Garage Cover - not getting state from sensor?

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Hi All,

I’m new to this HA.
Trying to set up the garage_door template from:

Have these:
Sensor: binary_sensor.port1_sensor
Switch: switch.sonoff_100086f177 (inching 1sec mode)
Garage input: Impulse to trigger port up/stop/down/stop…

I want to change the garage icon to match the sensor state and up/down arrow. But somehow the state not updating?

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Have this right now:

cover:
  - platform: template
    covers:
      garage_door:
        device_class: garage
        friendly_name: "Garage Door"
        position_template: "{{ states('binary_sensor.port1_sensor') }}"
        open_cover:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.port1_sensor
            state: "off"
          - service: switch.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: switch.sonoff_100086f177
        close_cover:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.port1_sensor
            state: "on"
          - service: switch.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: switch.sonoff_100086f177
        stop_cover:
          service: switch.turn_on
          target:
            entity_id: switch.sonoff_100086f177
        icon_template: >-
          {% if states('binary_sensor.port1_sensor')|float > 0 %}
            mdi:garage-open
          {% else %}
            mdi:garage
          {% endif %}
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position_template wants a percentage value, not “on”/“off”.

3

Ahh i see…thanks for the pointers after that i got it to work

Is there a way to change the color on the port? so when it open it green and red when it closed?

final template;

cover:
  - platform: template
    covers:
      garage_door1:
        device_class: garage
        friendly_name: "Garage Port 1"
        value_template: "{{is_state('binary_sensor.port1_sensor', 'on')}}"
        open_cover:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.port1_sensor
            state: "off"
          - service: switch.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: switch.sonoff_100086f177
        close_cover:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.port1_sensor
            state: "on"
          - service: switch.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: switch.sonoff_100086f177
        stop_cover:
          service: switch.turn_on
          target:
            entity_id: switch.sonoff_100086f177
        icon_template: >-
          {% if is_state('binary_sensor.port1_sensor', 'on') %}
            mdi:garage-open
          {% else %}
            mdi:garage
          {% endif %}
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Is there a way to change the color on the mdi:garage-open ?

cover:
  - platform: template
    covers:
      garage_door1:
        device_class: garage
        friendly_name: "Garage Port 1"
        value_template: "{{is_state('binary_sensor.door_mccgq11lm_port1_contact', 'on')}}"
        open_cover:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.door_mccgq11lm_port1_contact
            state: "off"
          - service: switch.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: switch.shellyplus1_garage1
        close_cover:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.door_mccgq11lm_port1_contact
            state: "on"
          - service: switch.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: switch.shellyplus1_garage1
        stop_cover:
          service: switch.turn_on
          target:
            entity_id: switch.shellyplus1_garage1
        icon_template: >-
          {% if is_state('binary_sensor.door_mccgq11lm_port1_contact', 'on') %}
            mdi:garage-open
          {% else %}
            mdi:garage
          {% endif %}