Template Issues

Configuration
1

Hi

I have got two sensors:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      farenheit:
        friendly_name: 'Temp in F'
        value_template: '{{ (((states.sensor.temperature_158d000170b887.state|float)*1.8000)+32.00) }}'
        unit_of_measurement: 'F'

if the value of the temperature is above 80F then I have created a sensor which does the calculation for real feel temperature which is given by:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      heat_index_1:
        friendly_name: 'Real Feel Temp Above 80F in C'
        #formula taken from http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ama/?n=heatindex
        value_template: '{{ (((-42.379 + (2.04901523*(((states.sensor.temperature_158d000170b887.state|float)*1.8)+32)) + (10.14333127*(states.sensor.humidity_158d000170b887.state|float)) - (0.22475541*(((states.sensor.temperature_158d000170b887.state|float)*1.8)+32)*(states.sensor.humidity_158d000170b887.state|float)) - (6.83783 * (10**(-3))*((((states.sensor.temperature_158d000170b887.state|float)*1.8)+32)**2)) - (5.481717 * (10**(-2))*((states.sensor.humidity_158d000170b887.state|float)**2)) + (1.22874 * (10**(-3))*((((states.sensor.temperature_158d000170b887.state|float)*1.8)+32)**2*(states.sensor.humidity_158d000170b887.state|float))) + (8.5282 * (10**(-4))*((((states.sensor.temperature_158d000170b887.state|float)*1.8)+32)*(states.sensor.humidity_158d000170b887.state|float)**2)) - (1.99 * (10**(-6))*((((states.sensor.temperature_158d000170b887.state|float)*1.8)+32)**2)*((states.sensor.humidity_158d000170b887.state|float)**2)))-32)/1.8)|round(1) }}'
        unit_of_measurement: '°C’

and if the temperature is below 80F then there is another calculation which is given by:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      temp_below_80F:
        friendly_name: 'Real Feel Temp Below 80F'
        value_template: '{{ 0.5*(states.sensor.farenheit.state|float + 61.0 + ((states.sensor.farenheit.state|float-68.0)*1.2) + (states.sensor.humidity_158d000170b887.state*0.094)) }}'
        unit_of_measurement: ‘F'

Now to present the 2 situations above is where I am having issues. I have the following:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      celsius:
        friendly_name: 'Real Temp in C'
        value_template: '{{ ((states.sensor.celsius.state|float)*1) }}'
        unit_of_measurement: '°C'

The above is just a sensor I created. And the below is the main comparison used to change the identity of the above temperature.

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      feel1:
        friendly_name: “Real Feel in C"
        value_template: >-
           {% if states.sensor.farenheit.state|float < 80 %}
             states.sensor.temp_below_80F.state == states.sensor.celsius.state
           {% else %}
             states.sensor.heat_index_1.state == states.sensor.celsius.state
           {% endif %}
        unit_of_measurement: ‘C'

I cannot get this to work as I get an error saying: [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for [sensor.template]: [temp_below_80F] is an invalid option for [sensor.template]

Can someone please help?

Thanks.

2

@Tinkerer can you please help?

3

It looks like you’ve got “smart quotes” in there:

    friendly_name: “Real Feel in C"

should be:

    friendly_name: "Real Feel in C"

and

    unit_of_measurement: ‘C'

should be:

    unit_of_measurement: 'C'

Also, try temp_below_80f - Home Assistant doesn’t like capitals in entity names.

4

Done that but it doesn’t like it. I get this as the output: 55

Is there anyway where I could use a normal if statement rather then assigning a value of an entity to another entity like I did: states.sensor.temp_below_80F.state == states.sensor.celsius.state

5

Where have you seen this?
The value template should return a value, so

       value_template: >-
           {% if states.sensor.farenheit.state|float < 80 %}
             {{ states.sensor.temp_below_80F.state }}
           {% else %}
             {{ states.sensor.heat_index_1.state }}
           {% endif %}
        unit_of_measurement: 'C'
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6

Thanks that solved it !!