Powershower Command as switch

Similar to Pump Enable/Disable, the Powershower command is presented by the DAB Pumps backend server as a multi-select option with values 'Start', 'Stop' and '---'. After choosing 'Start' or 'Stop', the value will fallback to the default '---' after a few seconds. That makes it hard to determine whether powershower is currently active.

A simple workaround is to define your own template entity that exposes this as a switch.

In configuration.yaml add:

template: !include templates.yaml

Then in templates.yaml add:

- switch:
    name: "Esybox Power Shower enable"
    unique_id: "esybox_powershowerenable"
    availability: >-
      {{ states('sensor.esybox_powershowercountdown') != 'unavailable' }}
    state: >-
      {% if states('select.esybox_powershowercommand') == 'Start' %}
        {{ True }}
      {% elif states('select.esybox_powershowercommand') == 'Stop' %}
        {{ False }}
      {% else %}
        {{ has_value('sensor.esybox_powershowercountdown')  }}
      {% endif %}
    turn_on:
      action: select.select_option
      data:
        option: "Start"
      target: 
        entity_id: select.esybox_powershowercommand
    turn_off:
      action: select.select_option
      data:
        option: "Stop"
      target: 
        entity_id: select.esybox_powershowercommand