Sensor not up-to-date?

Configuration Frontend
1

Hello,

I have a group of booleans. Each boolean gives the status if a person is at home. Now I want to count the people in my house, so I created this template :

    - name: number_of_people_home
      unit_of_measurement: "pers"
      state: "{{ states|selectattr('entity_id','in',state_attr('group.group_my_people','entity_id'))|selectattr('state','eq','on')|list|count }}"

This works fine, but it is not updated when a one person leaves or comes home.

How can I resolve this ?

2

I think you need to:

  • add a numeric helper
  • update the helper with an automation when someone comes home (or leaves)
3

Found a solution :

- trigger:
    - platform: event
      event_type: event_template_reloaded
    - platform: homeassistant
      event: start
    - platform: state
      entity_id:
        - input_boolean.toggle_xxx_is_thuis
        - input_boolean.toggle_yyyy_is_thuis
        - input_boolean.toggle_zzz_is_thuis
  sensor:
    - name: number_of_people_home
      unit_of_measurement: "pers"
      state: "{{ states|selectattr('entity_id','in',state_attr('group.group_my_people','entity_id'))|selectattr('state','eq','on')|list|count }}"
4

Yup, something like that.
(please mark as solved)

5

Not sure if that’s exactly what you’re looking for, but as of 2022.4, zones like “home” have the number of persons in it as their states.

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