Cannot figure out device_tracker.see service [Solved]

Riseley · January 19, 2021, 8:20pm

Hi Andy,
Thanks to you, I am a little more further due to the fact that I had not set up mac, host name and gps accuracy.
I have called the device_tracker.see service by inserting the mac as well. I can now see the entity and mac but no plot on the map yet. Look forward to any suggestions.

Here is my configuration.yaml:
device_tracker:

platform: mqtt
devices:
civic_position_latitude: ‘civic/position/latitude’
civic_position_longitude: ‘civic/position/longitude’
platform: mqtt
devices:
audi_position_latitude: ‘audi/position/latitude’
audi_position_longitude: ‘audi/position/longitude’
platform: mqtt
devices:
crv_position_latitude: ‘crv/position/latitude’
crv_position_longitude: ‘crv/position/longitude’
platform: mqtt
devices:
civic_position_latitude2: ‘civic/position/latitude2’
civic_position_longitude2: ‘civic/position/longitude2’

Automations.yaml -

id: ‘1610996729565’
alias: Update Civic position
description: ‘’
trigger:
- platform: state
  entity_id: device_tracker.civic_position_latitude
- platform: state
  entity_id: device_tracker.civic_position_longitude
  condition: []
  action:
- service: device_tracker.see
  data:
  data:
  mac: FF:FF:EE:FF:EE:FE
  host_name: civic20152
  source_type: gps
  dev_id: civic20152
  gps:
  - ‘{{ states(’‘sensor.civic_position_latitude’’) }}’
  - ‘{{ states(’‘sensor.civic_position_longitude’’) }}’
  gps_accuracy: 20
  mode: single
id: ‘1611080901457’
alias: Update Civic T2 Position
description: ‘’
trigger:
- platform: state
  entity_id: device_tracker.civic_position_latitude2
- platform: state
  entity_id: device_tracker.civic_position_longitude2
  condition: []
  action:
- service: device_tracker.see
  data:
  data:
  mac: EE:EE:EE:FF:EE:21
  host_name: civic20153
  source_type: gps
  dev_id: civic20153
  gps:
  - ‘{{ states(’‘sensor.civic_position_latitude2’’) | float | round(7) }}’
  - ‘{{ states(’‘sensor.civic_position_longitude2’’) | float | round(7) }}’
  gps_accuracy: 20
  mode: single

andyfsimon · January 19, 2021, 9:39pm

Could be a syntax problem - can you repost your code with the preformatted text tag (</>)?
This is mine:

mac: 'FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:F7'
host_name: leaf2016
source_type: gps
dev_id: leaf2016
gps:
  - '{{ states(''sensor.leaf_position_lat'') | float | round(7) }}'
  - '{{ states(''sensor.leaf_position_lon'') | float | round(7) }}'
gps_accuracy: 20
battery: '{{ states(''sensor.leaf_soc'') | round(0) }}'

Update: I noticed that I didn’t used the device_tracker.leaf2016 on the map, I actually made a person named “leaf” and associated the leaf2016 device tracker to it.
I can see the person.leaf in the map.

Riseley · January 19, 2021, 10:13pm

- id: '1610996729565'
  alias: Update Civic position
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: device_tracker.civic_position_latitude
  - platform: state
    entity_id: device_tracker.civic_position_longitude
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: device_tracker.see
    data:
      data:
        mac: FF:FF:EE:FF:EE:FE
        host_name: civic20152
        source_type: gps
        dev_id: civic20152
        gps:
        - '{{ states(''sensor.civic_position_latitude'') }}'
        - '{{ states(''sensor.civic_position_longitude'') }}'
        gps_accuracy: 20
  mode: single
- id: '1611080901457'
  alias: Update Civic T2 Position
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: device_tracker.civic_position_latitude2
  - platform: state
    entity_id: device_tracker.civic_position_longitude2
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: device_tracker.see
    data:
      mac: EE:EE:EE:FF:EE:21
      host_name: civic20153
      source_type: gps
      dev_id: civic20153
      gps:
      - '{{ states(''sensor.civic_position_latitude2'') | float | round(7) }}'
      - '{{ states(''sensor.civic_position_longitude2'') | float | round(7) }}'
      gps_accuracy: 20
  mode: single

andyfsimon · January 20, 2021, 6:28am

Uhm, what I don’t understand in your code is the trigger. Why do you use DEVICE_TRACKER.civic_position_* ? Shouldn’t be SENSOR.civic_position_* ?
The positional attributes of the device_tracker are fictional (you actually update them manually with this very automation) so you need to trigger the update whenever the sensors on you car change value.

Riseley · January 21, 2021, 5:10pm

Hi Andy,

I have amended the code. However the automation is not being triggered since I made that change. Here is the current configuration and automation. This has been a real head scratcher…

device_tracker:
  - platform: mqtt
    devices:
      civic_position_latitude: 'civic/position/latitude'
      civic_position_longitude: 'civic/position/longitude'
  - platform: mqtt
    devices:
      civic_position_latitude2: 'civic/position/latitude2'
      civic_position_longitude2: 'civic/position/longitude2'

- id: '1610996729565'
  alias: Update Civic position
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.civic_position_latitude
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.civic_position_longitude
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: device_tracker.see
    data:
      mac: FF:FF:EE:FF:EE:FE
      host_name: civic20152
      source_type: gps
      dev_id: civic20152
      gps:
      - '{{ states(''sensor.civic_position_latitude'') | float | round(7) }}'
      - '{{ states(''sensor.civic_position_longitude'') | float | round(7) }}'
      gps_accuracy: 20
      battery: 100
  mode: single
- id: '1611080901457'
  alias: Update Civic T2 Position
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.civic_position_latitude2
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.civic_position_longitude2
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: device_tracker.see
    data:
      mac: EE:EE:EE:FF:EE:21
      host_name: civic20153
      source_type: gps
      dev_id: civic20153
      gps:
      - '{{ states(''sensor.civic_position_latitude2'') | float | round(7) }}'
      - '{{ states(''sensor.civic_position_longitude2'') | float | round(7) }}'
      gps_accuracy: 20
      battery: 100
  mode: single

Burningstone · January 21, 2021, 7:36pm

You are missing automation: at the top of the automation.

Riseley · January 25, 2021, 5:02pm

I have now got this to work correctly. This is because I had not defined sensors correctly in configuration.yaml
Thank you for your assistance. I am including my set up for reference purposes:
Configuration.yaml:

sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "civic/position/latitude"
    name: civic position lat
  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "civic/position/longitude"
    name: civic position longitude
  - platform: mqtt

automations.yaml

- id: '1611426245259'
  alias: NA4
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.civic_position_lat
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.civic_position_longitude
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: device_tracker.see
    data:
      mac: AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA
      host_name: civic
      source_type: gps
      dev_id: civic
      gps:
      - '{{ states(''sensor.civic_position_lat'') }}'
      - '{{ states(''sensor.civic_position_longitude'') }}'
      gps_accuracy: 20
      battery: 100
  mode: single

/config/known.devices.yaml:

civic:
  name: civic
  mac: AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA
  icon:
  picture:
  track: true

davidzzgit · July 28, 2021, 11:09am

hi
i have a similar problem
i receive the json data
{“sensor”:“gps”}{“time”:10580500}[{“longitude”:-9.546621},{“latitude”:50.34518}

and i try to show on a map card

this is my configuration.yaml

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Garua GPS Time"
    state_topic: "datos_gps/sensor/garua/state"
    unit_of_measurement: "s"
    value_template: "{{ value_json.time }}"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Garua GPS Latitude"
    state_topic: "datos_gps/sensor/garua/state"
    unit_of_measurement: "°"
    value_template: "{{ value_json.latitude }}"
  - platform: mqtt
    name: "Garua GPS Longitude"
    state_topic: "datos_gps/sensor/garua/state"
    unit_of_measurement: "°"
    value_template: "{{ value_json.longitude }}"

this my automations.yaml file

- id: my_gpsdata
  alias: 'Update Leaf position'
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:  sensor.garua_gps_latitude
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.garua_gps_longitude
  condition: []
  action:
# Linea 184
  - service: device_tracker.see
    data:
      mac: AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA
      host_name: barco
      dev_id: barco
      source_type: gps
      gps:
      - '{{ states(''sensor.garua_gps_latitude'') }}'
      - '{{ states(''sensor.garua_gps_longitude'') }}'
  mode: single

i have an error when i try the code

Holdestmade · July 28, 2021, 11:15am

Dont think that should be there ?

Hellis81 · July 28, 2021, 11:17am

{“sensor”:“gps”}{“time”:10580500}[{“longitude”:-9.546621},{“latitude”:50.34518}

You have a [ in the middle there…
That suggests to me that is an array.
What does your sensors look like? Do they show lat and lon?
Remember to mask the real data

davidzzgit · July 28, 2021, 11:27am

sorry this line is commented
i reedit the code

davidzzgit · July 28, 2021, 11:34am

this is the entity in the states page

[sensor.garua_gps_latitude]     50.34518       unit_of_measurement: ° 
                                                                       friendly_name: Garua GPS Latitude

Hellis81 · July 28, 2021, 11:38am

That makes no sense. Because the json you say you get is not valid.

This is valid:

{"sensor":"gps"},{"time":10580500},[{"longitude":-9.546621},{"latitude":50.34518}]

Notice there is commas between the values and a ending ]
And this is also valid:

{"sensor":"gps"},{"time":10580500},{"longitude":-9.546621},{"latitude":50.34518}

But in order to get lon and lat you would need to access item [2][“longitude”]

or if there should be [ ] also [2][0][“longitude”]

If the json looks like this:

{"sensor":"gps","time":10580500,"longitude":-9.546621,"latitude":50.34518}

Then it would make sense.

davidzzgit · July 28, 2021, 12:01pm

this is my new json

[{"sensor":"gps"},{"longitude":-7.65456},{"latitude":50.64512}]

but now my sensor can’t see the value data

davidzzgit · July 29, 2021, 8:07am

imagen

this are my data parser from json, and i try to show in a map

davidzzgit · July 30, 2021, 7:32am

There is no way to see the gps data received on the map
Does anybody have an idea?

Hellis81 · July 30, 2021, 8:20am

davidzzgit · July 30, 2021, 9:57am

Invalid config for [automation]: [action] is an invalid option for [automation]. Check: automation->trigger->0->action.

my configuration.yaml is not valid

automation:
  - trigger:
      platform: state
      entity_id: sensor.kia_position_lat, sensor.kia_position_long
      action:
        service: device_tracker.see
        data_template:
          dev_id: ship
          gps:
            - "{{ states('sensor.kia_position_lat') }}"
            - "{{ states('sensor.kia_position_long') }}"

Hellis81 · July 30, 2021, 10:21am

You have indentation errors.
Action is not a part of trigger.

davidzzgit · September 7, 2021, 7:55am

Thank you
it’s running fine