Cover Set position from helper or template

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1

Hi,
It’s possible to call cover.set_position service and set position from template or from number helper?

Thanks for your help.

2

It depends on how you are calling the service.

You can do it in a script or automation, but most dashboard cards will not allow you to do it directly in a card action. If that is what you are trying to do, you need to set up the cover action in a script and call the script from the card’s action.

3

I want to call service from automation.
I have try to edit service call in automation and a write like this and didn’t work. Only seems to work with constant numbers

data: 
  position: {{45}}
4

I am able to directly set the position from a dashboard card and automations

action:
  - service: cover.set_cover_position
    target:
      entity_id: cover.pc_curtains
    data:
      position: 75

Am I misunderstanding the question and you are trying to template the position based off another entity?

You need quotes for

data: 
  position: "{{45}}"

This is a automation that uses the state of a light and state of a device to set the cover position

alias: Curtain Test
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: device
    type: changed_states
    device_id: your light
    entity_id: your light
    domain: light
condition: []
action:
  - service: cover.set_cover_position
    target:
      entity_id: cover.your_device
    data:
      position: "{{ states('input_number.test') }}"
mode: single
5

Thanks for your reply! Yes, my problem was quotes, it works perfect!

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