Update Numeric.md

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Philip Abbey
2025-11-01 18:57:13 +00:00
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@@ -112,6 +112,30 @@ For copy and paste, the Jinja2 fields are as follows:
{{ not is_state('media_player.amplifier','unavailable') }}
```
As an alternative to using the GUI, the following can be pasted into Home Assistant's `configuration.yaml`:
```yaml
template:
- number:
- name: "Amplifier dB"
unique_id: "<Generate Unique ID>"
unit_of_measurement: "dB"
state: "{{ state_attr('media_player.amplifier','volume_level') * 100 -80 }}"
availability: "{{ not is_state('media_player.amplifier','unavailable') }}"
set_value:
- action: media_player.volume_set
target:
entity_id: media_player.amplifier
data:
volume_level: "{{ (value+80)/100 }}"
step: 0.5
min: -60
max: -15
icon: mdi:audio-video
```
We noticed some schema checking errors when we tried this, but the YAML above is consistent with the HA [Template](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/template/#number) support pages, and this code does correctly create the number template as required.
The JSON menu definition can now use dB with the new template number as follows.
```json
@@ -136,4 +160,4 @@ The JSON menu definition can now use dB with the new template number as follows.
Specific to this menu item:
1. If the number picker does not initialise with the correct value, amend the `attribute` field. Just because your template renders does not mean the application has extracted the numeric valueas the `content` template is rendered on the Home Assistant server.
1. If the number picker does not initialise with the correct value, amend the `attribute` field. Just because your template renders does not mean the application has extracted the numeric value as the `content` template is rendered on the Home Assistant server.