Show device "status" on a state card?

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Hello!

I am looking for the best way to show a devices “Status” on a state card in the UI instead of the devices “state”.

My example is my Roomba, the state is only ever On or Off, whereas the status will show things like Charging, User Docking, Stuck, User Docking and I would like to see that information.

I’m not sure if I need to make a custom UI card (which sounds difficult) or if I’m missing something in the docs.

Thanks!

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Create a template sensor that will return the status of the device and display that sensor on your card:

3

Thanks for the tip, I was afraid that might be the case. Strange there’s not an easy way just to display that info

4

what’s complicated?
I’ve used loads of them for my vacuum, feel free to reuse them :slight_smile:

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Thanks for this!

I’ve gotten this far:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      roomba_status:
        friendly_name: "Roomba Status"
        value_template: "{{ states.vacuum.roomba.status }}"

But it doesn’t appear to be giving me the actual status, just a blank value. Any ideas?

6

it should be
value_template: "{{ states.vacuum.roomba.attributes.status }}"

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YES! Thank you!

That makes so much sense considering the fact that I address this information in NodeRed as : msg.data.attributes.status

Thank you!