Sensor delay at statup

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I have a sensor set up for my battery attribute of my yale zwave lock

On HASSIO restart I get an error in the log because the zwave entity isn’t ready and the sensor gets a “none” value and it expects a numeric value.

Is there any way to delay the sensor or have the sensor ignore the none value ?

Thanks

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I assume it’s a template sensor? Maybe this helps:

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Thanks didn’t spot that bit ! Works a treat.

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I read the template sensor instructions…but am confused. Everytime I restart homeassistant I get errors on my smoke detector template (copied from another users forum post)…so I assume my issue is similar to the original poster. Here is my template any suggestions on how to edit it?

  - platform: template  
sensors:
  smoke_boys_status:
    friendly_name: 'Boys Room Smoke Detector Status'
    value_template: >-
      {% if is_state("sensor.alarm_level", "255") and is_state("sensor.alarm_type", "1")%}
        Smoke
      {% elif is_state("sensor.alarm_level", "255") and is_state("sensor.alarm_type", "2")%}
        CO
      {% else %}
        Idle
      {% endif %}
    icon_template: >-
      {% if is_state("sensor.alarm_level", "255") and is_state("sensor.alarm_type", "1")%}
        mdi:fire
      {% elif is_state("sensor.alarm_level", "255") and is_state("sensor.alarm_type", "2")%}
      mdi:cloud-outline
      {% else %}
        mdi:smoke-detector
      {% endif %}