Templates for GPIO sensors

[Turu (Arthur Azzopardi)]

I am using GPIO 17 as input and inserted the text below in configuration.yaml.

binary_sensor:
  - platform: rpi_gpio
    ports:
      17: Alarm

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      AlarmOn:
        value_template: "{{ states.binary_sensor.Alarm.state == 'on' }}"

I am trying to create a sensor template (AlarmOn) to change the way output is displayed, but getting an invalid config error.

I am a bit new to templates, so probably I am doing a silly mistake.

Can someone help please?

[silvrr]

See the first post in the linked thread below for how to post your config and maintain formatting. It helps when trying to provide assistance.

Welcome to the forum. Some advice!

Tips for new HASS/forum users. Help me out - what did I miss? Posting your configuration When you post your configuration, we need to see that you’ve got the spacing/indentation right. Use the “preformatted text” [image] YAML tips YAML can be a harsh mistress. Spaces matter, tabs can break things. Here’s a post with some tips for editing YAML with Notepad++ What Home Assistant install method should I use? If you’re pretty technical, use whatever works for you. Docker, NAS, All-in-one, Has…

platform: template
sensors:
  Alarm Status:
    value_template: '{% if is_state("binary_sensor.alarm", "on") %}Alarm On{% else %}Alarm Off{% endif %}'

[Turu (Arthur Azzopardi)]

Thanks @silvrr. New to this. Post corrected.