Template cover for one button garage door

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Hi,
I have a button. Pressing it initiates the opening of the gate. I don’t have any sensors, pressing the only thing it does is open (while closing, it interrupts closing and opens again).

What I have now only shows closed. What should I write in value_template to show something different depending on the elapsed time?

cover:
  - platform: template
    covers:
      garage_door:
        device_class: gate
        friendly_name: "Main gate"
        unique_id: tplMainGate
        value_template: false
        open_cover:
          - service: switch.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: switch.yi_lu_hong_kong_kai_guan_switch_1
        close_cover:
          - service: switch.turn_off
            target:
              entity_id: switch.yi_lu_hong_kong_kai_guan_switch_1

I would like it to show opening from pressing for 15s, then 30s open, then 15s closing.

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What you should do is place a $5 sensor on the door and use that in the value template. Or better yet two of them (one for open, one for closed).

Any door/window contact sensor will do.

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If you want to do it without a sensor, you’d have to build the logic. If you just want an assumed state (without opening/closing for 15 seconds) remove the value_template.

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@tom_l this is the entrance gate to the estate, it is outside the range of my network.
@petro If I remove value_template, the gate will always be open after opening. Even when it closes after some time, it still shows as open.
Can I add some kind of countdown in value_template so that it shows closed again after some time after opening?

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No, you have to build the logic yourself if you want any complex timing for state changes. You’d build it by using a helper entity that stores what you currently want, and your open_cover / close_cover action sections would need to handle all the state changes on the helper entity. Lastly, your value_template would pull the state of the helper entity. There is no way around this.

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How are you controlling it?

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@tom_l there is a pair of wires common to each house. Its short circuit gives the signal for the gate to open.