Have you tested the value_template in Home Assistant’s Template Editor?
Paste these lines into Template Editor and observe the results.
Steckdose: {{states('input_number.schieber_steckdose1')}}
Steckdose Adjusted: {{states('input_number.schieber_steckdose1') + 2.5) | float}}
Humidity: {{states('sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity') | float}}
True or False: {{ (states('input_number.schieber_steckdose1') + 2.5) | float <= states('sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity') | float }}
For this, I get a result:
{{ states(‘input_number.schieber_steckdose1’)| float}}
Result: 54
For this part, I am getting an “Unknown error rendering template” Error:
{{(states(‘input_number.schieber_steckdose1’) + 2.5) | float}}
This was the solution:
value_template: “{{((states.input_number.schieber_steckdose1.state | float) + 2.5) <= states(‘sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity’) | float }}”
Now I only need to combine these two automations into one - is this possible?
id: steckdose1_luftfeuchtigkeit_on
alias: “Steckdose 1 Luftfeuchtigkeit on“
initial_state: truetrigger:
platform: template
value_template: “{{((states.input_number.schieber_steckdose1.state | float) + 2.5) <= states(‘sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity’) | float }}”action:
service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.steckdose1id: steckdose1_luftfeuchtigkeit_off
alias: “Steckdose 1 Luftfeuchtigkeit off“
initial_state: truetrigger:
platform: template
value_template: “{{((states.input_number.schieber_steckdose1.state | float) + 2.5) >= states(‘sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity’) | float }}”action:
service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.steckdose1
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Yes, it’s possible to combine the two automations into one.
Sure, you are right, thanks for this hint!
Can you help me to put this together? I’ve tried a few different ways, but none of them worked…
Thank you for your help!
- id: steckdose1_luftfeuchtigkeit_on
alias: “Steckdose 1 Luftfeuchtigkeit on“
initial_state: true
trigger:
platform: template
value_template: "{{states('sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity') | float > ((states.input_number.schieber_steckdose1.state | float) + 2.5) }}"
action:
service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.steckdose1
- id: steckdose1_luftfeuchtigkeit_off
alias: “Steckdose 1 Luftfeuchtigkeit off“
initial_state: true
trigger:
platform: template
value_template: "{{states('sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity') | float < ((states.input_number.schieber_steckdose1.state | float) - 2.5) }}"
action:
service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.steckdose1
Try this. It’s untested but it should be approximately correct. 
I created two temporary variables in the value_template just to make it easier to read the last line of the template.
- id: steckdose1_luftfeuchtigkeit
alias: 'Steckdose 1 Luftfeuchtigkeit'
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: input_number.schieber_steckdose1, sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity
action:
service_template: >-
{% set target = (states('input_number.schieber_steckdose1') | float) + 2.5 %}
{% set humidity = states('sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity') | float %}
switch.turn_{{'on' if target <= humidity else 'off'}}
entity_id: switch.steckdose1
Thanks, but it only works with the “tolerance” of + 2.5, but not with - 2.5 
As I wrot in my first post: The machine should e.g. turn on when the humidity is over 60%, and turn off when it has reached 50% (mean value is 55%) --> so the input_number.schieber_steckdose1 would be 55 in this example
I followed what you posted in your second example which uses +2.5 for both turning the switch on and off.
I now see that in your first example, you used +2.5 for on and -2.5 for off.
Do you want help to fix the automation or do you feel ready to handle it yourself?
BTW, I’m confused by the example you provided. Doesn’t it represent a range of +/- 5? If you set the target to 55 it turns the dehumidifier on at 60 (target+5) and turns it off at 50 (target-5). The humidity can then rise up to 60 again until the dehumidifer is turned on.
Sorry for confusing you - I was also a little confused at the beginning, but finally found the right automation which is described in this comment.
The rule behind it: If I set the target to 55%, the dehumidifer turns on when humidity gets over 57.5% and turns off when it reaches 52.5%
In OpenHAB, I was able to just put two if-conditions into one rule, which would look like somthing familiar to the following automation in HomeAssistant, but this doesn’t work:
- id: steckdose1_luftfeuchtigkeit_both
alias: “Steckdose 1 Luftfeuchtigkeit both“
initial_state: true
trigger:
platform: template
value_template: "{{states('sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity') | float > ((states.input_number.schieber_steckdose1.state | float) + 2.5) }}"
action:
service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.steckdose1
trigger:
platform: template
value_template: "{{states('sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity') | float < ((states.input_number.schieber_steckdose1.state | float) - 2.5) }}"
action:
service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.steckdose1
Is there a way to simply put these two automations into one?
I know you already gave me an example, but I don’t really understand that.
Thank you for your help and your time!
Here is how I understand this system works:
LO D HI
-----------|-----|-----|------------
OFF | CURRENT | ON
OFF>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>|
|<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<ON
There are three operating states:
off.on.off and on states overlap within the range (it can be either on or off within this range). It depends on whether the dehumidifier is currently on and decreasing the humidity from HI to LO, or if the dehumidifier is off and allowing humidity to rise from LO to HI.Here’s an example:
off.on.on (the automation is obliged to assign a value to service_template) .off.off. This behavior continues until humidity exceeds HI and then the dehumidifier is set to on.The following automation implements the behavior I just described. It is triggered either by changes to the sensor or to the input_number. It computes LO and HI thresholds and then determines if the humidity is below, within, or above the range. Depending on the result, it will call the correct service.
switch.turn_off
switch.turn_on
- id: steckdose1_luftfeuchtigkeit
alias: 'Steckdose 1 Luftfeuchtigkeit'
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id:
- input_number.schieber_steckdose1
- sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity
action:
service_template: >-
{% set hi = (states('input_number.schieber_steckdose1') | float) + 2.5 %}
{% set lo = hi - 5 %}
{% set humidity = states('sensor.steckdose1_am2301_humidity') | float %}
{% if humidity > hi %}
switch.turn_on
{% elif humidity < lo %}
switch.turn_off
{% else %}
switch.turn_{{states('switch.steckdose1') | lower}}
{% endif %}
entity_id: switch.steckdose1
perfect, this is exactly what I was looking for (also an example for setting variables so I can continue to try some different automations)
THANK YOU very much!
You’re most welcome!
You may wish to consider tagging the post as ‘solution’ so others can find it more easily.
I used openHAB for about a half-year then looked into Home Assistant to see how it differs. I found it more to my liking (but both are equally competent products with helpful communities).
You’ll find Home Assistant’s automations, with their YAML structure and Jinja2 templating, to be quite different from openHAB’s Rules DSL. I encourage you to review the examples in the Cookbook to become more comfortable with this different style of creating automation logic. There are more complex examples found throughout this forum as well as in the Github repos shared by Home Assistant users.
If you find Home Assistant’s automations and scripts to be limiting, you have the option to use python_scripts or AppDaemon or Node-Red.
You are right, it’s really different.
For me personally, the rules in OpenHAB were just easier to understand and implement, but seriously, this is the only thing that I am missing about OpenHAB when I compare it with Home Assistant.
Thanks again!
Can you reshare the automations?
@123
This is a very nice solution. I plan on taking what you have done here and use it for a video where I’m taking a Sonoff SV and building a humidifier control. IE I’m going to flip the ON and OFF command so the device powers when the humidity is low and make new names, but your elegant code will remain.
I’ll credit you and put a link to it here in this post.
Thanks for supporting the more programming-addled among us!
https://youtu.be/2bRu4H6qo84
Here is the link to my YouTube video where I use this automation to sucessfully make my Humidistat solution to work!
Could you please share again your automations? Many thanks
Here you go: Ubuntu Pastebin
Card is updated too:
card_mod:
class: top-level-card
entities:
- entity: switch.lounge_dehumidifier
state_color: true
- entity: script.lounge_dehumidifier_emptied
state_color: true
- animation:
state: 'off'
columns: '1'
direction: right
entities:
- entity: sensor.lounge_dehumidifier_power
max: '800'
min: '0'
name: Power
severity:
- color: '#039BE5'
from: '0'
to: '299.9'
- color: '#0da035'
from: '300'
to: '899.9'
- color: '#e0b400'
from: '900'
to: '1799.9'
- color: '#e45e65'
from: '1800'
to: '2400'
entity_row: true
height: 28px
positions:
icon: inside
indicator: inside
minmax: 'off'
name: inside
title: 'off'
value: inside
type: 'custom:bar-card'
value_style:
color: var(--primary-text-color)
text-shadow: none
- card_type: 'custom:fold-entity-row'
entities:
- entity: automation.lounge_dehumidifier_direct_automation
state_color: true
- entity: automation.lounge_dehumidifier_re_enable
state_color: true
- entity: input_number.lounge_dehumidifier_condensation_set
- entity: input_number.lounge_dehumidifier_outside_temp_set
head:
label: Direct Automation
type: section
padding: 0
type: 'custom:hui-element'
- card_type: 'custom:fold-entity-row'
entities:
- entity: automation.lounge_dehumidifier_forecast_automation
state_color: true
- entity: input_datetime.lounge_dehumidifier_run_time
- entity: input_number.lounge_dehumidifier_rh_set
- entity: input_number.lounge_dehumidifier_forecast_temp_set
head:
label: Forecast Automation
type: section
padding: 0
type: 'custom:hui-element'
- card_type: 'custom:fold-entity-row'
entities:
- entity: input_boolean.lounge_dehumidifier_mute_for_movie
state_color: true
- entity: input_number.lounge_dehumidifier_run_time
head:
label: Common Configuration
type: section
padding: 0
type: 'custom:hui-element'
show_header_toggle: false
title: Lounge Dehumidifier
type: entities
It won’t be this way for long. I plan to put an ESP32 in the dehumidifier for direct control and monitoring soon.
Hi i run ESPhome (not tasmota) and i use a relay to switch on and off the humidifier(not dehumidifier). My automation script is not working, can you help me with that? The humidifier needs to turn on when the dht11 sensor reads 45% or lower, and turn off if it reaches more then 52% humidity. For sanity check i need to paste this to the automation.yaml or create a new custom component and a new humidifier.yaml file?
The script:
- id: '*************'
alias: Humidifier on
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: 5
condition:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.humidity
above: '45'
- condition: time
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
after: '10:00'
before: '20:00'
- condition: state
entity_id: switch.relay_humidifier
state: 'off'
action:
- type: turn_on
device_id: *************
entity_id: switch.relay_humidifier
domain: switch
mode: single
- id: '*************'
alias: Humidifier off
description: ''
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: 5
condition:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.humidity
above: '52'
- condition: time
after: '10:00'
weekday:
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
before: '20:00'
- condition: state
entity_id: switch.relay_humidifier
state: 'on'
action:
- type: turn_off
device_id: ********************
entity_id: switch.relay_humidifier
domain: switch
mode: single
It turns on and off every 5 minutes… i tested it with 10sec intervals because i didn’t have the time to sit and watch it that long. It works between the two values great but outside of the two value things are different.