great, will try and report back!
First cast the value to int in the template, that won’t work like that:
data_template:
scan_interval:
seconds: >
{{states('input_number.hue_polling_interval') | int }}
Templates render text. If you need numbers you need to explicitly convert them.
Also, about the scan_interval field in there, it is a time_period object, so you can pass a dict like that with seconds:, minutes:, etc, but you could also pass a text like this: “00:00:7” and would work.
I noticed that the data_template was not working and made a fix, please update the repo in the HACS tab (no HA restart needed). I also added the automation example to the README file, enjoy ![]()