Garage Door Sensor and Switch Combined

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Hello,

I have seen several posts related to combining sensors and switches, have read the docs, particularly on templating, but still would need some guidance on whether this is possible and how.

I have a Garage Door for which I have a Sensor (for open/close state) which is composed of a Sonoff Mini with a Reed Switch attached to the S1 and S2 Terminals, and a a switch composed of a Sonof SV attached to the garage motors contacts.

Currently I see them like this

Garage Current
Garage Current906×330 8.7 KB

I would like to see the sensor and switch as one combined entry, with the state changing the icon and color, and opening/closing by clicking the entry on Lovelace UI:

When I click on this

Garage Closed
Garage Closed852×92 3.42 KB

It becomes this

Garage Open
Garage Open852×92 3.19 KB

As I said, I have seen the related topics but still would need some general guidance or a similar example on how to do it.

I understand I will probably use some sort of template, like a switch template, read the template docs and still not clear.

Tks upfront for the patience on helping on an apparently trivial issue.

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The Template Cover integration should give you what you need. Here’s the documentation and some good examples:

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here is the code I use with a zwave dry relay switch to simulate the pushbutton and a zwave tilt sensor for the door position.

I use scripts to make sure the door is in the correct position before operating the switch. IOW, if I push the “open” button it makes sure the door is closed before it will work and vice versa. I’m not sure if it’s necessary but I also use those scripts for the Alexa integration too and it’s definitely necessary there since Alexa has no idea what the door postion is and it will happily “push the button” to open the door even if it’s already open thus closing the door. :neutral_face:

Here is the code:

cover:
  - platform: template
    covers:
      north_garage_door:
        friendly_name: 'North Garage Door'
        value_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.garage_door_north_position_sensor', 'on') }}"
        open_cover:
          service: script.turn_on
          entity_id: script.open_gdn
        close_cover:
          service: script.turn_on
          entity_id: script.close_gdn
        stop_cover:
          service: switch.turn_on
          entity_id: switch.garage_door_north_operator_switch
        icon_template: "{% if not is_state('binary_sensor.garage_door_north_position_sensor', 'off') %}mdi:garage-open{% else %}mdi:garage{% endif %}"

script:
  close_gdn:
    alias: Close the North Garage Door
    sequence:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.garage_door_north_position_sensor
        state: 'on'
      - service: switch.turn_on
        entity_id: switch.garage_door_north_operator_switch
  open_gdn:
    alias: Open the North Garage Door
    sequence:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.garage_door_north_position_sensor
        state: 'off'
      - service: switch.turn_on
        entity_id: switch.garage_door_north_operator_switch