Change direction of wind - template sensor

[Didgeridrew]

@hneel

Using value_template instead of state gave me an error, preventing restart.

value_template is used in the legacy template sensor method, it is not a valid configuration variable for the current method.

@hneel

ValueError: … but no default was specified

Updating Templates with the new default values in 2021.10.x

I keep seeing the same question about the new default argument for the templating. This post will cover all possible ways to define default. All the methods that were changed: acos as_timestamp asin atan atan2 cos float log round sin sqrt strptime tan timestamp_custom timestamp_local timestamp_utc Each of them have the exact same default functionality but a different number of arguments. There are multiple ways to use these functions, and this is where all the confusion lies. Understandi…

Also, it would probably be better if your state and availability templates are based on the same source:

  - name: "tmpl_weather_wind_dir"
    unique_id: "tmpl_weather_wind_dir"
    state_class: measurement
    icon: mdi:sign-direction
    state: >
      {% set direction = ['N','NNE','NE','ENE','E','ESE','SE','SSE','S','SSW','SW','WSW','W','WNW','NW','NNW','N'] %}
      {% set degree = states('sensor.weather_wind_bearing')|float(0) %}
      {{ degree }}
      {{ direction[ (( degree + 11.25) / 22.5) | int] }}
    availability: >
      {{ states('sensor.weather_wind_bearing') not in [ 'unknown', 'unavailable', '', none] }}