Is it possible somehow? I have two binary sensors with armed/disarmed state and would like to create a new one (via template?) that has Armed state if either of the two sensors is on and Disarmed if they are both in a disarmed state.
Or maybe a switch?
Create a group containing the two sensors. The default behavior of a group is to indicate it is on
if at least one of its group members is on
. It will only indicate off
if all of its group members are off
. This is precisely the behavior you requested:
Armed state if either of the two sensors is on and Disarmed if they are both in a disarmed state
So binary sensors only have the states on
and off
, although they can be displayed differently in the UI if they have a device_class
specified. But when I looked at the currently defined binary device classes, there are none that display as Armed
and Disarmed
. Are you sure your two sensors are binary sensors (i.e., binary_sensor.xxx
), or are they just plain sensors (i.e., sensor.xxx
)?
Yes that’s exactly the usage I am looking for, thank you.