Need help with *master* cover switch using cover template

Configuration
1

Hi, I’m trying to create a “master” cover to be able to shut all of the blinds in the kids room.

The following is my code in configuration.yaml:

cover:
  - platform: template
    covers:
      kids_rooms:
        friendly_name: \u05ea\u05e8\u05d9\u05e1\u05d9\u05dd \u05d7\u05d3\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d9\u05dc\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd
        position_template: "{{ (cover.cover_ephraim_north_48 + cover.cover_ephraim_west_47 + cover.cover_reut_west_34 + cover.cover_shira_north_35 + cover.cover_naama_west_26) // 5 }}"
        set_cover_position:
            service: cover.set_cover_position
            entity_id:
              - cover.cover_ephraim_north_48
              - cover.cover_ephraim_west_47
              - cover.cover_reut_west_34
              - cover.cover_shira_north_35
              - cover.cover_naama_west_26
          open_cover:
             service: cover.open_cover
             entity_id:
               - cover.cover_ephraim_north_48
               - cover.cover_ephraim_west_47
               - cover.cover_reut_west_34
               - cover.cover_shira_north_35
               - cover.cover_naama_west_26
         close_cover:
            service: cover.close_cover
            entity_id:
              - cover.cover_ephraim_north_48
              - cover.cover_ephraim_west_47
              - cover.cover_reut_west_34
              - cover.cover_shira_north_35
              - cover.cover_naama_west_26
         stop_cover:
            service: cover.stop_cover
            entity_id:
              - cover.cover_ephraim_north_48
              - cover.cover_ephraim_west_47
              - cover.cover_reut_west_34
              - cover.cover_shira_north_35
              - cover.cover_naama_west_26

But I’m getting the following error:

 Jul 06 13:59:31 automaty hass[19696]: 2017-07-06 13:59:31 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.cover.template] UndefinedError: 'cover' is undefined

Also, if there are any idea’s on how to shorten the code, it would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tsvi

2

Can you call it cover when the service is called cover? Same thing with open_cover, close, set_position and stop?

3

Ok so the issue is with the template, as we’re setting up the covers we can’t request the value of other covers in the meantime.

I’m trying to find a smart way to either get around it, or maybe this should be considered a bug?

In the meantime I set the value to 50 so I can use the buttons, but I’d eventually like to put a few ‘master’ switches which would also reflect the current status

4

So the issue is somewhere else:

    position_template: "{{ (cover.cover_ephraim_north_48 + cover.cover_ephraim_west_47 + cover.cover_reut_west_34 + cover.cover_shira_north_35 + cover.cover_naama_west_26) // 5 }}"

This had to be changed. You can’t call cover directly, rather you call states.cover.my_cover.attributes.current_possition.

I’m still looking for a way to shorten the duplication of the entity_id’s.

Thanks,

Tsvi