Writing Data to External DataBase

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The way this person solved it was to add an attribute to their sensor that updated every 5 minutes.

InfluxDB to store data in intervals

Hi at least as a workaround this works for me: binary_sensor: - platform: template sensors: tbalkontuer: value_template: "{{ states('binary_sensor.balkontuer') }}" friendly_name: "Template Balkontür" device_class: door unique_id: tbalkontuer attribute_templates: update_now: "{{ (now().minute / 5) | round(0) }}" Gets updated every 5 minutes ( at 03, 08, 13, … due to the rounding), using now() only updates every minute. Next step is…