Alert on sensor state change

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Hello All,

I am trying to setup an alert for a bunch First Alert zcombo sensors. Since, these can have many states, is there anyway to trigger an alert for any state change? I know I can trigger a notification on any state change with an automation, but I was hoping to use the alert function for its repeat and acknowledgement features.

Thanks in advance!

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I created a sensor from the data that the smoke alarm sends:

sensor:
  platform: template
  sensors:
    basement_smoke_alarm_status:
      friendly_name: 'Basement Smoke Alarm Status'
      value_template: >-
        {% if is_state("sensor.smoke_co_alarm_1_alarm_level", "255") and is_state("sensor.smoke_co_alarm_1_alarm_type", "1")%}
          Smoke!
        {% elif is_state("sensor.smoke_co_alarm_1_alarm_level", "255") and is_state("sensor.smoke_co_alarm_1_alarm_type", "2")%}
          CO!
        {% elif is_state("sensor.smoke_co_alarm_1_alarm_level", "0") and is_state("sensor.smoke_co_alarm_1_alarm_type", "12")%}
          Testing
        {% else %}
          OK
        {% endif %}
      icon_template: >-
        {% if is_state("sensor.smoke_co_alarm_1_alarm_level", "255") and is_state("sensor.smoke_co_alarm_1_alarm_type", "1")%}
          mdi:fire
        {% elif is_state("sensor.smoke_co_alarm_1_alarm_level", "255") and is_state("sensor.smoke_co_alarm_1_alarm_type", "2")%}
          mdi:cloud-outline
        {% else %}
          mdi:smoke-detector
        {% endif %}

And after that you should be able to set up an alert using the status of that sensor created above.

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This is great info. Thank you very much. I’m curious on how you obtained the various values such as 255 and 1, 2, or 12. Is there a way to see all available values a device may use?

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I believe I got most of the info from this thread:

There may have been another one but I can’t find it right now.

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I am a bit confused as to these numeric values. When I look in developer tools, the states come up as “clear”. Based on the what I’m seeing in the template shouldn’t I be seeing a number?
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Sorry I didn’t see this before since you didn’t tag me or reply to my post…

You aren’t looking at the right entity.

look at the template I posted above and look at those entities contained in it in the developers tools -> states list.