11, 2022, 6:42 PM

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https://www.codepile.net/pile/ykao2zEJ

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just this for now

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UndefinedError: No first item, sequence was empty.

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it only works when i have at least one position non-zero value

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 6:48 PM

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Wow, that first part can probably be done much easier

acoustic arch Jul 11, 2022, 6:49 PM

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i bet, but i have no idea what im doing. just learning as i go 😉

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 6:50 PM

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Fortunately for you I use the same sensor 😅

balmy terrace Jul 11, 2022, 6:50 PM

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Afternoon guys! Trying to use an input number as a variable for the alarm system. Changed the yaml but the automation is not working anymore. I think there is some syntax error. Can you guys help me?
From

To

acoustic arch Jul 11, 2022, 6:50 PM

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i just dont know the syntax, and dont have time enough to dig in.

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its a hobby, not my work 🙂

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 6:51 PM

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Still, that's a recipe for problems

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It's nobody else's job either

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 6:51 PM

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Well, not completely true, I use the other one the integration provides

acoustic arch Jul 11, 2022, 6:51 PM

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buienradar. I use buienalarm indeed

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dont care for both at the same time, thats just making matters harder (for me)

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toying with HA templates is not gonna produce any problems. Delete button is easily found

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 6:57 PM

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You are actually recreating the list which is already in the entity

acoustic arch Jul 11, 2022, 6:58 PM

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true but the code after this initial step is more readable then

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in case i want to do stuff with the array values after

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 6:59 PM

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{% set regen_waarden_lijst = state_attr('sensor.neerslag_buienalarm_regen_data', 'data').precip %}

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This will have the same result as putting all the individual values of the array in variables and then putting all those variables in an array again

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This replaces the first 27 lines

acoustic arch Jul 11, 2022, 7:01 PM

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thx! ill try and use that then.

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Im trying to make an automation out of this.

A notification on mobile its gonna rain (with threshold), starttime, peak mm/h, endtime

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to close windows etc

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 7:11 PM

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{% set regen_waarden_lijst = state_attr('sensor.neerslag_buienalarm_regen_data', 'data').precip %}
{% set max_waarde_in_lijst = max(regen_waarden_lijst) %}
{% set array_positie_van_max_waarde = regen_waarden_lijst.index(max_waarde_in_lijst) %}
{% set regen_voorspeld = regen_waarden_lijst | select('>', 0) | list | count > 0 %}
{% set start = regen_waarden_lijst.index(regen_waarden_lijst | reject('eq', 0) | list | first) if regen_voorspeld else 'geen regen voorspeld' %}
{% set end = regen_waarden_lijst[start:].index(0) + start if regen_voorspeld else 'geen regen voorspeld' %}
{{start}}
{{end}}

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 7:12 PM

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acoustic arch in case i want to do stuff with the array values after

This will give geen regen voorspeld if there is no rain upcoming

zealous flame Jul 11, 2022, 7:12 PM

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inner mesa You just need to use a state trigger and specify the attribute. Then the `user_...

I thought I can see all the state attributes in the developer tools, but im not seeing it. Im filtering on the device itself, is that right?

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 7:13 PM

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Those aren't attributes

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context is a property of the state object

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

zealous flame Jul 11, 2022, 7:35 PM

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user_id Unique identifier of the user that started the change. Will be None if action was not started by a user (ie. started by an automation)

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So should i expect that when the state changes because of s physical button press it will also report ‘none’?

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 7:40 PM

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Yes

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'By a person manually' only helps if it's by a control in your dashboard. Otherwise it has no idea who did it

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There's a 'motion light with manual override'-type automation/blueprint for that, if that's your actual goal

acoustic arch Jul 11, 2022, 7:49 PM

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marble jackal This will give `geen regen voorspeld` if there is no rain upcoming

thanks!

zealous flame Jul 11, 2022, 8:00 PM

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Could you use an automation to update the user_id when the state is changed by an automation? That way at least you know when a user in a dashboard updated it, as well as an automation

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Then you could presume ‘none’ equals a physical press?

balmy terrace Jul 11, 2022, 8:05 PM

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How can I output a variable type? (int, dict, float)

{{ states('input_number.alarm_code_variable') | type }} #I'd like to get int, string, float and etc ... as result

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the filter 'type ' was just to illustrate

balmy terrace Jul 11, 2022, 8:06 PM

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balmy terrace Afternoon guys! Trying to use an input number as a variable for the alarm system...

I'm trying to troubleshoot this

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 8:13 PM

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balmy terrace How can I output a variable type? (int, dict, float) ``` {{ states('input_number...

Well, states will always be a string

balmy terrace Jul 11, 2022, 8:15 PM

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marble jackal Well, states will always be a string

What if I'd like to check the type of data of trigger.event.data.event_data ?

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is there any filter on Jinja to output that? I googled it , but didn't find anything about it

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of maybe something like " Is X boolean?, Is X string?"

marble jackal Jul 11, 2022, 8:18 PM

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You can do something like this

{% set test = 6.7 %}
{% if test is integer %}
  int
{% elif test is float %}
  float
{% elif test is string %}
  string
{% else %}
  other
{% endif %}

balmy terrace Jul 11, 2022, 8:33 PM

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marble jackal You can do something like this ```jinja {% set test = 6.7 %} {% if test is integ...

Thank you very much TheFes! I was able to troubleshoot my automation with that.

proud cradle Jul 11, 2022, 8:36 PM

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Can someone explain the difference between:

template: >
template: >-

What does the extra dash do?

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 8:41 PM

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lucky for you, there's an entire site devoted to that: https://yaml-multiline.info/

balmy terrace Jul 11, 2022, 8:41 PM

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proud cradle Can someone explain the difference between: ``` template: > template: >- ``` Wha...

no line at the end of the block

proud cradle Jul 11, 2022, 8:42 PM

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Ahhh now I see, perfect thanks 🙂

fossil venture Jul 11, 2022, 8:52 PM

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Can anyone see what I have done wrong with this template in a shell command? https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-to-display-this-custom-integration/437761/12

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 9:06 PM

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you have a pipe in it

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I'm pretty sure that shell_commands don't like that

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When using templates, shell_command runs in a more secure environment which doesn’t allow any shell helpers like automatically expanding the home dir ~ or using pipe symbols to run multiple commands.

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hence my guidance to always call a shell script instead

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mostly copy/pasted that to your forum post

zealous flame Jul 11, 2022, 9:32 PM

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zealous flame Could you use an automation to update the user_id when the state is changed by a...

Any thoughts on this?

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 9:33 PM

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you cannot update the user_id in the context

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HA sets it

zealous flame Jul 11, 2022, 9:35 PM

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Ah so you can overwrite a state but not a context of a state

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 9:35 PM

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you can't overwrite a state either

zealous flame Jul 11, 2022, 9:36 PM

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Im misunderstanding this then:

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If you overwrite a state via the states dev tool or the API, it will not impact the actual device.

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 9:37 PM

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that's not using an automation

zealous flame Jul 11, 2022, 9:37 PM

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Or maybe it means you can overwrite it, but as soon as you ask what it is, the system will overwrite it again

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 9:37 PM

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that's just changing the state in the UI manually

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yes, that's what it means

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or more correctly, the integration that provides it can overwrite it at any time

zealous flame Jul 11, 2022, 9:37 PM

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Like measuring a quantum state. Or something

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It would be cool if HA wrote the automation id to the user_id if it were changed by an automation

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 9:40 PM

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that would be interesting. feature!

winter pilot Jul 11, 2022, 10:06 PM

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Not sure which channel this belongs in but .... Can I direct the result of a command_line script to a sensor and define the result as an attribute ?

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 10:06 PM

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sounds like a command_line sensor

winter pilot Jul 11, 2022, 10:08 PM

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right, that's what it is set as ... I am trying to read the result and parse each line.

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Maybe my current code is just the issue for this one, I have code that uses a sensor with attributes vs this one that doesn't have any.

zealous flame Jul 11, 2022, 11:29 PM

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@inner mesa I couldnt find the blueprint you mentioned about motion detection, do you know what it's called exactly?

inner mesa Jul 11, 2022, 11:32 PM

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I don't know if there's a blueprint, but a Google search for "home assistant motion light with manual override" brought up an entire page of options

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one of them: https://gist.github.com/vanceb/b7402b9d1f66a6a2fb5c8e6de2a39b26

zealous flame Jul 11, 2022, 11:36 PM

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yeah looked at that one, doesn't quite address my issue. just thought maybe there was some other fancier way someone was accomplishing it

fiery rock Jul 12, 2022, 12:02 AM

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I've created a template here: https://dpaste.org/fowz9 but the output doesn't show on the dashboard and I'm struggling to determine why. Googling shows so many different ways of doing it and I'm having trouble pinning down what I'm missing. What I've posted is my 'clean' original code stripped of all the different things I've tried to get it to display the number on the dashboard. Could someone point me in the right direction?

rose scroll Jul 12, 2022, 12:06 AM

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fiery rock I've created a template here: https://dpaste.org/fowz9 but the output doesn't sh...

Err...that's a lot of elif 😂 😂
Regardless, if you drop that entire template into Dev Tools > Template, what does it return? An error or a blank?

zealous flame Jul 12, 2022, 12:07 AM

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I'm trying to condition on a dimmer's brightness %. Attribute option is just brightness, so i set my brightness to 15% then looked at the developer tools to see what that correlates to in terms of 'brightness'. Says its 39. So I set the condition to 39 and test it and it fails:

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condition: state
entity_id: light.den_dimmer_switch
attribute: brightness
state: '39'

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am I doing something wrong?

fiery rock Jul 12, 2022, 12:07 AM

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rose scroll Err...that's a lot of `elif` 😂 😂 Regardless, if you drop that entire template...

If I use it in Dev Tools, the values returned are good. I get the numbers 1 to 15 as expected.

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Regarding the elif, I wasn't sure how else to do it. Any suggestions?

zealous flame Jul 12, 2022, 12:10 AM

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or do I have to do it like this:

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condition: numeric_state
entity_id: light.den_dimmer_switch
attribute: brightness
above: '38'
below: '40'

rose scroll Jul 12, 2022, 12:10 AM

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If you create an entity card and reference this template sensor, the state doesn't appear in the dashboard?

fiery rock Jul 12, 2022, 12:11 AM

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Yeah, that's right. There is no value displayed next to it.

rose scroll Jul 12, 2022, 12:16 AM

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If you check the state of this sensor in Dev Tools > States, you're able to see the state? Then it sounds to me that this is more of a #frontend-archived issue.

fiery rock Jul 12, 2022, 12:29 AM

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I'll have to get back to you. I tried some other changes to my config and despite using the code checker it's unhappy and now wont startup.

rose scroll Jul 12, 2022, 12:53 AM

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fiery rock Regarding the `elif`, I wasn't sure how else to do it. Any suggestions?

Anyway, for future reference, to avoid a plethora of elif to map one value to another, just use a dictionary.

{% set channels = {'001000': 1, '011101': 2, ... , '110011': 15} %}
{{ channels[states('sensor.binary_code')] }}

fiery rock Jul 12, 2022, 12:59 AM

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Thanks mate, I'll look into that (once I get it up and running again).

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Okay, back in business. So, in Dev Tools > States the State entry is blank.

granite topaz Jul 12, 2022, 1:16 AM

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Hey All, I'm getting a Template variable warning every 15 seconds in my logs. It doesn't have much detail but perhaps someone could recommend a way to track it down?
WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.template] Template variable warning: 'dict object' has no attribute 'count' when rendering '{{ value_json.count }}'

granite topaz Jul 12, 2022, 1:19 AM

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granite topaz Hey All, I'm getting a Template variable warning every 15 seconds in my logs. It...

Ive tried "grep" for "{{ value_json.count }}" without success. Ive probably had them for a while but recently started tidying up the logs to speed up restarts etc.

fiery rock Jul 12, 2022, 1:28 AM

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@rose scroll I figured it out. The code was good but I had all the inputs open which didn't satisfy any of the conditions, hence no state to display. Thank for your help, much appreciated!

inner mesa Jul 12, 2022, 1:28 AM

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I have some of those from MQTT sensors

sick ice Jul 12, 2022, 1:29 AM

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I have an error in my logs on HA boot relating to a template sensor that I have:

ValueError: Template error: int got invalid input 'unknown' when rendering template '{{states('sensor.envoy_###_current_power_consumption') | int - states('sensor.solar_power_corrected_1m') | int}}' but no default was specified

I think this error only occurs while the the state is 'unknown' on boot. Is there a more elegant way to write my template sensors so that they don't throw errors when 'unknown'?

inner mesa Jul 12, 2022, 1:29 AM

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there's a nice thread on the forum about that, in the pinned messages here: <#templates-archived message>

rose scroll Jul 12, 2022, 1:30 AM

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fiery rock <@948583549651537970> I figured it out. The code was good but I had all the inpu...

Haha sure thing. I was gonna point out that with 6 bits, there are 2^6 possible permutation of values, of which you have only specified 15. So it could have been your if block exited without meeting any of the conditions.

inner mesa Jul 12, 2022, 1:35 AM

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granite topaz Ive tried "grep" for "{{ value_json.count }}" without success. Ive probably had ...

For instance, I have an MQTT sensor that's auto-discovered, and has this in the topic payload:

"state_topic": "homeassistant/sensor/weatherflow2mqtt_SK-xxx/observation/state",
"value_template": "{{ value_json.precipitation_type }}"

wind peak Jul 12, 2022, 1:41 AM

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I'm trying to get a timestamp of when the sun state was last changed (from "above horizon" to "below horizon"). For my use case, it's enough to know when it last changed at all:
{{ states.sun.sun.last_changed }} should work but apparently gets reset for whatever reason on every HA restart (same for last_updated)

Anything else I could try?

granite topaz Jul 12, 2022, 2:11 AM

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inner mesa For instance, I have an MQTT sensor that's auto-discovered, and has this in the ...

Thanks, I found something being sent to MQTT by ESPresense. I'll try and isolate and feedback what I find. Thx

sick ice Jul 12, 2022, 2:46 AM

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inner mesa there's a nice thread on the forum about that, in the pinned messages here: <htt...

thanks, I have changed

{{states('sensor.envoy_###_current_power_consumption') | int - states('sensor.solar_power_corrected_1m') | int}}

to

{{states('sensor.envoy_###_current_power_consumption') | int(default=0) - states('sensor.solar_power_corrected_1m') | int(default=0)}}

Hopefully this removes the error and '0' is the right fall back for this scenario. It is only during boot where the 'unknown' state occurs.

hidden vortex Jul 12, 2022, 2:50 AM

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Hi guys,
I'm looking to filter in a specific ID = 1

Payload : {"NSPanel":{"ctype":"group","id":"2","params":{"switch":"off","switches":[{"switch":"off","outlet":0}]}}}

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  sensor:
    - state_topic: "tele/nspanel/RESULT"
      unique_id: "nspanel_switch_pool"
      name: "NSPanel Switch Pool"
      value_template: "{{ value_json.NSPanel.params }}"
      json_attributes_topic: "tele/nspanel/RESULT"
      json_attributes_template: "{{ value_json.NSPanel | tojson }}"

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any idea how to do that ?

hidden vortex Jul 12, 2022, 3:11 AM

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Looks like this works :

mqtt:
  sensor:
    - state_topic: "tele/nspanel/RESULT"
      unique_id: "nspanel_switch_pool"
      name: "NSPanel Switch Pool"
      value_template: >
        {% if value_json.NSPanel.id == "1" %}
          {{ value_json.NSPanel.params.switch }}
        {% else %}
          {{ states('sensor.nspanel_switch_pool') }}
        {% endif %}
      json_attributes_topic: "tele/nspanel/RESULT"
      json_attributes_template: "{{ value_json.NSPanel | tojson }}"```

marble jackal Jul 12, 2022, 6:55 AM

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I don't think you need the | tojson filter, as it is json already

mighty ledge Jul 12, 2022, 1:18 PM

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marble jackal I don't think you need the `| tojson` filter, as it is json already

He does, value_json is a dictionary

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tojson enforces a stringified dictionary that has the correct quotes.

marble jackal Jul 12, 2022, 1:30 PM

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ah right, I was doubting this statement already

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and also applied the same filter to one of my scripts. I had the same issue there, and did it with something like this
{{ (data | string).replace("'","|").replace('|', '"') }}
but {{ data | tojson }} might be better here 😉

grim flicker Jul 12, 2022, 2:29 PM

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when putting this in the editor {{ states.switch.beregening_controller_groep_4 }}

Gives me this info:

<template TemplateState(<state switch.beregening_controller_groep_4=off; linkquality=63, power_on_behavior_l1=None, power_on_behavior_l2=None, power_on_behavior_l3=None, power_on_behavior_l4=None, state_l1=OFF, state_l2=OFF, state_l3=OFF, state_l4=OFF, friendly_name=Beregening controller voortuin @ 2022-07-11T21:10:49.185005+02:00>)>

i would like the timestamp at the end but i dont know how to get it. {{ states.switch.beregening_controller_groep_4.attributes.last_changed }} does not work. how do i get this time stamp?

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on automations there is an attributes.last_triggered

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the reason i ask is because i would like to make an automation that turns off the switch 30 minutes after it was turned on. At the moment i use an automation with a for: in it but when reloading automations after the switch was turned on will result in it never turning off

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I hope with using timestamps i can fix this problem

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But i need to be able to get the timestamp of the switch first

marble jackal Jul 12, 2022, 2:34 PM

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last_changed is not an attribute, you need to use states.switch.whatever.last_changed

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and that will be a datetime object, not just a timestamp

grim flicker Jul 12, 2022, 2:34 PM

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that easy 🙂 it works thanks!

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i know by the way. this will make it a timestamp:
{{ as_timestamp(states.switch.beregening_controller_groep_4.last_changed)|int }}

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thanks that all i needed to make it work

marble jackal Jul 12, 2022, 2:39 PM

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that's probably not needed, what are you going to do with it?

mighty ledge Jul 12, 2022, 2:40 PM

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marble jackal and also applied the same filter to one of my scripts. I had the same issue ther...

Well, you definitely want to use tojson because there's more than just quotes. tojson even formats dates and complex objects into valid json

marble jackal Jul 12, 2022, 2:41 PM

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I do now 🙂

marble jackal Jul 12, 2022, 2:42 PM

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grim flicker the reason i ask is because i would like to make an automation that turns off th...

No need to convert it to a timestamp, you can use something like:
{{ (now() - states.switch.beregening_controller_groep_4.last_changed).total_seconds() > 30*60 }}

grim flicker Jul 12, 2022, 2:44 PM

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a shorter version of the same as this i guess 🙂

{% if as_timestamp(now())|int - as_timestamp(states.switch.beregening_controller_groep_4.last_changed)|int > states.input_number.beregeningstijd.state|int * 60 %}
  true
{% else %}
  false
{% endif %}

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yours looks better though

marble jackal Jul 12, 2022, 2:57 PM

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There is really no need at all to use an if else to return true or false if the thing you are testing for is already returning true or false

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It's like saying:

{% set color = 'red' %}
{% if color == 'red' %}
  red
{% endif %}

barren jungle Jul 12, 2022, 4:51 PM

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Just noticed that #72437 has silently landed in 2022.7 and "this" makes me happy.

zealous flame Jul 13, 2022, 12:53 AM

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how do i print out the state of an entity in the form of Open / Closed instead of on / off? https://www.codepile.net/pile/EQeE67QG

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do i have to do an "if on "open", elif off "closed", or is there a better way

inner mesa Jul 13, 2022, 2:28 AM

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{{ iif(is_state('binary_sensor.foo', 'on'), 'Open', 'Closed') }}

zealous flame Jul 13, 2022, 3:34 AM

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thanks

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I've learned not to do true=open false=closed tho, cause sometimes it's "unavailable"

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is there a nice shorthand for that?

inner mesa Jul 13, 2022, 3:55 AM

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what do you want it to say when it's "unavailable"?

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just add logic for that

zealous flame Jul 13, 2022, 3:57 AM

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{{ iif(is_state('binary_sensor.foo', 'on', 'off'), 'Open', 'Closed', states('binary_sensor.foo') ) }}

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?

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my question is more about your shorthand method, can it have multiple options like that

inner mesa Jul 13, 2022, 3:58 AM

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/#immediate-if-iif

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neither is_state() nor iif() works that way, at least for what you want

silent barnBOT Jul 13, 2022, 8:48 AM

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@steel swallow posted a code wall, it is moved here --> https://hastebin.com/osatogoxeb

steel swallow Jul 13, 2022, 8:48 AM

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throws template value should be a string for dictionary value @ data['value_template']. Got None

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for both conditions

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not sure why

marble jackal Jul 13, 2022, 9:22 AM

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Check the first pinned post here

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Btw, if you want to check for none you should use is none. In your case not state_attr() is none

mighty ledge Jul 13, 2022, 11:21 AM

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steel swallow throws `template value should be a string for dictionary value @ data['value_tem...

None is not valid in jinja, needs to be none

stuck jewel Jul 13, 2022, 3:59 PM

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i'm trying to make a template that will return me the friendly name of the sensor that has been triggerd so far i have

  message: >-
    Intrusion detected, The following sensor was triggered: {{
    expand('binary_sensor.alarm_motion_sensors_away') |
    selectattr('state','eq','on') | map(attribute='entity_id') | list | join(', ') }}

but that returns the full name of the sensor

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used google and it says define a friendly name but can't seem to figger out how

inner mesa Jul 13, 2022, 4:01 PM

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Use name or attributes.friendly_name

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You're spitting out a list of entity_id

stuck jewel Jul 13, 2022, 4:03 PM

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i tried changing
(attribute='friendly_name')
but that brakes the string

inner mesa Jul 13, 2022, 4:03 PM

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That's not what I said

stuck jewel Jul 13, 2022, 4:04 PM

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first time i'm trying this so i have no idea what your saying 🙂

inner mesa Jul 13, 2022, 4:04 PM

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I said name or attributes.friendly_name

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You used friendly_name

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I recommend breaking down what you've posted so that you understand what it's doing and can modify as you want in the future

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expand('binary_sensor.alarm_motion_sensors_away') presumably takes a list of entity_id and outputs a list of state objects for those entities

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selectattr('state','eq','on') filters the list and returns a list of only the ones that are on

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map(attribute='entity_id') is extracting a field in the state object. In this case, entity_id

steel swallow Jul 13, 2022, 4:10 PM

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mighty ledge `None` is not valid in jinja, needs to be `none`

hmm no

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https://emu.bz/2RT.png

inner mesa Jul 13, 2022, 4:11 PM

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list is required because the the pipeline is really returning a "generator", which provides a new value each time it's called. You want a list out of that

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join(', ') turns that list into a comma-separated string of the list elements

mighty ledge Jul 13, 2022, 4:12 PM

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steel swallow hmm no

You can't use the test button

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that's broken

inner mesa Jul 13, 2022, 4:12 PM

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pin #1

mighty ledge Jul 13, 2022, 4:12 PM

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and yes, you cannot use None in templates, it has to be none.

steel swallow Jul 13, 2022, 4:12 PM

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ohhhhhhhh okay

stuck jewel Jul 13, 2022, 4:16 PM

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inner mesa `list` is required because the the pipeline is really returning a "generator", w...

where can i find more info about this ?

    Intrusion detected, The following sensor was triggered: {{
    expand('binary_sensor.alarm_motion_sensors_away') |
    selectattr('state','eq','on') | map(attribute='attributes.friendly_name') | list | join(', ') }}

it also spit's out the name as "name" or i don't know how to set a friendly_name per entities

mighty ledge Jul 13, 2022, 4:16 PM

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stuck jewel where can i find more info about this ? ``` Intrusion detected, The followi...

4th pin

inner mesa Jul 13, 2022, 4:18 PM

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Just use 'name', which will use friendly_name if it exists, or the entity name if it doesn't

mighty ledge Jul 13, 2022, 4:19 PM

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actually the documentation doesn't cover that. You'll have to use the python documentation to read up on generators and lists

stuck jewel Jul 13, 2022, 4:19 PM

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inner mesa Just use 'name', which will use friendly_name if it exists, or the entity name i...

but how do i set a friendly name for a specific sensor then ?

inner mesa Jul 13, 2022, 4:20 PM

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usually changing the entity name is enough, but you can add a friendly_name with this: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/customizing-devices/#manual-customization

stuck jewel Jul 13, 2022, 4:21 PM

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oke found it 🙂 name it returns Hallway not the whole sensor name

inner mesa Jul 13, 2022, 4:22 PM

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does that all make sense? it's pretty straightforward if you know what each piece is doing

stuck jewel Jul 13, 2022, 4:23 PM

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ill start reading up about it so i can it make more my own

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trying to learn HA bit by bit

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so guess ill need to start learning python

inner mesa Jul 13, 2022, 4:35 PM

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more Jinja with a dash of Python

stuck jewel Jul 13, 2022, 4:36 PM

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okay ill start with jinja then

silent barnBOT Jul 13, 2022, 4:36 PM

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The topic of this channel is:

Become a real Jinja2 Ninja! Don't worry my Genin, we are here to help! You can find the docs at https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/templating/ - and don't forget rule #1!

This channel is for support with Jinja templates. Some custom Lovelace cards support other types of templates, such as those written in JavaScript, and #frontend-archived is the right channel for that.

Please use https://www.codepile.net/ or https://paste.debian.net/ to share code or logs

proper tulip Jul 13, 2022, 7:57 PM

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Hi! I am trying to get data from an MQTT response (in the form {"powerState": "true/false"}). That's straightforward templating ("{{ value_json.powerState }}").
However, my MQTT endpoint doesn't always post in that format (I mean, other payloads are posted in that endpoint). That results in log flodding complaining about the wrong format in the template. How can I express the template so it only cares about that specific payload?

golden widget Jul 13, 2022, 8:53 PM

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hi all im trying to create a template switch where the value_template sets the state of a switch from a binary_sensor. please can someone help. im trying something like this:
value_template: {{ is_state('binary_sensor.geyserwiseapielement') }}

arctic sorrel Jul 13, 2022, 8:53 PM

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When using is_state you need to be comparing it to the state you want to test against

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

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is_state('device_tracker.paulus', 'home') will test if the given entity is the specified state.

golden widget Jul 13, 2022, 8:54 PM

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ok

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so is_state is wrong

marble jackal Jul 13, 2022, 8:55 PM

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No

arctic sorrel Jul 13, 2022, 8:55 PM

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Your construct is wrong

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What state do you want to test against?

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on? off? other?

golden widget Jul 13, 2022, 8:56 PM

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i want the switch to be on if the binary sensor is on and vice versa

arctic sorrel Jul 13, 2022, 8:56 PM

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Right, so ... ?

golden widget Jul 13, 2022, 8:56 PM

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{{ is_state('binary_sensor.geyserwiseapielement', 'off') }} ? what would that do