there is probably something really silly but I can’t see what it is.
I created a binary_sensor to track the status of a currentcost energy monitor, the idea is that if it doesn’t get updated for at least 5 min, something is wrong (the sensors itself refreshes every 5 sec)
My binary_sensor code is:
- platform: template
sensors:
currentcost_lost:
entity_id:
- sensor.currentcost_power
value_template: >
{% if (as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(states.sensor.currentcost_power.last_updated) | int > 500 ) %}on{% else %}off{% endif %}
friendly_name: CurrentCost Lost
now when I check my code in the templates, {% if (as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(states.sensor.currentcost_power.last_updated) | int > 500 ) %}on{% else %}off{% endif %}
returns on
, yet {{states.binary_sensor.currentcost_lost.state}}
returns off
Any idea why?