Simple template trigger

Configuration
1

I must be missing something very obvious but I cannot get the following template trigger to work.

  • trigger: template
    value_template: “{{ states(‘sensor.lightsensor_illuminance’) | float(121) < lighting_threshold }}”

If I replace the input “lighting_threshold” with a number in the value_template it works:

  • trigger: template
    value_template: “{{ states(‘sensor.lightsensor_illuminance’) | float(121) < 50 }}”

The input number is there in the Blueprint Config under a trace.

For input in the template I have:
input:
lighting_threshold:
name: Lighting Threshold
description: How dark to turn on?
default: 60
selector:
number:
min: 10.0
max: 120.0
unit_of_measurement: lux
mode: slider
step: 10.0

and in variables:

variables:
lighting_threshold: !input lighting_threshold

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

2

Hello Tom,

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3

Also please post the entire yaml. It is unclear now if this is an automation blueprint or a trigger based template sensor, and where you defined the variables.

4

In case it’s an automation blueprint, you’ll need to create a trigger variable using the input

trigger_variables:
  lighting_threshold: !input lighting_threshold