Active state of a pyscript State Variable

[jrlacharnay]

Hi,

In my script I created a State Variable with state.persist() and state.set() (within pyscript. domain).

I'm also using an Entities Card to display the value of this state. This card can "have icons colored when entity is active".

So my question is, how can I define in pyscript when a state/entity is active or not?
If not possible directly, is there any workaround you see?

Thanks!
Jean-Rémy

[jrlacharnay]

In fact, there is one work-around, it's to use the template-entity-row card which allow to customize when an entity is highlighted, but in my case I'm using the multiple-entities-row card, which is similar to the standard Entities Card on the "active" topic.

So, what I would like to know, is how HA consider an entity "active", and how to customize it within pyscript.

[jrlacharnay]

Replying again to myself :)
Another work-around is to use a binary_sensor template sensor + an attribute holding the "active" state:

template:
  binary_sensor:
    - name: "Wrapper sensor"
      state: "{{ state_attr('pyscript.my_entity', 'active') }}"

But still, I'm interested in a pyscript-only solution, that would prevent me to create yet another entity.

[qui3xote]

Quick guess here: HA is probably looking for the entity state to be 'on' in order to determine if it's active. So using state.set(entity, 'on') might work.

[jrlacharnay]

Quick guess here: HA is probably looking for the entity state to be 'on' in order to determine if it's active. So using state.set(entity, 'on') might work.

No, it does not work. I think it works only for binary_sensor and maybe other types of entities, but not with pyscript entities. Thanks anyway :)

[qui3xote]

HA must need some definition of what is considered an 'active' state for each domain. That's getting deeper into the bowels of HA than I'm qualified for! BTW: how do you create an entity from pyscript? It's not in the documentation that I can see.

[jrlacharnay]

BTW: how do you create an entity from pyscript? It's not in the documentation that I can see.

Sorry, I used the wrong term, I was refering to State Variables as documented here. I'm creating the State with state.persist() and state.set(). If they are not "entities" for HA, that's maybe explaining why there is no active status.

Maybe this pull request could help, but as far as I can see it is open since quite a long time now :(

Any help appreciated :)

[jrlacharnay]

Original post updated.