How To: Driveway Swing Gate Automation (Shelly + BFT) - Working Perfectly with states!

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Hello,
just wanted to summarize all the information regarding Thalia + Shelly UNI.
What we get in HA:
Cover entity with changing icon (gates closed/open) and corresponding buttons enabled.
The states are represented no matter how you activate gate operations.
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  1. Configure Thalia
    a) use this connection scheme:
    #60 COM → OUT1 and OUT2 GND, this is common ground
    #61 IC1 → OUT1 - to activate opening of gates
    #62 IC2 → OUT2 - to activate closing of gates
    #51 24V+ → #27 and Vcc(1)
    #50 24V- → N(2)
    #20 → IN_1(7) - you will get 24V when gates are moving
    #26 → IN_2(8) - you will get 24V when gates are closed

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    b) Set logic of Output 1 to IC=2 : Open
    c) Set logic of Output 2 to IC=3 : Close
    d) Set logic of Input 1 wired to terminal #20-21, Aux0=6 : “FLASHING LIGHT, Contact stays closed while leaves are operating”
    e) Set logic of Input 2 wired to terminal #26-27, Aux3=8 : “MAGNETIC LOCK, Contact stays closed while gate is closed”

  2. Configure your shelly UNI as follows:
    a) Chanel 1 and 2 set “Button type” as “Detached Switch”
    b) “appliance type” as “relay”
    c) set “Timer”->“Auto off” - 0.5 second
    d) “Power On Default” - “Off”
    e) Restart your shelly uni - this was important for me as shelly was not working properly until I restarted it.

  3. HA should discover your UNI by now, so just configure you entities names.
    a) IN_1 and IN_2 sensors are disabled by default, so just enable them in HA UNI device.
    b) I have set IN_2 as “bft_shelly_gates_closed”, “Show as”: “Power”, “Icon”: “mdi:gate”
    c) IN_1 as “bft_shelly_gates_moving”, “Show as”: “Moving”, “Icon”: “mdi:gate-open”
    d) add a cover:

- platform: template
  covers: 
    bft_gates:
      device_class: gate
      friendly_name: "BFT Gates"
      value_template: >-
        {% if is_state('binary_sensor.bft_shelly_gates_closed', 'off') %}
          open
        {% else %}
          closed
        {% endif %}
      optimistic: true
      open_cover:
        service: switch.turn_on
        data:
          entity_id: switch.bft_shelly_channel_1_open
      close_cover:
        service: switch.turn_on
        data:
          entity_id: switch.bft_shelly_channel_2_close

If someone finds something I have missed - please let me know - I will correct the post

Thanks for everyone who shared you implementations to make this post possible

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