Hi.
This works fine in the template editor:
{% if states('sensor.apollo_mtr_1_cca750_presence_target_count') | int > 0 %}
Detected
{% elif is_state('binary_sensor.apollo_msr_2_c7bfe8_radar_zone_1_occupancy', 'on') %}
Detected
{% elif is_state('binary_sensor.apollo_msr_2_c7bfe8_radar_zone_2_occupancy', 'on') %}
Detected
{% elif is_state('binary_sensor.apollo_msr_2_c7bfe8_radar_zone_3_occupancy', 'on') %}
Detected
{% else %}
Not Detected
{% endif %}
But when I try to create a binary_sensory from it in configuration.yaml, I get “‘binary_sensor’ is undefined”:
template:
- binary_sensor:
- name: "Lounge Presence"
state: >-
{% if states('sensor.apollo_mtr_1_cca750_presence_target_count') | int > 0 %}
Detected
{% elif is_state('binary_sensor.apollo_msr_2_c7bfe8_radar_zone_1_occupancy', 'on') %}
Detected
{% elif is_state('binary_sensor.apollo_msr_2_c7bfe8_radar_zone_2_occupancy', 'on') %}
Detected
{% elif is_state('binary_sensor.apollo_msr_2_c7bfe8_radar_zone_3_occupancy', 'on') %}
Detected
{% else %}
Not Detected
{% endif %}
device_class: presence
I’m probably using incorrect syntax or something. Can anyone help me with this?
If any of these 4 things happen, set the sensor to “Detected”, otherwise set it to “Not Detected”:
- MTR presence target count is greater than 0 (zero)
- MSR zone 1 occupancy is “on”
- MSR zone 2 occupancy is “on”
- MSR zone 3 occupancy is “on”
As I said, this is working correctly in the template editor. The problem is that I can’t make a sensor out of it.
Okay, but the post being responded to threw an error that certainly seems like a yaml formatting error.
If you simply deleted the “template” portion, and then changed the “binary_sensor” line without correcting the spacing in the lines after that, you’d get this error. Yaml is strict about leading spaces.
What I did was de-indent the binary_sensor section so it was at the same heirarchy as the template section, like this:
But I realize now that I have to remove the hypen before “binary_sensor”. When I do, I Studio Code Server still shows a couple errors:
It says I’m missing the “entities” and “platform” properties, and that “state” is not an allowed property.
Move everything back two spaces. You may need a yaml linter. Your problem is just the format from what I’m seeing.
