Automation Trigger - Broken?

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1

Dear all,

i am using Hass IO sucessfully since years. But currently I am getting completely lost because I dont understand why my Automations dont trigger anmore when I use numeric_state as plattform:

My Automation looks like the following:

alias: Wechselkurs_Alarm
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.exchange_rate
    value_template: "{{ (states('sensor.exchange_rate' )) }} "
    above: 0.3
condition: []
action:
  - data_template:
      message: >-
        Der aktuelle EUR / Pfund Wechselkurs ist {{ 1/ (float
        (states('sensor.exchange_rate' ))) }} 
      title: Wechselkurs EUR/GBP
      target: iPhone
    service: notify.pushover
mode: single

Unfortunately, the trigger never executes. The Automation is on, an the template editor shows:

Template Editor:
{{ (states(‘sensor.exchange_rate’ )) }}

Ergebnistyp: number
0.864

and 0.864 is in my understanding above 0.3 Why does the automation not trigger? If I execute the automation manually the message is correclty delivered via pushover, so there is not the mistake. Like said, the Automation does not trigger :frowning:

Thanks so much for your HELP

2

So this will only trigger when it passes 0.3
Did you check if the value goes below and then past?

3

Hi

No the value never went under 0.3.

Actually the value is the currency exchange rate EUR/GBP, which is currently 0.864, means 1 EUR is 0.864 pounds.

What I want to achieve is that the automation is triggered for example when the value is 0.7 in order to monitor a good exchange rate for me.

How do I do this?

4

Have you tried using a different trigger? Time pattern, perhaps. You could have it fire every 10 minutes (for example - I don’t know how often your exchange rate sensor is updated) with a condition so that the notification is sent if the sensor value is above 0.x.

5

Also that line in your trigger is completely unnecessary. Remove it.

The trigger will obtain the state from the provided entity id:

trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.exchange_rate
    above: 0.3
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6

Use a state trigger without providing a state for the trigger, and check if it’s above 0.3 in the condition.

BTW, why do you check on 0.3 anyway?

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7

Perfect! This worked