Update: Figured out the JSON (below), however, that did not solve the issue of the Automation continually firing
{{ states.sensor.my_computer_session_status.state }}
Reason for this Topic…The Automation I created is continually firing for every/any change made to an any other HA Automation. It’s my understanding that by using a value_template, I could accomplish my task w/o it then continually firing.
I have the below IoT Link mqtt message; what is the JSON conversion to value_template so it’s recognized in HA?
Topic:
iotlink/home/haf922/windows-monitor/status
Payload:
SessionUnlock
I’m trying to create an Automation from this, though not certain how to code the value_template…
automation:
trigger:
- platform: mqtt
topic: "iotlink/home/haf922/windows-monitor/status"
payload: "SessionUnlock"
value_template: "{{ value_json.state }}"
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Below is a sensor I initially created, but I have no idea what I enter for Attribute in the Automation, so I created the above instead. Simply entering SessionUnlock did not work for me.
sensor.my_computer_session_status
automation:
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.my_computer_session_status
attribute: friendly_name
to: SessionUnlock