rcant
February 11, 2022, 12:40pm
1
Hello, I would like to create a sensor that checks the correct functioning of all (and there are several) of my entities to notify me if, as often happens, some become unavailable.
tom_l
February 11, 2022, 12:57pm
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There’s a blueprint for that:
This blueprint will run at a specific time and day of the week and will provide you a list of unavailable entities {{entities}} that could be used in one or more actions (I use it to send a notification)
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Notification action example:
service: notify.home_email
data:
title: Unavailable Entities
message: Here is a list of unavailable entities in your home: {{entities}}
To use the blueprint use the link below to import it to your Home Assistant installation:
[Open your Home A…
Or some more options in this topic:
This template sensor will iterate the states object and return a count and list of entities that have a state of unknown, unavailable. This is a new version that incorporates a couple of new features such as ignoring entities for a time period and filtering entities based on a partial string match in addition to the entities declared in the ignored_entities group.
The package has been moved to it’s own repository with updated documentation.
Update 2023-9-22: Template and documentation have be…