Icon template with ESPHome cover

ESPHome
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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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