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@Blacky
Great your FAQ on how to use the custom actions.
It works really well, I can now turn on my alert button in the dashboard.

Thanks

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@Murada99

No problem.

Glad you got it to display your alert button in the dashboard.

Blacky :smiley:

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FAQ - How to change the reported battery name in a message

In this example we will add the battery type to the name but you can change it to anything you like that helps you identify the battery entity to your liking.

Go into settings / devices & services / click on the entities tab at the top and search for your batteries. Click on the entity you would like to update and then the cog wheel

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Change the name to your liking and click update.

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When you receive a message the name will now be reflected as per your liking.

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You can also adjust the sensor display precision. If your sensor % is reading 30.001% you can adjust the display precision so it will read 30% by select the drop-down menu in display precision.

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Enjoy

Blacky :grinning:

Back to FAQ: Click Here

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Thanks for the well thought-out blueprint.
One thing I would suggest is to round battery percent values. I have battery sensors outputting values like 11.9999%. It makes notification bubbles quite cluttered.

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@psyko_chewbacca

Thanks for your kind words.

This is all done in HA. In your battery entity look for sensor display precision. For me I dont have any decimal places. Above your post shows you how to get to this area in HA.

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Blacky :smiley:

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New Update 1.6

:warning: When updating to version 1.6 - If you are using the “Battery Sensors - Custom Group” option then you will need to select and adjust the new input for “Custom Group - Battery Low Warning Level”.

New Feature :new:

  • Battery Sensors - Custom Group - The custom group has its own independent “Battery Low Warning Level” setting.

    Use case: You may have a few batteries that require a different low battery warning level. Some devices may require you to replace / charge your batteries at a higher battery % so it can operate correctly. Some devices can still operate at less than 5% battery. Before you would have to have 2 automations to achieve this. This can now be set up in the one automation using the "“Battery Sensors - Custom Group” with its own independent “Custom Group - Battery Low Warning Level” setting.

  • Easy Notify - Sensor Selection - Easy notify now allows you to select a new option if you would like to use “Use All Battery Sensors Minus Excluded Battery Sensors + Custom Group”

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Blacky :grinning:

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@Blacky it seems the import of this blueprint isnt working anymore?

the link: https://gist.github.com/Blackshome/4010fb83bb8c19b5fa1425526c6ff0e2
gives a 404:

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The Blackshome’s gists · GitHub is complete empty.

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@matrover @SKAL @Alwin_Hummels

Thanks for the heads up.

Everything is back up and running, please try again.

Thanks for your patience.

Blacky :smiley:

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Hi Blacky,

great blueprint you created. What would be very practical in the notifications is to specify the area of ​​the device in the text. Maybe you can integrate this as an option in the blueprint.

Something like that:
{{ device_attr(device_id(trigger.entity_id), ‘name’) }} im Bereich ({{ area_name(trigger.entity_id) }})

And the last thing is the trigger options. It would be perfect if the automation were also triggered automatically when a device enters the status of too little charge, is not available or is low. A quick reaction is often necessary, especially with heating thermostats. Binary sensor that triggers if any battery level goes beyond a threshold (broken in 2022.09)

Best regards

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@ghostridernrw40

Welcome to the community.

Thanks for your suggestion.

I am not following, What state is “too little charge”. Some batties report a “Low” state. The “Low” state = “on” in HA so that has been covered. What state do your “heating thermostats” report?

Blacky :smiley:

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@Blacky I always get excited when I see your avatar on a blueprint.

You sir, are a legend. Thank you very much for all your efforts in this community!

I just found your donation link, enjoy a brew on me.

Cheers!

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Great blueprint as always. Could we possibly have NotificationChannel support for Android users? thanks

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@N0t4u2c

Welcome to the community.

Thanks for your kind words and thanks for the :beers: :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

Blacky :smiley:

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@hazio

Thanks for your suggestion, I will put it on the list.

Blacky :smiley:

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Any way to format the “{{all_sensors}}” payload to get a CR between each value?

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@Montreal666

Yep like this.

"{{all_sensors|replace(', ', '\n')}}"

Blacky :smiley:

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Great. Thank you, forgot that I could filter the data


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No problem, happy to help. More information on all that type of information can be found Here

Blacky :smiley:

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Have a brew on me too! The only thing I can think of is having a sensor we can check from elsewhere that is just true/false to indicate whether there is currently a battery with low charge. Then I can put something on the homepage to remind me if I haven’t looked at the notifications. Just an idea. Thanks for the blueprint!