I’d like to create a binary sensor or switch that is effectively “triggered” or “not triggered”. I want to then use that entity to drive audio announcements via Homekit.
I’ve set up a super basic alarm panel using the manual integration. I suspect I need to use a template sensor, but I can’t figure out the proper formatting.
Here’s what I have so far, but it doesn’t seem to work. I’ve not done much with template sensors other than copy and paste. I tried to find something similar without luck, so this was my attempt. Any help would be appreciated.
alarm_control_panel:
- platform: manual
code: 1234
delay_time: 30
arming_time: 30
trigger_time: 30
binary_sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
ha_alarm_homekit_status:
friendly_name: "Homekit Alarm Status"
device_class: motion
value_template: "{{ is_state('alarm_control_panel.ha_alarm', 'triggered') }}"