srk23
April 7, 2019, 9:50am
1
I have just replaced the Konnected firmware with ESPHome for my garage door controllers. Using the simple garage door cookbook, I have it working with covers:
cover:
- platform: template
name: "Left Garage Door Controller"
lambda: |-
if (id(left_sensor).state) {
return cover::COVER_OPEN;
} else {
return cover::COVER_CLOSED;
}
open_action:
# Cancel any previous action
- switch.turn_off: left_close_switch
# Turn the OPEN switch on briefly
- switch.turn_on: left_open_switch
- delay: 0.5s
- switch.turn_off: left_open_switch
close_action:
- switch.turn_off: left_open_switch
- switch.turn_on: left_close_switch
- delay: 0.5s
- switch.turn_off: left_close_switch
stop_action:
- switch.turn_off: left_close_switch
- switch.turn_off: left_open_switch
optimistic: true
assumed_state: true
This works well. Previously, I was using an icon template to change the default cover icon to an open/closed garage door icon:
icon_template: >-
{% if is_state('binary_sensor.left_garage_door_status', 'on') %}
mdi:garage-open
{% else %}
mdi:garage
{% endif %}
Is there any way to use an icon template with a cover created in esphome?
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I would probably create a template cover in home assistant that copies everything but adds you icon template.
I would probably also add a feature request in ESPhome for this. It seems icon is listed as an option for sensor, but not for cover. It isn’t clear whether one can use a lamba for icon in the sensor either.
srk23
April 7, 2019, 1:19pm
3
Thanks. I have changed things so that the cover defines in HA rather than ESPHome - now working. Creating the momentary switch was a pain - I did that in the end by creating the GPIO switch in ESPHome, then creating a second template switch that turns the first switch on, waits a delay, then turns the switch off.
Hi,
srk23
April 17, 2019, 6:50pm
5
Sure. My setup has two garage doors. Each door has a momentary button for open and a second one for close. I also have a simple wired open/close sensor at the bottom of each door. The ESP home code looks like:
esphome:
name: garage_node
platform: ESP8266
board: nodemcuv2
wifi:
ssid: ###
password: ###
# Enable logging
logger:
# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
password: ###
ota:
password: ###
switch:
- platform: gpio
pin: D1
id: left_open_switch
- platform: gpio
pin: D2
id: left_close_switch
- platform: gpio
pin: D5
id: right_open_switch
- platform: gpio
pin: D6
id: right_close_switch
- platform: template
name: "Left Garage Door Open Switch"
lambda: 'return false;'
turn_on_action:
- switch.turn_on: left_open_switch
- delay: 0.5s
- switch.turn_off: left_open_switch
- platform: template
name: "Left Garage Door Close Switch"
lambda: 'return false;'
turn_on_action:
- switch.turn_on: left_close_switch
- delay: 0.5s
- switch.turn_off: left_close_switch
- platform: template
name: "Right Garage Door Open Switch"
lambda: 'return false;'
turn_on_action:
- switch.turn_on: right_open_switch
- delay: 0.5s
- switch.turn_off: right_open_switch
- platform: template
name: "Right Garage Door Close Switch"
lambda: 'return false;'
turn_on_action:
- switch.turn_on: right_close_switch
- delay: 0.5s
- switch.turn_off: right_close_switch
binary_sensor:
- platform: gpio
pin:
number: TX
mode: INPUT_PULLUP
device_class: garage_door
name: "Left Garage Door Sensor"
id: left_sensor
- platform: gpio
pin:
number: RX
mode: INPUT_PULLUP
device_class: garage_door
name: "Right Garage Door Sensor"
id: right_sensor
The GPIO switches are for internal use in ESPHome only. The template switches create the momentary action for each of the 4 buttons (2 open, 2 closed).
Then in Home Assistant I have the following code:
# Garage door covers
cover:
- platform: template
covers:
left_garage_door:
friendly_name: "Left Garage Door Controller"
value_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.left_garage_door_sensor', 'on') }}"
open_cover:
- service: switch.turn_on
data:
entity_id: switch.left_garage_door_open_switch
close_cover:
- service: switch.turn_on
data:
entity_id: switch.left_garage_door_close_switch
icon_template: >-
{% if is_state('binary_sensor.left_garage_door_sensor', 'on') %}
mdi:garage-open
{% else %}
mdi:garage
{% endif %}
right_garage_door:
friendly_name: "Right Garage Door Controller"
value_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.right_garage_door_sensor', 'on') }}"
open_cover:
- service: switch.turn_on
data:
entity_id: switch.right_garage_door_open_switch
close_cover:
- service: switch.turn_on
data:
entity_id: switch.right_garage_door_close_switch
icon_template: >-
{% if is_state('binary_sensor.right_garage_door_sensor', 'on') %}
mdi:garage-open
{% else %}
mdi:garage
{% endif %}
The icon_template changes the icon between open and closed for the cover.
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Thanks a lot, I’ll give it a try this weekend.
techy
July 31, 2020, 3:13am
7
or override the icon in esphome integration using mdi:garage
Dynamic icon is also possible, in this example with a text sensor (can be applied to other template sensors and automations as well:
text_sensor:
- platform: template
name: Status sensor
id: status
lambda: |-
if (id(some_sensor).state) {
id(status).set_icon("mdi:timer-sand");
return {"Waiting"};
}
The function id(status).set_icon("mdi:timer-sand"); sets the icon here. You can apply as many icon rules as you want.
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Jpsy
March 22, 2022, 3:40am
9
Unfortunately in my tests I could use set_icon() only once. Any subsequent calls were silently ignored.