Outputs look equal but IF statement says FALSE

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Hoping someone can help figure out why my two outputs in this test appear to be the same but my “if” statement says otherwise. I am pretty sure it has something to do with how my variables present but I am too much of a noob to figure it out. Thanks.

- alias: Samuel's Ceiling Fan States Check
    {% set entity = expand('binary_sensor.samuel_s_ceiling_fan_wattage') | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') |map(attribute='entity_id')|join(', ') %}
    {% set fan_current_state = states('switch.fan_light_samuel_s_room'),states('counter.samuel_fan_light'),state_attr('fan.samuel_fan','preset_mode'),states('counter.samuel_fan_speed') %}

    {% set d = { 'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_low_speed':('off','0','low','1'),
            'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_light':('on','1','off','0'),
            'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_medium_speed':('off','0','medium','2'),
            'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_low_speed_light':('on','1','low','1'),
            'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_medium_speed_light':('on','1','medium','2'),
            'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_high_speed':('off','0','high','3'),
            'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_high_speed_light':('on','1','high','3'),
            'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_off': ('off','0','off','0')
          }
        %}
      {% set fan_true_state = d.items() | selectattr('0','in',[entity]) | map(attribute='1') | join(',') %}
      {{entity}}
      {{fan_current_state}}
      {{fan_true_state}}

      {% if fan_current_state == fan_true_state %}
          true
      {% else %}
          false
      {% endif %}

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2

fan_current_state is an actual tuple, but fan_true_state is a tuple-shaped string.

3

So what you are saying is somehow I am typing my own language? Any easy way to fix this?

4

Probably, but I’m a bit confused about what you are actually trying to do with a couple parts of your template, especially the following:

{% set entity = expand('binary_sensor.samuel_s_ceiling_fan_wattage') 
| selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') | map(attribute='entity_id') | join(', ') %}

{% set fan_true_state = 
d.items() | selectattr('0','in', [entity]) | map(attribute='1') | join(',') %}
5

As you probably can tell this is just a test template. What I am trying to do is compare RF states on a ceiling fan. I know the actual states based on threshold binary sensors which you see in variable “d”. These threshold sensor readings come from a watt reading on the Shelly 2.5 I have installed in the wall switch of the fan. This would be the “fan_true_state” and I want to compare this to the “fan_current_state” and if the two don’t match I can then correct the states in HA.

{% set entity = expand('binary_sensor.samuel_s_ceiling_fan_wattage') 
| selectattr('state', 'eq', 'on') | map(attribute='entity_id') | join(', ') %}

So what this statement is doing is extracting from group ‘binary_sensor.samuel_s_ceiling_fan_wattage’ the actual threshold sensor that is on and this will give me a reference for which true state to use.
i.e. “binary_sensor.samuel_fan_light’:(‘on’,‘1’,‘off’,‘0’)”

{% set fan_true_state = 
d.items() | selectattr('0','in', [entity]) | map(attribute='1') | join(',') %}

This statement is then taking that string and stripping out the entity_id and leaving me with the states “(‘on’,‘1’,‘off’,‘0’)” for comparison to “fan_current_state”

6

If I’m understanding you, the following should work…

{% set entity = state_attr('binary_sensor.samuel_s_ceiling_fan_wattage', 'entity_id')
| select('is_state', 'on') | first ) 

{% set fan_current_state = [ 
states('switch.fan_light_samuel_s_room'), 
states('counter.samuel_fan_light'), 
state_attr('fan.samuel_fan','preset_mode'), 
states('counter.samuel_fan_speed') ] %}

{% set d = { 'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_low_speed': ['off', '0', 'low', '1'],
      'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_light': ['on', '1', 'off', '0'],
      'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_medium_speed': ['off', '0', 'medium', '2'],
      'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_low_speed_light': ['on', '1', 'low', '1'],
      'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_medium_speed_light': ['on', '1', 'medium', '2'],
      'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_high_speed': ['off', '0', 'high', '3'],
      'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_high_speed_light': ['on', '1', 'high', '3'],
      'binary_sensor.samuel_fan_off': ['off', '0', 'off', '0']
} %}

{% set fan_true_state = d.get(entity) %}
{{ fan_current_state == fan_true_state }}
7

This is working. Thank you so much!!!

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