Android battery statuses via google maps

Installation Home Assistant OS
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I have gps tracking on, working just fine on all units needed. However I must be doing something wrong.
I only get 1 battery sensor for one phone, tracking is fine on all 3 phones, but i can only get one to show up battery status.
Here is the code from configuration.yaml

 platform: template
    sensors:
      phone_battery:
        friendly_name: 'Ph 1'
        value_template: '{{states.device_tracker.google_maps_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0754.attributes.battery_level | round}}'
        unit_of_measurement: '%'


  - platform: template
    sensors:
      phone_battery: 
        friendly_name: 'Ph 2'
        value_template: '{{states.device_tracker.google_maps_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX759.attributes.battery_level | round}}'
        unit_of_measurement: '%'

when I add the sensors in my glance, all i get listed is the Ph 1 sensor, the one for Ph 2 dont show up at all. What am I missing ?

2

You need to give the two sensors different names:

platform: template
    sensors:
      phone_battery_ph1:
        friendly_name: 'Ph 1'
        value_template: '{{states.device_tracker.google_maps_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0754.attributes.battery_level | round}}'
        unit_of_measurement: '%'


      phone_battery_ph2: 
        friendly_name: 'Ph 2'
        value_template: '{{states.device_tracker.google_maps_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX759.attributes.battery_level | round}}'
        unit_of_measurement: '%'

And you don’t need the extra

platform: template
    sensors:

although I don’t think it does any harm or really makes a difference if you do.

And for an added bonus you can include this to give meaningful icons:

        icon_template: >
          {% if state_attr('device_tracker.google_maps_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0754', 'battery_charging') %}
            {% set charging = 'charging-' %}
          {% endif %}  
          {% set battery_level = state_attr('device_tracker.google_maps_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0754', 'battery') | default(0) | int %}
          {% set battery_round = (battery_level / 10) | int * 10 %}
          {% if battery_round >= 100 %}
            mdi:battery
          {% elif battery_round > 0 %}
            mdi:battery-{{ charging }}{{ battery_round }}
          {% else %}
            mdi:battery-alert
          {% endif %}
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3

Thank you !! that was super easy… The icon template, you linking to, would it just go at the end of the battery sensors ?

4

yep.

        unit_of_measurement: '%'
        icon_template: >
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Thank you again !
started with my first raspi 2 weeks ago, so a little steep learning curve, but slowly getting there :slight_smile: Will the icon change when charging ?

6

Yes, so long as Google reports it as charging but I have found that a bit slow sometimes.

Keep at it. If my experience is anything to go by you might hit a slump in about another two weeks!! But remember it will get easier and many things will suddenly make a lot more sense.

And there are a ton of very helpful people (much more so than me) here if you get stuck.

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Yeah I have noticed, people are really helpful, just like you. Well I have been bitten badly by the whole home automation bug, so thats why there are 2 more raspi units in the mail on the way here. :slight_smile:

Regarding the icon script, it seems its showing the battery icon with the ! mark inside (guessing the battery alert) all the time even if not charging or low battery.

8

That’s strange.
Have you looked in the Dev States page to see what it reports for battery_charging?
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also you can put the whole template into the Dev Template page and see what mdi-icon it is returning
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