Dummy Entity Switch for showing State of an electricity consumer

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Hi,

this is my first post here. I am new in Home Assistant but very familiar in smarthome with openhab for many years.
But it’s time to change and i have to retrain :sweat_smile:

Here are my first questions, thanks for your support:

1.) Dummy Entity Switch for showing State of an electricity consumer
I have a ShellyPlugS it measures the power consumption of a TV and I get the following in the frontend:
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but my goal is to see the (on/off) state of the tv depending on thresholds like a switch or something like that:
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2.) Frontend “Switch State” instead “Switch”
Here i have, for example, a ShellyPlugS and I just want to see the state as text (ON or OFF)so that no one accidentally turns off the power. What’s the best way to do that?
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3.) frontend structure for a whole house
In openhab I have mapped our entire house with 3 floors, 17 rooms + garage + garden. How do you recommend that I do this in the home assistant so that I don’t lose the overview?
Individual dashboards (left menu bar) per floor + additional dashboards for subject groups such as light, music, windows, shutters?
i’m clueless

thx

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can anyone help me or give me a hint? please

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  1. In this case, threshold binary sensor could be your friend:
    Threshold - Home Assistant
    but more general, I suggest you have look into template sensors. That’s very felxible and you can easily create a binary sensor showing the state of the TV, e.g.:
    {{ (states(‘sensor.xyz_power’) | float(0)) > 30 }}

  2. you also could use a template binary sensor here.
    Or the lovelace card “template entity row”:
    GitHub - thomasloven/lovelace-template-entity-row: 🔹 Display whatever you want in an entities card row.
    But I’d suggest the template sensor way

  3. I use 1 dashboard with 1 view for 2-3 rooms. Every room in one column. Plus Special views for certain topics like PV system, all temperatures overview,…