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placid galleon Jun 27, 2023, 2:41 PM

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Well, the integration that provides that entity

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sensor.towel is just an entity

zinc elm Jun 27, 2023, 2:42 PM

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but that wouldn't really work in that case

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growatt_inverter_mode is entirely controlled by that automation

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when the selection changes is calls rest_command

placid galleon Jun 27, 2023, 2:43 PM

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Then just call an automation that does your "poll" every 10 seconds?

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Simple time pattern trigger

zinc elm Jun 27, 2023, 2:45 PM

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mhm, I think I'm still stuck unfortunately; I thought of the time pattern trigger but it's not enough as I don't know how I could get the JSON body and use that to update the selection

placid galleon Jun 27, 2023, 2:46 PM

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Well, you need an entity that gets that "body"

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Then you can use #templates-archived to parse it

zinc elm Jun 27, 2023, 2:48 PM

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I don't really know what to ask actually

placid galleon Jun 27, 2023, 2:49 PM

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You need a RESTful sensor that gets your body

zinc elm Jun 27, 2023, 2:50 PM

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ah, and so when the restful sensor changes it updates the selection?

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well, i'd need an automation for that

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but is that basically it

placid galleon Jun 27, 2023, 2:51 PM

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Should be, yes

zinc elm Jun 27, 2023, 2:58 PM

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looks like it works, thank you

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Sorry about the question but is there a way I could have it ignore values if the API returned something above 3?

sensor:
  - platform: rest
    resource: "http://127.0.0.1:5782/inverter?..."
    method: GET
    name: growatt_output_mode
    value_template: "{{ value_json.value }}"

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It does sometimes when the modbus connection is broken

#So towel would have some method that