Using Numeric Data - Climate and DarkSky

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I have a project to automate my HRV (Heat Recovery Ventilator) to control the humidity inside. The actual logic is not an issue. The real challenge is how to specify/format the statements correctly to read actual numeric data from climate.venstar and dark_sky.

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I have tried in automations and scripts, with a half-hearted attempt with templates. After loading appdameon I thought I should stop and ask for some assistance because it shouldn’t be this painful.

How do I compare the climate temperature to the dark_sky temperature. There are very very few examples using numeric values, and none where the values are buried in the class.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Mark

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assuming they are both true numbers (not numbers represented by strings) then you can compare them like this:

{{ states.weather.dark_sky.attributes.temperature > states.climate.thermostat.attributes.current_temperature }}

or:

{{ state_attr('weather.dark_sky', 'temperature') < state_attr('climate.thermostat', 'current_temperature') }}

If they aren’t already true numbers then you can convert them to numbers like this:

{{ states.weather.dark_sky.attributes.temperature | float > states.climate.thermostat.attributes.current_temperature | float }}

or:

{{ state_attr('weather.dark_sky', 'temperature') | float < state_attr('climate.thermostat', 'current_temperature') | float }}

and you can use “int” in place of “float” if that is what you need.

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Thanks I will give that a try tonight.

Is “attributes” actually documented anywhere? The general examples for most automations and scripts are either overly simple or very specific to an application.

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