Number of open windows is not updated promptly

[R_A_L_F]

Hello,

I have created the following template sensor, which shows me the number of open windows/doors from the DeviceClass “door”.
The calculation also works so far. However, I have the problem that the template sensor is not updated immediately as soon as I open/close the window. Instead, it takes about 1 minute.

How and where can I influence or change this? It would be great to have a solution where I don’t have to record/declare each window/door individually, but that this is recognized based on the DeviceClass?

Thank you very much

[tom_l]

@R_A_L_F

How and where can I influence or change this?

Templates accessing all states directly are rate limited to one update a minute. See: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/template/#rate-limiting-updates

Limit your template to a specific domain (e.g. states.binary_sensor ) and it will update every second.

Or create a group of all your door sensors and expand that and select the required entities. This will update as soon as any sensor changes state.

[R_A_L_F]

@tom_l

Limit your template to a specific domain (e.g. states.binary_sensor ) and it will update every second.

Thank you for the quick response.

Ok, but where do I set states.binary_sensor exactly?

Because I can’t explicitly select binary_sensors here?

[tom_l]

Please share your template as text correctly formatted for the forum and I’ll show you. Use the </> button.

[R_A_L_F]

{{ states 
   | selectattr('attributes.device_class', 'eq', 'door') 
   | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') 
   | list | count }}

[tom_l]

{{ states.binary_sensor 
   | selectattr('attributes.device_class', 'eq', 'door') 
   | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') 
   | list | count }}

[tom_l]

And the other option that will update faster than every second:

First create a group of all your door sensors, call it “All Doors”. Then:

{{ state_attr('group.all_doors', 'entity_id') 
   | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') 
   | list | count }}

[R_A_L_F]

Ok, I have now created the group and it also changes when the window opens/closes, for example, and this is what the sensor template looks like now:

This is the group:

However, this does not change immediately when the window is opened. What am I doing wrong here :(?

[WallyR (Wally)]

Sometimes it is the sensor that is slow to report.
Check the state of a single sensor in the developer tools.
If you have multiple types/brands of sensors then check each type/brand also.

[tom_l]

Does the window you are opening update immediately in Home Assistant?

[R_A_L_F]

Yes, the Window Sensors are updated immediately:

But the template sensor does not change:

The Development View:

[R_A_L_F]

I have also just noticed. When I open a second window, this is no longer displayed. Only when the event changes, e.g. window is closed, is something entered in the logbook.