How can i create friendly_name for HOME and NOT_HOME

Configuration
1

Hello guys, i have this configuration:

device_tracker,rodolfo

on HA when i stay home , show me: Rodolfo home and when i not home show me; Rodolfo not_home.

how i can create a friendly_name, anyone knows?

thanks

SOLUTION

Sensor:

  • platform: template
    sensors:
    rodolfo:
    value_template: ‘{% if is_state(“device_tracker.rodolfo”, “home”) %}Em Casa{% else %}Não está em Casa{% endif %}’
    friendly_name: ‘Estado do Rodolfo’
2

You can do this two ways. First edit your known_devices.yaml file. Find that entry and edit the name.

See this for more information:

The other is customize:

3

@silvrr on my know_devices.yaml i have

rodolfo:
hide_if_away: false
mac:
name: Rodolfo
picture:
track: true
vendor:

where i can add the lines to my friendly_names ?
i want change HOME for Casa and change NOT_HOME for Não está em Casa

4

That’s to change the tracked device name, but I guess the wish is to change the status name itself.

I’m not sure that possible without modifying the source code of HASS.

5

Ahh, sorry I misunderstood what you wanted. I thought you were wanting to change the entity name. You are wanting to change the state name.

You will need to create a new template sensor. Rather than show your device_tracker on the front end you will need to add this new sensor.

sensor:
  platform: template
  sensors:
    Rodolfo:
    value_template: '{% if is_state("device_tracker.rodolfo", "home") %}Casa{% else %}Não está em Casa{% endif %}'
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6

Great , thank YOU very much.

7

sorry again @silvrr

i add theset lines:

sensor:
platform: template
sensors:
Rodolfo:
value_template: ‘{% if is_state(“device_tracker.rodolfo”, “home”) %}Casa{% else %}Não está em Casa{% endif %}’

but when i restart my HA shows me:

Invalid config
The following components and platforms could not be set up:

sensor.template

Please check your config

i try some modification like this:

value_template: “{%if states.device_tracker.rodolfo.state == ‘home’ %}Casa{% elif states.device_tracker.rodolfo.state == ‘not_home’ %}nao esta em casa{% endif %}”

but no luck again.

what is wrong?

8

Can you post your config and maintain the formatting? See this post for instructions

Also, is there anything in your log file? Often it will give a reason and sometimes a specific line that is causing the error.

9 
i dont any error on my log:

sensor.yaml
- platform: template
  sensors:
    phone_battery:
      friendly_name: 'Bateria Rodolfo'
      value_template: '{{ states.device_tracker.rodolfo.attributes.battery|float }}'
      unit_of_measurement: "%"
      entity_id: 
       - device_tracker.rodolfo
    Rodolfo:
      friendly_name: 'Estado Rodolfo'
      value_template: "{%if states.device_tracker.rodolfo.state == 'home' %}Casa{% elif states.device_tracker.rodolfo.state == 'not_home' %}teste{% endif %}"

configuration.yaml
    - sensor.phone_battery
    - sensor.Rodolfo
10

@silvrr sorry on log i have this:

17-01-17 17:47:10 homeassistant.loader: Loaded sensor.template from homeassistant.components.sensor.template
17-01-17 17:47:10 homeassistant.bootstrap: Invalid config for [sensor.template]: [Rodolfo] is an invalid option for [sensor.template]. Check: sensor.template->sensors->Rodolfo. (See ?, line ?). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/sensor.template/
17-01-17 17:47:10 homeassistant.core: Bus:Handling <Event call_service[L]: service_call_id=3051808912-1, domain=persistent_notification, service=create, service_data=title=Invalid config, message=The following components and platforms could not be set up:

  • sensor.template
    Please check your config, notification_id=invalid_config>
    17-01-17 17:47:10 homeassistant.core: Bus:Handling <Event state_changed[L]: entity_id=persistent_notification.invalid_config, new_state=<state persistent_notification.invalid_config=The following components and platforms could not be set up:
  • sensor.template
    Please check your config; title=Invalid config @ 2017-01-17T17:47:10.810342+00:00>, old_state=None>
    17-01-17 17:47:10 homeassistant.core: Bus:Handling <Event service_executed[L]: service_call_id=3051808912-1>
11

Try…

Sensor:
  - platform: template
      sensors:
        rodolfo:
          value_template: '{% if is_state("device_tracker.rodolfo", "home") %}Casa{% else %}teste{% endif %}'
          friendly_name: 'Estado Rodolfo'

Sorry, I couldn’t get to my google drive (was down this morning) and was using a example on the forum for the code which doesn’t seem to work.

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12

@silvrr now it works like a charm.
thanks again for your patience

13

No problem, sorry I provided the incorrect config the first time. Writing up an post now so I can just reference it in the future.

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