I recently acquired Netatmo smart radiator valves to manage my rooms' temperature remotely. I'm not skilled at manual tasks, but I could easily replace the old thermo-static valves. I then registered the smart ones in the Netatmo app. Finally, I integrated them in my Home Assistant via the dedicated Netatmo integration. Everything was very straightforward.
I noticed that each valve not only allows remote control but also offers a state with several attributes. I wanted to extract the room's temperature indicator from it. It was not as easy as I thought it was, so I want to describe how I managed to achieve it.
By default, the Netatmo valve displays a multi-valued state. To check, go to the Developer Tools > States menu. You can use a filter to find the device.
| Entity | State | Attributes |
|---|---|---|
| climate.spare_bedroom + Valve Spare Bedroom |
auto | hvac_modes: auto, heat + min_temp: 7 + max_temp: 30 + target_temp_step: 0.5 + preset_modes: away, boost, frost_guard, schedule + current_temperature: 14 + temperature: 7 + hvac_action: idle + preset_mode: frost_guard + selected_schedule: Unknown 67ab635c2dd1afb1e601a8c2 + heating_power_request: 0 + attribution: Data provided by Netatmo + friendly_name: Valve Spare Bedroom + supported_features: 401 |
The problem is that the above attributes are not readily usable. We must first extract them individually. For this, we need to create a sensor; head to File Editor and select configuration.yaml. Then, append the following snippet:
template:
- sensor:
- unique_id: sensor.spare_bedroom_temperature
name: "Spare Bedroom Temperature"
state: "{{ state_attr('climate.spare_bedroom', 'current_temperature') }}" #1
unit_of_measurement: "°C"
device_class: temperature #2
- Match the pair entity-attribute above
- Must be
temperatureto be used as a temperature sensor afterward
Click on Save.
We don't need to restart Home Assistant, but we must reload the configuration. Click on Developer Tools. Then, click on Check configuration. The new sensor should appear in Settings > Entities.
We can now set the Area via the UI to one of the existing areas, in this case, the Spare Bedroom.
Finally, we can update the Spare Bedroom area in Settings > Area > Spare Bedroom. Set the temperature sensor to the only available item, the sensor we set in the previous steps.
At this point, whenever we add the Area card to a dashboard, Home Assistant displays our newly-created temperature sensor on top of it.
You can use this approach for every State. Check them, and I'm sure you'll get new ideas. For example, every automation has a last_triggered timestamp attribute.
To go further:
Originally published at A Java Geek on May 18th, 2025
Top comments (3)
Thank you so much for detailing the steps for creating a temperature sensor from a device’s state in Home Assistant! Your clear YAML example and explanation of matching entities and attributes saved me so much time. The screenshots also made it easy to follow along—really appreciate it!
This is super useful, especially the bit about reusing the approach for any attribute - I've definitely run into the same issue with other integrations. Have you tried templating other device state attributes for more automations?
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