RMR414
February 28, 2022, 2:13pm
1
Hi all,
I used a shelly 1 to automate my garage but i’m having a really tough time getting this to show up as a cover in HA. I got this code to work when I inserted it into my config.yaml, but I can’t get it to work on the split out tempalte.yaml file. Any ideas? this is the code in my template. yaml file
cover:
- name: "TEST Garage Door 2"
state: "{{ states('binary_sensor.swgaragehoop_input') }}"
device_class: opening
open_cover:
service: switch.toggle
entity_id: switch.swgaragehoop
close_cover:
service: switch.toggle
entity_id: switch.swgaragehoop
stop_cover:
service: switch.toggle
entity_id: switch.swgaragehoop
icon: >-
{% if states('binary_sensor.swgaragehoop_input') == "on" %}
mdi:garage-open
{% else %}
mdi:garage
{% endif %}
this is the error i get:
Invalid config for [template]: [cover] is an invalid option for [template]. Check: template->cover. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 13).
AllHailJ
February 28, 2022, 5:16pm
2
If you added it to your template.yaml file it would become
template:
if you create a cover.yaml and place the code in the file, then do a cover: !include cover.yaml in you configuration.yaml does this fix.
See here: Template Cover - Home Assistant
petro
February 28, 2022, 5:29pm
3
Cover hasn’t been moved to the non-legacy style configuration.
cover:
- platform: template
covers:
test_garage_door_2:
...
RMR414
February 28, 2022, 5:52pm
4
Thanks Petro.
so my config.yaml says:
cover: !include cover.yaml
My cover.yaml has:
cover:
- platform: template
covers:
test_garage_door_2:
state: "{{ states('binary_sensor.swgaragehoop_input') }}"
device_class: opening
open_cover:
service: switch.toggle
data:
entity_id: switch.swgaragehoop
close_cover:
service: switch.toggle
data:
entity_id: switch.swgaragehoop
stop_cover:
service: switch.toggle
data:
entity_id: switch.swgaragehoop
icon: >-
{% if states('binary_sensor.swgaragehoop_input') == "on" %}
mdi:garage-open
{% else %}
mdi:garage
{% endif %}
when i try and validate the config.yaml file i get:
Validate your configuration if you recently made some changes to your configuration and want to make sure that it is all valid.
Configuration invalid
Invalid config for [cover]: required key not provided @ data[‘platform’]. Got None. (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 16).
any ideas? I’m assuming i have bad syntax or format somewhere, because it works fine when it’s imbedded in the config.yaml file.
petro
February 28, 2022, 5:57pm
5
yes, because your file contains the field cover: in it. Your include already specifies that. What you’re feeding home assistant is:
cover:
cover:
- platform: template
covers:
...
when you use include…
cover: !include cover.yaml
^
|
already has field.
so your contents shoudl start…
- platform: template
....
Secondly, review the template cover docs. You’re mixing old style and new style fields in your configuration (state should be value_template)
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RMR414
February 28, 2022, 7:04pm
6
Petro, thanks so much for your help, it worked! I used the new syntax for my last template (the one with “state”) but this one as you said needed the older syntax (i.e. “value_template”).
Is that because for the first template, that i did for a sensor, i used Template.yaml, instead of sensor.yaml? Where as this time I used the template in the cover.yaml file?
petro
February 28, 2022, 7:35pm
7
It’s because there’s 2 formats. The old way and the new way. The new way supports triggers and other new fields like state_characteristic (for sensors). The old way is just how it used to be done. The new way was developed specifically to handle triggers as an optional method to update sensor states.
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RMR414
March 1, 2022, 12:36am
9
Just to close the loop and to show the resolved code. Thanks again Petro. This is all good to go now in my cover.yaml file.
- platform: template
covers:
garage_door_hoop:
friendly_name: 'Garge Door - Hoop'
value_template: "{{ states('binary_sensor.swgaragehoop_input') }}"
open_cover:
service: switch.toggle
data:
entity_id: switch.swgaragehoop
close_cover:
service: switch.toggle
data:
entity_id: switch.swgaragehoop
stop_cover:
service: switch.toggle
data:
entity_id: switch.swgaragehoop
icon_template: >-
{% if states('binary_sensor.swgaragehoop_input') == 'on' %}
mdi:garage-open
{% else %}
mdi:garage
{% endif %}
garage_door_house:
friendly_name: 'Garge Door - House'
value_template: "{{ states('binary_sensor.swgaragehouse_input') }}"
open_cover:
service: switch.toggle
data:
entity_id: switch.SwGarageHouse
close_cover:
service: switch.toggle
data:
entity_id: switch.SwGarageHouse
stop_cover:
service: switch.toggle
data:
entity_id: switch.SwGarageHouse
icon_template: >-
{% if states('binary_sensor.swgaragehouse_input') == 'on' %}
mdi:garage-open
{% else %}
mdi:garage
{% endif %}
petro
March 1, 2022, 12:40am
10
FYI you don’t need the icon_tempalte. Just do
device_class: garage
lowprize
October 5, 2022, 3:58pm
11
Best solution, more info Cover - Home Assistant
Also looking for semi open garage for cat
Code is full working for someone like me
captive_portal:
switch:
- platform: gpio
id: garage_door_relay
pin: D5
restore_mode: ALWAYS_OFF
internal: True
binary_sensor:
- platform: gpio
pin:
number: D6
mode: INPUT_PULLUP
name: "Garaz vrata I"
device_class: garage_door
filters:
- delayed_on_off: 50ms
id: garage_door_1
internal: True
- platform: gpio
pin:
number: D7
mode: INPUT_PULLUP
name: "Garaz vrata II"
device_class: garage_door
filters:
- delayed_on_off: 50ms
id: garage_door_2
internal: True
cover:
- platform: template
name: "Ovladani garazove vrat"
device_class: garage
lambda: |-
if (id(garage_door_1).state) {
return COVER_OPEN;
} else if (id(garage_door_2).state) {
return COVER_OPEN;
} else {
return COVER_CLOSED;
}
open_action:
- switch.turn_on: garage_door_relay
- delay: 0.1s
- switch.turn_off: garage_door_relay
close_action:
- switch.turn_on: garage_door_relay
- delay: 0.1s
- switch.turn_off: garage_door_relay
stop_action:
- switch.turn_on: garage_door_relay
- delay: 0.1s
- switch.turn_off: garage_door_relay
I got two sensor semi open (icon ie mdi:garage-alert-variant) and full open.