Question - Template - Status

[olibos]

Hello @tijsverkoyen ,

Since #22 , my templates shows the status code instead of the readable state.
Do you know how I can "translate" those magic numbers?

{{states('sensor.inverter_1_inverter_status')}}

get: 512
desired: Grid connection

[tijsverkoyen]

Which version of Home Assistant are you using?

[GiorgioUghini]

I think this relates with HA and not directly with this integration.
Displaying 512 instead of a string is the wanted behavior as you can interpret 512 as a state that does not change if you change localization.
See this pull request in HA core: home-assistant/core#65743

P.s.: really need to have the localization in your template? As a temporary solution you can use a custom component like this one: https://github.com/PiotrMachowski/Home-Assistant-custom-components-Custom-Templates

[olibos]

Hello @tijsverkoyen ,
Here is my setup:

Home Assistant 2023.2.0
Supervisor 2023.01.1
Operating System 9.5
Frontend 20230201.0 - latest

Here is a sample of my Issue:

With the following YAML

  - entity: sensor.inverter_1_active_power
    type: custom:template-entity-row
    secondary: |
      {{states('sensor.inverter_1_inverter_status')}}
    icon: mdi:solar-power
    name: Soleil

As @GiorgioUghini says, it's not related to your integration but more a general question.
And I agree in most scenarios it's easier to handle codes than texts but for Lovelace dashboard it's not really user friendly 🤪.

I'll try @GiorgioUghini 's workaround in the meaning time, I'll let you know if it works for me

[olibos]

Unfortunately, it does not solve my problem 🙁.
After installing @PiotrMachowski 's package:

Template:

Sun State: {{ states("sun.sun") }}
Sun Label: {{ ct_state_translated("sun.sun", "en") }}
Inverter State: {{ states('sensor.inverter_1_inverter_status') }}
Inverter Label: {{ ct_state_translated("sensor.inverter_1_inverter_status", "en") }}

Result

Sun State: below_horizon
Sun Label: Below horizon
Inverter State: 0
Inverter Label: 0

[PiotrMachowski]

@olibos PiotrMachowski/Home-Assistant-custom-components-Custom-Templates#1

[olibos]

Thank you @PiotrMachowski ,
I've installed the version 1.0.1 and it works perfectly!

Template:

Sun State: {{ states("sun.sun") }}
Sun Label: {{ ct_state_translated("sun.sun", "en") }}
Inverter State: {{ states('sensor.inverter_1_inverter_status') }}
Inverter Label: {{ ct_state_translated("sensor.inverter_1_inverter_status", "en") }}

Result: 👍

Sun State: above_horizon
Sun Label: Above horizon
Inverter State: 512
Inverter Label: Grid connection

I hope, your proposal reach HomeAssistant Core 😉. But in the meantime it's a good workaround!
Thanks @GiorgioUghini for the suggestion!

@tijsverkoyen , it could be good to mention @PiotrMachowski integration in the README to help people in the same use case.
What do you think?
If it helps, I can make a PR with some text suggestions.