I’m trying to turn an input boolean into a device tracker with an automation, and googling seemed to suggest using the device_tracker.see method, but when I try to use it the interface says it updates seen “legacy” device trackers. If this is deprecated methods/code, what is the updated/modern method for me to make a device tracker from an input boolean?
#device tracker from input boolean
topaz fulcrum
pliant plinth
What are you try to achieve in the first place?
proven sand
Probably the ideal way to do this sort of thing would be a "template" device_tracker entity, but that's not currently supported. There is a feature request open for this: https://github.com/orgs/home-assistant/discussions/989
From the comments there It looks like calling device_tracker.see is the current best way to deal with this - if you call that and provide a device id for a device tracker that doesn't currently exist, it appears to create a new device tracker entity with the provided name.
topaz fulcrum
From the comments there It looks like calling `device_tracker.see` is the curren...
Okay thanks! That’s what I did but the UI in the app said it was updating a “legacy” thing so I wanted to check if there was a newer way I was supposed to be doing it