I have just integrated a Zigbee thermostat using Z2M. It shows up as a climate sensor and works fine, however it reports the temperature as an attribute which is not selectable in the area configuration.
I created a helper entity with the respective template and assigned it to the area, but it still does not show up in the area configuration as a temperature sensor.
What am I missing here?
Kind regards,
blindcoder
Same issue I have noticed. I have helpers template and max/min and none of them show up as pickable in the area config. I suspect - it will only show temperature sensors attached to a device.
What do you see in Developer’s Tools, States?
sensor.average_garden_temperature
Helper - combine the state of several sensors.
state_class: measurement
unit_of_measurement: °C
icon: mdi:forest-outline
friendly_name: Average Garden Temperature
No device_class added to the sensor.
sensor.tmpl_outside_temeprature
This is a template sensor with the device_class added.
state_class: measurement
unit_of_measurement: °C
device_class: temperature
friendly_name: TMPL Outside Temperature
This DOES show up in the area config.
The problem is obviously that the helper sensor should be inheriting the device_class of the first available sensor in the group.