Home Assistant Dynamic Icon Working Config

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sfrasernz

227 posts

Master Geek

#299439 7-Sep-2022 17:55

Does anyone have a working config they could share for Home Assistant that will change icons based on the state of the entity?

I've tried several configs from the HA forums but a lot of the commands are deprecated and none seem to work. The closest I've got is the config below but the states don't change the icon.

MQTT is working and I can control the door and see the State change from 1 (closed) to 0 (open).

The following is in my configuration.yaml file running HASS 2022.8.7

mqtt:
cover:
- name: "Garage Door MQTT"
device_class: "garage"
state_topic: "shellies/shelly1-485519/input/0"
command_topic: "shellies/shelly1-485519/relay/0/command"
state_closed: "1"
state_open: "0"
payload_open: "toggle"
payload_stop: "toggle"
payload_close: "toggle"
payload_available: "online"
payload_not_available: "offline"
icon: >-
{% if states['cover.garage_door_mqtt'].state == 'closed' %}
'mdi:garage'
{% elif states['cover.garage_door_mqtt'].state == 'open' %}
'mdi:garage-open'
{%else%}
'mdi:alert'
{%endif%}

sfrasernz

227 posts

Master Geek

#2964403 7-Sep-2022 19:01

Ok....in case anyone else stumbles across this topic I finally found have a working solution.

I created a binary_sensor based on the MQTT traffic to determine the position of the door.

mqtt:

binary_sensor:

- name: "Garage Door MQTT"

state_topic: "shellies/shelly1-485519C/input/0"

payload_on: "1"

payload_off: "0"

and then added the following to change the icon based on the binary sensor above.

binary_sensor:

- platform: template

sensors:

garage:

friendly_name: GarageTest

device_class: opening

value_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.garage_door_mqtt', 'on') }}"

icon_template: >

{% if is_state('binary_sensor.garage_door_mqtt', 'on') %}

mdi:garage-open

{% else %}

mdi:garage

{% endif %}

The button on the Dashboard now shows the door state and even changes colour.

eluSiveNZ

190 posts

Master Geek

#2964410 7-Sep-2022 20:09

Seems a bit overkill. Can’t you just set the “device_class” as garage_door in the MQTT binary sensor config?

sfrasernz

227 posts

Master Geek

#2964414 7-Sep-2022 20:17

I wish it was - unless I'm missing something obvious.

Setting the Device Class to Garage will change the Color of the icon based on its state but not the icon itself (from showing a closed door to an open door).

timmmay

20591 posts

Uber Geek

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Lifetime subscriber

#2964415 7-Sep-2022 20:24

I have a bit of code that half works and looks something like that. I don't understand the various symbols that can go at the start of the template (> vs |- vs |2-), I can't find any documentation about it - but I haven't tried very hard.

{%- set icons = {
"heating": "mdi:fire",
"cooling": "mdi:snowflake",
"drying": "mdi:water-percent",
"idle": "mdi:air-conditioner",
"fan": "mdi:fan",
"off": "mdi:power"} -%}
{{ icons[state_attr("climate.itc_living", "hvac_action")|lower] | default("mdi:autorenew") }}

1yippy1

67 posts

Master Geek

#2964416 7-Sep-2022 20:36

this works for me shows blue garage icon when closed and yellow open icon when open:

switch garage:
- platform: template
switches:
garage:
turn_on:
service: homeassistant.toggle
data:
entity_id: switch.garage_door_open_close
turn_off:
service: homeassistant.toggle
data:
entity_id: switch.garage_door_open_close
value_template: "{{is_state('binary_sensor.garage_door', 'on')}}"
icon_template: >-
{% if is_state('binary_sensor.garage_door', 'on') %}
mdi:garage-open
{% else %}
mdi:garage
{% endif %}

sfrasernz

227 posts

Master Geek

#2964417 7-Sep-2022 20:44

THANK YOU!

The above works flawlessly.