Add Current State Info To Dashboard And Use In Rules

[percula]

I have a few devices that have very valuable information in the Current States fields of the device. I want to display some of the "Current State" information in a dashboard for starters. I also want to be able to use the Current State information to build a rule (i.e. if Current State:Power Draw > 0 then DO X). I'm not sure how to access Current State information in Dashboard or Rule.

[bravenel]

In Rule Machine you can use Custom Attribute to get at that data. For a Dashboard you'd have to get more creative, such as using a rule to put the value in a Hub Variable when it changes, and displaying the Hub Variable in the Dashboard.

[marcusvrsilva]

In addition to @bravenel's suggestion, you may consider to use the app Tile Master.

[percula]

THANK YOU @bravenel and @marcusvrsilva for your recommendations. I was able to accomplish exactly what I had hoped which was to activate a supplemental pump if the primary pump was operating (and more importantly above a certain power rating as it is a variable speed pump and wanted to ensure it only would run IF the pump was running at or above a certain speed). Variables for dashboards and Rule Machine with Custom Attributes did it for me.

I started to play with Tile Master and am reworking new views based on Tile Master now.

Again thank you both for your recommendations and hope that this helps others in the future.