Envisalink states not working?

Configuration
1

my back door is showing up in http://192.168.1.233:8123/dev-state as “on” or “off”
“on” for open, “off” for closed. so i set up an automation to notify when door is open but it’s not working.

- id: '1558836134896'
  alias: alert back door open
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.back_door
    from: Off
    platform: state
    to: On
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      message: back door open
    service: notify.notifier

(code above looks a little different because i used the HA web GUI to create the automation)

2 
- id: '1558836134896'
  alias: alert back door open
  trigger:
  - entity_id: binary_sensor.back_door
    from: 'off'
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  condition: []
  action:
  - data:
      message: 'back door open'
    service: notify.notifier

Off/On needs to be lowercase and surrounded by single or double quotes. Make sure that the automation is turned on. Message should be surrounded by quotes as well.

3

In addition to what @walrus_parka wrote, it is always useful to confirm how exactly the state shows up for an entity in the /dev-state tab - I have seen loads of questions where capitalization was the issue or that the values were actually not on/off but true/false, etc.

4

you are right!
believe it or not, i had it correct in the first place as you suggested But PushBullet notifying alerts did not come through because there was no internet in the house. :frowning: and then i start second guessing my syntax