Google Translate - announce the door that was opened

[bphillips921 (Brad Phillips)]

I’m trying to get my Google speakers to tell me what door was opened in the event the alarm is triggered. Here is my automation code:

- id: '1635522521438'
  alias: Alarm - Announce trigger on Google Home
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.basement_garage_entry_door
    to: 'on'
    from: 'off'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.basement_patio_door
    to: 'on'
    from: 'off'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.basement_garage_door
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.garage_entry_door
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.garage_service_door
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.side_garage_door
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.big_garage_door
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.patio_door
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  condition:
  - condition: or
    conditions:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_alarm
      state: armed_night
    - condition: state
      entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_alarm
      state: triggered
  action:
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    target:
      entity_id:
      - media_player.great_room_google_hub
      - media_player.master_bedroom_speaker
      - media_player.toy_room_speaker
    data:
      volume_level: 0.9
  - service: tts.google_translate_say
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.great_room_google_hub
      message: The {{trigger.entity_ID}} was opened
  - service: tts.google_translate_say
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.master_bedroom_speaker
      message: The {{trigger.entity_ID}} was opened
  - service: tts.google_translate_say
    data:
      entity_id: media_player.toy_room_speaker
      message: The {{trigger.entity_ID}} was opened
  - service: media_player.volume_set
    target:
      entity_id:
      - media_player.master_bedroom_speaker
      - media_player.toy_room_speaker
      - media_player.great_room_google_hub
    data:
      volume_level: 0.4
  mode: single

For example, If the garage entry door triggers the automation I want the system to say “The garage entry door was opened”. I currently says “The binary underscore sensor period garage underscore door was opened”. How can I get rid of extra parts of the entity ID?

I tried changing {{trigger.entity_ID}} to {{trigger.name}} and {{trigger.friendly_name}} but that didn’t work

[rossk]

This might help:

Template message or friendly name question

A simple example that demonstrates the use a dict to translate the alarm_panel’s state value into something different. For example, “armed_home” is reported as “occupied protected”. Feel free to change the phrases to whatever you prefer. alias: example 333 trigger: - platform: state entity_id: alarm_control_panel.house action: - platform: notify.persistent_notification data: message: > {% set msgs = { 'disarmed': 'unprotected', 'armed_home': 'occupied protected', 'armed_away': …

[123 (Taras)]

@bphillips921

{{trigger.friendly_name}} but that didn’t work

{{trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name}}

To understand why that works, review State Objects and State Trigger - Templates.

[bphillips921 (Brad Phillips)]

@123

{{trigger.to_state.attributes.friendly_name}}

That did it. Thanks!

[123 (Taras)]

You’re welcome! Glad to hear it solved the problem for you.

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[bphillips921 (Brad Phillips)]

I tried to mark it as the solution but I don’t have the option

[123 (Taras)]

You don’t have the option because you created a topic without a category. Edit the first post and select the Configuration category. After you save it, you should see the option appear in all other posts in this thread (you might have to refresh the web page first).