Change temp sensor attribute to show as a correct sensor

Configuration Z-Wave
1

Hello.

I have a homeseer system running that handles my z-wave network. Having issues with the z-wave stick so I have integrated the homeseer into HA.

But I have some issues with a temp sensor not showing up as a proper temp sensor. This is causing issues when using with the generic thermostat.

As you can se from the pictures below the value the sensor is sending is not only numeric. It has an added C to the value. The sensor is a Aeotech Multisensor 6

Is there a way to change this for the entity? Do I have to do this in homeseer?

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2

Use a template sensor. To get rid of the C take a look at the Jinja documentation or use the number based attribute of the temperature sensor.

3

Any hints on how to make this template sensor? Not so good at YAML coding. The value that i want is already in the attribute “value:”

4

I have tried to add the following to my configuration.yaml:

template:
  sensors:
    unit_of_measurement: °C
    friendly_name: Kjellerbad
    entity_id: sensor.kjeller_bad_temperature
    value_template: "{{ state_attr('sensor.kjeller_bad_temperature', 'value') }}"

Should this produce an entity or a device? Where can i find the value that i am looking for?

5

Template sensors don’t have have the keys friendly_name & entity_id. Instead you use just a name (see documentation). The template looks fine. Your YAML structure is wrong. Underneath the template key, you need to have a list of sensors.
Just take the top example in the docs and modify it.
The result should be a sensor entity.

6

Thanks for the help.

This worked:

template:
  - sensor:
    - name: kjellerbad
      unit_of_measurement: °C
      state: "{{ state_attr('sensor.kjeller_bad_temperature', 'value') }}"

I now have a sensor with the correct temperature output! :slight_smile: