Read the status of a lamp via command line

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Hello everyone,

I’m trying to read the status of my bedside lamp to trigger a ‘good night’ status in HA.

Since the Xiaomi Bedside lamp 2 doesn’t allow lan control anymore, i do it like this:

  - platform: command_line
    name: Yeelight Power
    command: "miiocli yeelight --ip 10.0.1.172 --token 4556445544545455454 status | grep 'Power' | awk '{print $2}'"
    scan_interval: 60  # Set the desired update interval in seconds

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      yeelight_on_off:
        friendly_name: "Yeelight On/Off"
        value_template: "{{ is_state('sensor.yeelight_power', 'true') or is_state('sensor.yeelight_power', 'True') }}"

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Even though the command is giving me a “True” it doesn’t seen to trigger the yeelight_on_off

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Can you post the output of the API call?

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Do you mean from the shell command? That’s True when the light is on, False when it’s off.

It’s in the picture with the command. That why i use grep and awk.