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?
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 thetemplate
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.
I think Studio Code Server is a linter. It’s telling me what the syntax problems are - I just don’t know how to fix them. Now that I removed the hypehn, it’s not telling me there are any spacing/formatting issues. But it currently says I’m missing the “entities” and “platform” properties, but I don’t know what the values should be. And It also says “state” is not an allowed property, but that’s the property that holds all the important stuff about this sensor - so how can I remove it?