I’m monitoring the battery level of a zwave sensor which is given in integer % and trying to animate the icon on a glance card in response.
I can retrieve the value no problem, but the following template is showing the battery-90 icon when the current level is 100, so should be showing the standard battery icon as it is full.
I have also tried == 100 in the first evaluation instead of >= 99 to no avail.
What am I doing wrong?
icon_template: >-
{% if state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int >= 99 %}
mdi:battery
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 100 %}
mdi:battery-90
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 90 %}
mdi:battery-80
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 80 %}
mdi:battery-70
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 70 %}
mdi:battery-60
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 60 %}
mdi:battery-50
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 50 %}
mdi:battery-40
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 40 %}
mdi:battery-30
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 30 %}
mdi:battery-20
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 20 %}
mdi:battery-10
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 10 %}
mdi:battery-outline
{% else %}
mdi:battery-outline
{% endif %}
tom_l
July 10, 2019, 8:54am
2
Your tests are upside down.
Assume the battery is 50%. The first test that evaluates to true will be <100.
Order them the other way round, from <10 first to <100 last…
icon_template: >-
{% if state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 10 %}
mdi:battery-outline
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 20 %}
mdi:battery-10
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 30 %}
mdi:battery-20
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 40 %}
mdi:battery-30
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 50 %}
mdi:battery-40
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 60 %}
mdi:battery-50
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 70 %}
mdi:battery-60
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 80 %}
mdi:battery-70
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 90 %}
mdi:battery-80
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 100 %}
mdi:battery-90
{% else %}
mdi:battery
{% endif %}
Thanks but that doesn’t work either, I get the battery outline icon so the first test is still evaluating to true (battery level still at 100% in reality)
icon_template: >-
{% if state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int <10 %}
mdi:battery-outline
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 20 %}
mdi:battery-10
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 30 %}
mdi:battery-20
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 40 %}
mdi:battery-30
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 50 %}
mdi:battery-40
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 60 %}
mdi:battery-50
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 70 %}
mdi:battery-60
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 80 %}
mdi:battery-70
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 90 %}
mdi:battery-80
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 100 %}
mdi:battery-90
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int == 100 %}
mdi:battery
{% else %}
mdi:battery-unknown
{% endif %}
AhmadK
July 10, 2019, 10:18am
4
how about playing with this in Template editor?
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tom_l
July 10, 2019, 10:18am
5
Where are you putting this template?
Can you show the rest of the sensor config?
What does this evaluate to in the dev tools template editor:
{{ state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int }}
Edit: oh I see your problem. That template isn’t right at all
Try this in the template editor:
{{ state_attr('sensor.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window' 'battery_level') | int }}
If that is ‘unknown’ post your actual sensor entity_id and the attribute name (look them up in the dev tools states menu).
Format should be: {% if state_attr('sensor.entity_id', 'attribute') | int < n %}
it evaluates as true for all values <= 99.
==100 evaluates as false even though that should be true
Edit, the template editor evaluates the following as 100:
{{ states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int }}
This is in my sensor definition so that syntax won’t work, this is what I have at the moment.
Should I have the icon_template as part of the glance card definition instead?
sensor:
- platform: systemmonitor
resources:
- type: memory_use_percent
- type: processor_use
- type: throughput_network_in
arg: enp1s0f0
- type: throughput_network_out
arg: enp1s0f0
- platform: template
sensors:
battery_playroomdoor:
friendly_name: 'Playroom Door Battery'
value_template: '{{ states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int }}'
unit_of_measurement: '%'
icon_template: >-
{% if state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int <10 %}
mdi:battery-outline
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 20 %}
mdi:battery-10
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 30 %}
mdi:battery-20
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 40 %}
mdi:battery-30
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 50 %}
mdi:battery-40
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 60 %}
mdi:battery-50
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 70 %}
mdi:battery-60
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 80 %}
mdi:battery-70
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 90 %}
mdi:battery-80
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 100 %}
mdi:battery-90
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int == 100 %}
mdi:battery
{% else %}
mdi:battery-unknown
{% endif %}
battery_backdoor:
friendly_name: 'Backdoor Battery'
value_template: '{{ states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor_2.attributes.battery_level | int }}'
unit_of_measurement: '%'
icon_template: >-
{% if state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int <10 %}
mdi:battery-outline
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 20 %}
mdi:battery-10
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 30 %}
mdi:battery-20
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 40 %}
mdi:battery-30
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 50 %}
mdi:battery-40
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 60 %}
mdi:battery-50
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 70 %}
mdi:battery-60
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 80 %}
mdi:battery-70
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 90 %}
mdi:battery-80
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int < 100 %}
mdi:battery-90
{% elif state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int == 100 %}
mdi:battery
{% else %}
mdi:battery-unknown
{% endif %}
door_backdoor:
friendly_name: 'Backdoor'
value_template: '{% if states.binary_sensor.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor_sensor_2 %}
{% if states.binary_sensor.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor_sensor_2.state == "on" %}
Open
{% else %}
Closed
{% endif %}
{% else %}
n/a
{% endif %}'
icon_template: >-
{% if states.binary_sensor.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor_sensor_2.state == "on" %}
mdi:door-open
{% else %}
mdi:door-closed
{% endif %}
door_playroomdoor:
friendly_name: 'Playroom door'
value_template: '{% if states.binary_sensor.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor_sensor %}
{% if states.binary_sensor.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor_sensor.state == "on" %}
Open
{% else %}
Closed
{% endif %}
{% else %}
n/a
{% endif %}'
icon_template: >-
{% if states.binary_sensor.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor_sensor.state == "on" %}
mdi:door-open
{% else %}
mdi:door-closed
{% endif %}
to answer my own question, no this doesn’t work as part of the glance card either
tom_l
July 10, 2019, 11:11am
9
sarkyscouser:
Edit, the template editor evaluates the following as 100:
{{ states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int }}
Then your template tests should be like this:
{% if states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level ) | int <10 %}
Not like this:
{% if state_attr('states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level', '%')|int <10 %}
Fixed, it correct syntax is:
icon_template: >-
{% if states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int <10 %}
mdi:battery-outline
{% elif states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int <20 %}
mdi:battery-10
{% elif states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int <30 %}
mdi:battery-20
{% elif states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int <40 %}
mdi:battery-30
{% elif states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int <50 %}
mdi:battery-40
{% elif states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int <60 %}
mdi:battery-50
{% elif states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int <70 %}
mdi:battery-60
{% elif states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int <80 %}
mdi:battery-70
{% elif states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int <90 %}
mdi:battery-80
{% elif states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int <100 %}
mdi:battery-90
{% elif states.zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor.attributes.battery_level | int ==100 %}
mdi:battery
{% else %}
mdi:battery-unknown
{% endif %}
Thanks for your help everyone!
tom_l
July 10, 2019, 11:16am
11
Just out of interest does this evaluate correctly in the template editor:
{{ state_attr('zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor', 'battery_level' }}
If it does, you would be better off using that format as it wont generate errors if unknown (i.e. when zwave network is initialising).
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123
July 10, 2019, 11:17am
12
Use a variable to avoid repeating the same long-winded expression over and over.
icon_template: >-
{% set bl = state_attr('zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor', 'battery_level')|int %}
{% if bl < 10 %} mdi:battery-outline
{% elif bl < 20 %} mdi:battery-10
{% elif bl < 30 %} mdi:battery-20
{% elif bl < 40 %} mdi:battery-30
{% elif bl < 50 %} mdi:battery-40
{% elif bl < 60 %} mdi:battery-50
{% elif bl < 70 %} mdi:battery-60
{% elif bl < 80 %} mdi:battery-70
{% elif bl < 90 %} mdi:battery-80
{% elif bl < 100 %} mdi:battery-90
{% elif bl == 100 %} mdi:battery
{% else %} mdi:battery-unknown
{% endif %}
FWIW, it’s possible to reduce this template even more.
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yes it does if the missing “)” is added, thanks for that
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Good idea @123 thanks for that
123
July 10, 2019, 11:44am
15
In your template, you are using the int filter to convert battery_level to an integer value. If battery_level is unknown, the int filter will report a default value of 0. Given the way the template is currently designed, it will report mdi:battery-outline as opposed to mdi:battery-unknown.
The following template changes the int filter’s default value to -1. Now if the battery_level is unknown it will represented as -1.
icon_template: >-
{% set bl = state_attr('zwave.kaipule_technology_co_ltd_im20_door_window_sensor', 'battery_level') | int(default=-1) %}
{% if bl > 0 %}
{% if bl < 10 %} mdi:battery-outline
{% elif bl == 100 %} mdi:battery
{% else %} mdi:battery-{{ (bl // 10) * 10 }}
{% endif %}
{% else %} mdi:battery-unknown
{% endif %}
petro
July 10, 2019, 11:44am
16
I’m confused as to why you guys aren’t using device_class: battery for the senor. It does this icon template for you without you needing to code it…
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123
July 10, 2019, 11:45am
17
Doh!
… but we’re having so much fun with templates.
petro
July 10, 2019, 11:47am
18
@sarkyscouser
Yah, no point in templates though!
device_class: battery
Much shorter config
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tom_l
July 10, 2019, 11:47am
19
Haha! Oh dear. Well that’s something I won’t forget.
To be fair there’s no indication on that page about the battery icon changing, so unless you’ve used it, it’s an easy thing to miss.
123
July 10, 2019, 11:53am
20
@petro
You reminded me of something from long ago. As young engineers we made the following observation:
Being so ‘heads down’ solving a problem that you don’t have time to look up and see the solution.
It can be a hard habit to break …
