Value template to move decimal position

Configuration
1

Hello – i am having trouble using a value template. it works and displays properly in the dev tab templates but when used for a sensor i get a value of 0.

# sensor
- platform: snmp
  name: Eaton5PX1500_current
  host: 192.168.3.100
  baseoid: .1.3.6.1.2.1.33.1.4.4.1.3.1
  unit_of_measurement: "A"
  value_template: "{{ states('sensor.Eaton5PX1500_current') | float / 10  }}"

the value needs to be divided by 10. So instead of 56 it shoud show 5.6 and
when using template i get 0. i also try adding parenthesis on before states and after 10.Could it order of operation issue i dont understand ?

any pointers are most welcome thanks!

2

Looking at the example for the SNMP sensor:

- platform: snmp
  name: Eaton5PX1500_current
  host: 192.168.3.100
  baseoid: .1.3.6.1.2.1.33.1.4.4.1.3.1
  unit_of_measurement: "A"
  value_template: "{{ (( value | float ) / 10 ) | float }}"
3

one problem might be (is likely…) that the entity_id is wrong. entity_id’s never use capital letters. So when you use the state() method it and you convert it to a float it returns a 0 instead of unknown.

Change the capitals to the correct version and it should work. As long as there aren’t any other errors…

4

changing to lower case still showing zero, dev templates does not appear to be case sensitive.
although its name has capitals i see how on the states page is lower case and why i should do that anyway so thanks!

5

that worked and after staring at it long enough it clicked. thank you so much i appreciate the nudge!