hi there,
i have created a sensor for a hue motion sensor to add the battery status:
sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
hue_motion_battery_aussen:
friendly_name: "Hue Sensor Battery aussen"
value_template: '{{state_attr("binary_sensor.bewegungssensor_aussen_motion", "battery_level")}}'
unit_of_measurement: "%"
now i want to change the icon. can anyone point me where to put for example icon: mdi:home?
thanks a lot
If you do this:
sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
hue_motion_battery_aussen:
friendly_name: "Hue Sensor Battery aussen"
value_template: '{{state_attr("binary_sensor.bewegungssensor_aussen_motion", "battery_level")}}'
unit_of_measurement: "%"
device_class: battery
The battery icon will change reflect the state of charge of the battery, like this:
Or use the icon_template in the legacy template sensor.
The code is the same as in the icon of the modern template.
@tom_l that is quiet cool. thanks for this. definitely gonna keep that in mind. but not quite what i’m looking for. i want to change the battery icon of said sensor to a house icon (hence mdi:home).
@VDRainer thanks for the pointer. but i can’t figure out where to put icon_template in the above sensor. i’m quite new to HA and have been using it for only two month or so.
nevermind. should have tried more. i figured it out:
sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
hue_motion_battery_aussen:
friendly_name: "Hue Sensor Battery aussen"
value_template: '{{state_attr("binary_sensor.bewegungssensor_aussen_motion", "battery_level")}}'
unit_of_measurement: "%"
icon_template: mdi:home
does the trick.
thanks a lot for your help.
I prefer to keep them with the entity config if possible. That way if I delete the entity six months later I don’t forget to delete the customization and end up with orphan icons in customize (that do not generate errors).
