Trying to automate IPcamera floodlight

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Hi,
I have a Dahua camera that has a floodlight that starts when the outside light falls below a certain level (or based on schedule). As I want to turn the floodlight only when motion is detected I’ve start playing with camera’s Web API.
Until now I’ve managed to create a switch that I can use to manually turn on/off the floodlight.
As this floodlight can be turned on/off from camera’s webpage etc I want to get the status of if from time to time. For this purpose I’ve created two different sensors: a binary one and a control one to validate that the GET command works fine.

Binary Sensor:

  - platform: rest
    resource: http://192.168.11.46/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=getConfig&name=Lighting[0][3].Mode
    method: GET
    authentication: digest
    username: !secret dahua_user
    password: !secret dahua_pass
    name: dahua_floodlight_status
    device_class: light
    value_template: "{{ (value.split('='))[1] == 'Manual' }}"

Sensor:

  - platform: rest
     resource: http://192.168.11.46/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=getConfig&name=Lighting[0][3].Mode
     method: GET
     authentication: digest
     username: !secret dahua_user
     password: !secret dahua_pass
     name: dahua_floodlight_status_full

When the floodlight is turned ON I get:

binary_sensor.dahua_floodlight_status	**State: off**

sensor.dahua_floodlight_status_full		**State: table.Lighting[0][3].Mode=Manual**

When the floodlight is turned OFF I get:

binary_sensor.dahua_floodlight_status	**State: off**

sensor.dahua_floodlight_status_full		**State: table.Lighting[0][3].Mode=Off**

What I’m doing wrong?

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Your value template needs to resolve to On not True.

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@msp1974 I’ve tried also without device_class: light but the result is the same

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I meant something like this…

  - platform: rest
    resource: http://192.168.11.46/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=getConfig&name=Lighting[0][3].Mode
    method: GET
    authentication: digest
    username: !secret dahua_user
    password: !secret dahua_pass
    name: dahua_floodlight_status
    device_class: light
    value_template: "{{ 'On' if value.split('=')[1] == 'Manual' else 'Off' }}"
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Thanks a lot @msp1974 , that was the problem.
It’s strange that at some point it came in my mind that maybe true/false values are not right but after reading Binary Sensor - Home Assistant I concluded that true/false is just fine

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I’m trying to implement something like this. How did you manage to create the switch for the floodlight?

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Try to integrate the camera using this HACS Addon