Covers with optimistic state

Configuration
1

hi all, have some question on how to sync the state of 2 individual covers with one that would possibly cover both.

In more detail, currently i have this cover configuration:

- platform: template
  covers:
    garage_door_1:
      device_class: garage
      friendly_name: "Garage Door 1"
      unique_id: "garagedoor1"
      optimistic: true
      open_cover:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_1
      close_cover:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_1
    garage_door_2:
      device_class: garage
      friendly_name: "Garage Door 2"
      unique_id: "garagedoor2"
      optimistic: true
      open_cover:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_2
      close_cover:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_2
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With the above, each door can have it’s own state.

But if i create similar configuration to control both at the same time:

    both_garage_doors:
      device_class: garage
      friendly_name: "Both Garage Doors"
      unique_id: "bothgaragedoors"
      optimistic: true
      open_cover:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_1
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_2
      close_cover:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_1
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_2

Then if i use the “both garage doors” entity to open both, the state is not registered to each door.
Anyway i can do this?

Thanks

2

You could follow the door states with a couple of input boolean helpers. But this would rely on you only ever using Home Assistant to control the doors and no other method. No physical controls or remote controls.

Do you really have no way of determining the door states?

3

hi , yes i got it that i should only controlling them via home assistant.

can you help with the boolean helpers?

4

Sure, go to Settings → Devices & Services → Helpers and create two “Toggle” helpers. Call them Garage 1 and Garage 2. Then update your covers to this:

- platform: template
  covers:
    garage_door_1:
      device_class: garage
      friendly_name: "Garage Door 1"
      unique_id: "garagedoor1"
      value_template: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.garage_1','on') }}"
      open_cover:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_1
      - service: input_boolean.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: input_boolean.garage_1
      close_cover:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_1
      - service: input_boolean.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: input_boolean.garage_1
    garage_door_2:
      device_class: garage
      friendly_name: "Garage Door 2"
      unique_id: "garagedoor2"
      value_template: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.garage_2','on') }}"
      open_cover:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_2
      - service: input_boolean.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: input_boolean.garage_2
      close_cover:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_2
      - service: input_boolean.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: input_boolean.garage_2

    both_garage_doors:
      device_class: garage
      friendly_name: "Both Garage Doors"
      unique_id: "bothgaragedoors"
      value_template: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.garage_1','on') or is_state('input_boolean.garage_2','on') }}"
      open_cover:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_1
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_2
      close_cover:
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_1
      - service: switch.turn_on
        target:
          entity_id: switch.garage_2

Note if you open one of the garage doors individually then the Both Doors Cover will show as open. If you only want this to happen when both doors are open change the value template from or to and:

value_template: "{{ is_state('input_boolean.garage_1','on') and is_state('input_boolean.garage_2','on') }}"
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5

Thank you mate. Missed the input boolean definitions in the “both garage” part, but got the idea and completed it.
Thanks again.

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