Template for a PWS Sensor

Configuration
1

Hi,

I want to control my shutter of my windows based on the PWS Sensor “Solar Radiation” of the WUnderground Weather Station.

But I want the the shutter is closing/opening only if the value is higher a certain value for a dedicated time frime, e.g. 10 Minutes.

Here is the sensor or BWS:

Entity:
sensor.pws_solarradiation

State:
49

State attributes
{
“friendly_name”: “Solar Radiation”,
“unit_of_measurement”: “w/m2”,
“date”: “Last Updated on May 1, 6:47 AM CEST”,
“attribution”: “Data provided by the WUnderground weather service”,
“icon”: “mdi:weather-sunny”
}

I want now to create a binary Sensor:

  • platform: template
    sensors:
    solrad:
    friendly_name: “Solar Radiation over certain Time”
    value_template: “{{ states.sensor.pws_solarradiation | float > 30 }}”

But the value of the binary sensor is always “false”.

Br,
Johannes

2

I found my issue.

I was missing the “.state”

value_template: “{{ states.sensor.pws_solarradiation.state | float > 30 }}”