Howto create a sensor from this trigger & condition?

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For the doorbell I was using a custom integration which is not developed anymore.
I have this trigger & condition in an automation:

triggers:
  - trigger: event
    event_type: dahua_vto
    event_data:
      Code: BackKeyLight
      entity_id: sensor.dahua_vto
conditions:
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.Data.State | int in [1, 2] }}"

Is it possible to create a sensor from this?
I have tried in the UI and in yaml but cannot seem to get it right.
TIA

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I would say you could use what you have in the example for triggered sensor ( 2nd example ):

And I guess the state could be something like {{ trigger.to_state.state}}

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Yes, but what exactly are you trying to do with the resulting sensor?

For example, if the goal is to have something to use as a trigger, you could do something like:

template:
  - triggers:
      - trigger: event
        event_type: dahua_vto
        event_data:
          Code: BackKeyLight
          entity_id: sensor.dahua_vto
    conditions:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ trigger.event.data.Data.State | int in [1, 2] }}"
    sensor:
      - name: Doorbell ring
        state: "{{now()}}"

Then your automation would just trigger on any state change:

trigger: state
entity_id: sensor.doorbell_ring
not_to:
  - unknown
  - unavailable
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Thanks guys for jumping in!

For a BP I need a sensor from the doorbell when pushed but I only have that event, which is general, therefor the condition.