Sensor Templating | Convert % to open/closed state

Configuration
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Hi there,

I have a Vera unit coming into HA very well and I can control my lights and other z-wave devices. I have two inputs however that are on a IO bridge interface the appear in Vera as light sensors so they report their values as % Lux.

My garage door sensor and rain gauge sensor appear in HA but I want to create a new sensor that reports either wet/dry or open/closed. I’ve used template sensors before and I tried modifying an existing one shown below but when I do a config_check, I get an error for the new Vera garage door sensor. Anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong?

Working config on an Electrodragon relay and reports on/off

ED02 Input 1 Garage Door Sensor 7:

- platform: template
  sensors:
    garage_door_ed02:
      value_template: '{% if is_state("binary_sensor.ed02_button_1", "on") %}Closed{% else %}Open{% endif %}'
      friendly_name: 'Garage Door State'

New non-working sensor modified from the above.

Vera IO Relay Garage Door #14 8:

- platform: template
  sensors:
    Vera_14_garage sensor:
      value_template: '{% if is_state("sensor.i1garage_door_sensor_14", "< 10") %}Closed{% else %}Open{% endif %}'
      friendly_name: 'Vera Garage Door State'
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Your name cannot start with a capital V, and it cannot contain a space.
try: vera_14_garage_sensor:

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You sir are a legend, thank you. Working perfectly! Now just to tweak the icons.

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Whoops, seems it doesn’t actually change state. Sensor appears and when inspecting in templating, it seems that <10 is not recognised. If I put {% if is_state("sensor.i1garage_door_sensor_14", "0") %}, the state is determined correctly. Trouble is, sometimes the state ‘floats’ a bit and is not either fully 0 or 100. Anyone got any clues.

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This {% if states('sensor.i1garage_door_sensor_14') | float < 5%}Closed{% else %}Open{% endif %} seems to work but I don’t know why.

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Mabe try <= 10

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Thanks, but that reports the wrong state too like < 10.

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What state value is reported when the door is actually closed?

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Normally 0 but it can be 1 or 2 hence the < requirement. 100 (or 99) when open.

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{% if states('sensor.i1garage_door_sensor_14') | float < 5%}Closed{% else %}Open{% endif %} works but I’m not sure if that is the correct use of the syntax.

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How about:

value_template: ‘{% if states.sensor.i1garage_door_sensor_14.state|float <= 10 %}Closed{% else %}Open{% endif %}’

value_template: “{%if states.sensor.i1garage_door_sensor_14.state <= ‘10’ %}Closed{% else %}Open{% endif %}”

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I now understand what you are saying, I’m still new to all this and still trying to interpret the info provided in the examples.

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states(‘sensor.i1garage_door_sensor_14’)
is equivalent to
states.sensor.i1garage_door_sensor_14.state

So you can use either
{% if states(‘sensor.i1garage_door_sensor_14’)|float < 5 %}
or
{% if states(‘sensor.i1garage_door_sensor_14’):float < 5 %}

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Thanks. {% if states(‘sensor.i1garage_door_sensor_14’):float < 5 %} does not work but {% if states(‘sensor.i1garage_door_sensor_14’)|float < 5 %} works a treat. Appreciate your help.

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yea sorry, that : was a typo