I’m trying to capture my HVAC’s target temperature, save it in a Helper of type Template Sensor → Number and making sure that it stays updated with the actual target temperature of the climate component.
I almost got it to work. The number helper gets updated when the AC target temperature changes. But I am struggling to use the “Action on set value” option to udate the climate component whenever the number helper’s value is changed by a user.
E.g., if I set the value to 26, you can see that the tool tip indicates that I have set it to 26, but the actual value remains at 25:
Here is the implementation of the “Action on set value” in the helper:
The complete yaml code of that field is:
action: climate.set_temperature
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id: climate.kitchen_ac
data:
temperature: "{{ states('number.ac_target_temperature_kitchen') | float }}"
I assume I need to access a temporary variable that I just cannot find.
I used a similar approach in an select helper - and the action code there had to be:
action: climate.set_hvac_mode
data:
hvac_mode: "{{ option }}"
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id: climate.kitchen_ac
So, I had to use the {{ option }} variable to refer to the selected option.
What’s the equivalent in the number helper case? I tried {{ value }} and {{ number }}, but those don’t work.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
