Home Assistant - Using Input Number to trigger automations

Hi everyone,

In this article we have seen how to define a value using the Input Number integration.

Today we'll see how to use Input Number as dynamic values to trigger automations.

Scenario

You want to get notified when the battery of your smartphone reaches a value you can dynamically set / modify as you need via the Home Assistant user interface.

Software configuration

1. Home Assistant. I'm currently running version?2022.8.7.
2. Mobile App integration?configured in Home Assistant. This integration allows Home Assistant mobile APP (Android / IOS) to integrate with your Home Assistant environment.
3. The Home Assistant companion app must be configured to have the?battery level?sensor?enabled.
4. Input Number SmartphoneBatteryThresholdMax and SmartphoneBatteryThresholdMin defined and available in your Home Assistant dashboard so that you can set them on the fly.

Home Assistant code (yaml) / procedure

This is the piece of code you have to write as?Automation:

alias: >
? Smartphone - Send an Android notification if the battery level overcomes   the threshold (min/max) set as Input Number helpers
description: >-
? Send an Android notification if the battery level overcomes the threshold (min/max) set as Input Number helpers
trigger:
? - platform: template
? ? value_template: >
? ? ? {{ states('sensor.yoursmartphone_battery_level')|float? >
? ? ? states('input_number.SmartphoneBatteryThresholdMax')|float }}
? - platform: template
? ? value_template: >
? ? ? {{ states('sensor.yoursmartphone_battery_level')|float? <
? ? ? states('input_number.SmartphoneBatteryThresholdMin')|float }}
condition: []
action:
? - service: notify.mobile_app_yoursmartphone
? ? data:
? ? ? message: >-
? ? ? ? The battery level is at?
? ? ? ? {{states("sensor.yoursmartphone_battery_level") }}%. Shut-off charging or give your phone a recharge.
mode: single

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Some specifics about the code / procedure above

1. As you can see the automation triggers are now based on the Input Number defined so the trigger itself can dinamically change according to the values set.
2. The action is to send a notification to your smartphone with the battery charge level reached.

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