Can't get Custom Text UI Binary Template to work

@adampdistefano wrote:

Hi All,

I am having troubles getting some custom text on my UI.

I have a binary sensor which monitors my computers lock state, so HA knows if I am using my machine or not. This works fine.

I wanted to create a UI element instead of saying On/Off,Detected/Clear etc, it says something like “In Use” or “Locked”

I looked at this thread (and others) which seemed to be exactly what I wanted.

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The Template Dev tool shows this is working, but I can’t seem to get it to work after adding it to my configuration. The computer_in_use_template sensor always shows Off.

The following is from my binary_sensors.yaml. First part is the MQTT sensor for the computer lock state, second is the template.

- platform: mqtt
  name: "Computer Lock State"
  state_topic: "computer/lock-state"
  payload_on: "unlocked"
  payload_off: "locked"
  device_class: power
  unique_id: computer_lock_state

- platform: template
  sensors:
    computer_in_use_template:
      friendly_name: Computer State
      entity_id: binary_sensor.computer_lock_state
      value_template: >-
        {% if is_state('binary_sensor.computer_lock_state', 'on') %}
          Using
        {% else %}
          Locked
        {% endif %}

Any help is appreciated!

Cheers

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