Combine switch and binary-sensor for garage door

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Hello,
i made my garage door a bit smarter and useing the Fibaro FGBS-222 and a Aqara Door/Window Sensor.
Now i try to combine them into a cover for my garage door to control it via homekit.
Here in the forum were some examples and i tried some of them, but did not get the right result. At the moment i use following template:

---
- platform: template
  covers:
    garage_door:
      friendly_name: "Garagentor Cover"
      value_template: "{{ states('binary_sensor.garagedoor_status'), 'off' }}"
      open_cover:
        service: switch.toggle
        data:
          entity_id: switch.garagentor
      close_cover:
        service: switch.toggle
        data:
          entity_id: switch.garagentor
      icon_template: >-
        {% if states('binary_sensor.garagedoor_status') == "on" %}
          mdi:garage-open
        {% else %}
          mdi:garage
        {% endif %}

The binary sensors outputs on/off state for open/close. The Template itself shows the correct icon, but the state is still opend. Is there no possibilites to change the default state to closed?

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because you have it open when the binary sensor is off and your syntax is wrong.

      value_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.garagedoor_status', 'on') }}"
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With ‘off’ was some kind of experiment. If its ‘on’ there is no other status. The same result in Frontend and Homekit.

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That makes no sense. If that was the case your icon wouldn’t work, but you stated that it does.

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Yes, see at the screenshots.

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and you’re using this code and you restarted:

- platform: template
  covers:
    garage_door:
      friendly_name: "Garagentor Cover"
      value_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.garagedoor_status', 'on') }}"
      open_cover:
        service: switch.toggle
        data:
          entity_id: switch.garagentor
      close_cover:
        service: switch.toggle
        data:
          entity_id: switch.garagentor
      icon_template: >-
        {% if states('binary_sensor.garagedoor_status') == "on" %}
          mdi:garage-open
        {% else %}
          mdi:garage
        {% endif %}
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Okay, very confusing. I copy and paste your config and now it worked! I feel stuipd now. :frowning:

Thanks for your help!

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value_template represents the state you see in the UI. Then based on what that state is, the open/close cover will enable/disable. E.g. if the state is open, only close will be enabled.

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Hi, I’m new to HA and don’t quite get it yet.

Is the binary_sensor "garagedoor_status " separately defined elsewhere?

And the switch “garagentor”, too?

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Welcome, yes those entities are defined elsewhere. These items usually come from other integrations. For example, if you have a zwave switch (switch.garage_door) that opens and closes the garage door and a zwave sensor (binary_sensor.door_status) that tells you if the state of the garage door. You’d use those entities in the value template and the turn_on/turn_off service fields.