Hi everybody,
I am trying to get a TG notification when anything but x is the state of a particular sensor. Sensor code:
sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
fritzbox_callmonitor:
friendly_name: "Fritzbox Anrufe"
value_template: >
{% if is_state('sensor.fritz_box_7490_call_monitor_telefonbuch', 'idle') %}
Keine Telefonaktivität
{% elif is_state('sensor.fritz_box_7490_call_monitor_telefonbuch', 'dialing') %}
Rufe {{ state_attr('sensor.fritz_box_7490_call_monitor_telefonbuch', 'to_name') }} ({{ state_attr('sensor.fritz_box_7490_call_monitor_telefonbuch', 'to') }}) an
{% elif is_state('sensor.fritz_box_7490_call_monitor_telefonbuch', 'ringing') %}
Eingehender Anruf von {{ state_attr('sensor.fritz_box_7490_call_monitor_telefonbuch', 'from_name') }} ({{ state_attr('sensor.fritz_box_7490_call_monitor_telefonbuch', 'from') }})
{% else %}
Spreche mit {{ state_attr('sensor.fritz_box_7490_call_monitor_telefonbuch', 'with_name') }} ({{ state_attr('sensor.fritz_box_7490_call_monitor_telefonbuch', 'with') }})
{% endif %}
icon_template: "fas:blender-phone"
I tested this sensor multiple times. The state is usually Keine Telefonaktivität, which just means idle. I took the example from the official docs.
In the docs, they created an automation instead of a template sensor; however, I’d like to always display the current state in my VIP lovelace dashboard as well, so I made it into a template sensor. My automation code:
automation:
- alias: "Fritzbox Call Monitor"
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.fritzbox_callmonitor
condition:
- condition: and
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.helper_notifications_vip
state: "on"
- condition: template
value_template: >-
{{ (trigger.to_state != trigger.from_state) and (trigger.to_state != "Keine Telefonaktivität")}}
action:
- service: notify.tg_me
data:
message: >
☎️ Fritzbox meldet {{ states("sensor.fritzbox_callmonitor") }} ({{ now().strftime("%H:%M:%S)}})
The automation seemed to work fine when my value_template was only {{ trigger.to_state != trigger.from_state) }}. However, I don’t want to receive a notification each time a call (or even just ringing the phone) ends, so I added the (trigger.to_state != "Keine Telefonaktivität") part.
What is wrong about that line? I called my SIP phone from my mobile phone. The second it began to ring, I received Fritzbox meldet Eingehender Anruf von unknown (number) (time). Right after, when I hung up, I received Fritzbox meldet Keine Telefonaktivität (time). The message template works fine, but I don’t want to receive that second notification at all.
Now, I could remove that part about idle from the template sensor all together. But since I want to display it in lovelace, I would prefer to keep it. What do I need to change in my automation so that it will work? I thought of changing the second trigger.to_state part to sensor.fritzbox_callmonitor != "Keine Telefonaktivität" (so using the actual sensor instead of the trigger.to_state “placeholder”… but I try to make things as interchangeable as possible and avoid hard coding entities as much as possible.
Thank you in advance for your help 