Using the new triggers I wanted to do something when the temperature crosses a threshold. When selecting this option and choosing any area I get all temperature sensors in that area including the ‘internal device temperature’ of a smoke sensor. Furthermore all Dew Point values are also shown. All my areas have a Dew Point calculated to work with condensation problems when using the cooling of the heatpump therefore I can’t just delete them.
Maybe the next iteration of this could distinguish between Dew Point and Temperature. But for now how can I distinguish between them or better deselect certain sensors (like smoke device temperature) from the list available?
Asking for an easier solution than just using all separate senors (old style).
That’s a solution but then I have to add multiple labels to each an every sensor.
Not to mention that this will not work if I would target the Ground Floor.
My Upstairs has 5 areas, each of them has temperature sensors and also shows
the dew point as a temperature sensor
the smoke sensor as a temperature sensor
door/window sensor temperature is not shown by the purpose-specific trigger fortunately
If I trigger temperature I would need to label;
5 of them as ‘upstairs temp’ floor
5 of them as ‘a room temp’ for triggering the area
if I trigger on the dewpoint I would need to label 5 for the rooms and 5 more for the upstairs
That’s already 12 labels just for upstairs to allow ventilation/heating/cooling.
I can just as well add the sensors one by one to each specific trigger.
Or am I wrong and can this be done easier?
How do you propose telling which temperature sensors you want Home Assistant to use in your Living area without explicitly telling it which ones to use?
Yes but then your selection is constrained to that one trigger. Selecting by Label can be used in other automations (triggers, conditions, action), plus if you add another physical temperature sensor to the Living area it will be included.
Those are entity names that can be set to anything the user prefers. An entity name is not suitable for definitively determining the entity’s purpose. I believe Home Assistant uses Device Class. Your Dew Point entity’s device class is probably “Temperature” and would explain why it was automatically included. Its device class would need to be something else in order to be automatically excluded from all Temperature sensors in your Living area. The entity’s integration typically sets the device class.
