Miele washing machine

[dagmoen]

Hi, I've tried to get a progress bar for my Miele washing machine. But I've been unable to get it to work.
Are you able to help me to figure it out? I've tried creating a template sensor but I was unable to get it to work.
The remaining/duration is in minutes, and the start and endtime is in hh:mm.

[rianadon]

It's not your fault you've been unable to get the card to work with your washing machine. Based on these entities, there's no way to use the card without resorting to creating a template sensor.

The card expects the start and end times to be full formatted dates—this way it can handle multi-day timers correctly. Your entities do not have dates in them, so a template sensor would need to insert the current date in front of the finish_at and started_at times.

I'll write up more later. I need to refresh myself on how templates work.

However, if you know the washing machine will always run for a set duration, you can use the duration: { fixed option and the washing_machine_remaining_time_2 sensor to get a working timer.

[dagmoen]

Hi, thanks for helping. The duration can vary depending on the program etc.
This is my attempt to creating the template sensor, but I couldn't get it to work.

`template:

• sensor:
  • name: "Washing machine timer"
    state: "{{ states('sensor.washing_machine_status_2') }}"
    attributes:
    duration: "{{ states('sensor.washing_machine_elapsed_time_2') }}"
    start_time: "{{ states('sensor.washing_machine_started_at') }}:00"
    end_time: "{{ states('sensor.washing_machine_finish_at') }}:00"
    remaining: "{{ states('sensor.washing_machine_remaining_time_2') }}"`

[rianadon]

Thanks for writing what you have! You should only need start_time and end_time, but they need to have the full date in them. Try this template:

sensor:
  name: "Washing machine timer"
  state: "{{ states('sensor.washing_machine_status_2') }}"
  attributes:
    start_time: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states('sensor.washing_machine_started_at') }}:00"
    end_time: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states('sensor.washing_machine_finish_at') }}:00"

[dagmoen]

Excellent! It worked! Love the card, will implement it for my dryer and dish washer as well :)

Thanks! :)

[rianadon]

Wonderful! I'm glad it works! I'll add Miele to the list of integrations on the readme.

Also since the washing machine runs for over an hour, I'd recommend you give the remaining time some more space with the text_width: 4.5em option. That should make the card look a little less cramped 🙂

[Razsmithii]

Hello, here a tested and working template for using a Miele tumbler dryer together with the Miele integration:

In sensors.yaml:

- platform: template
  sensors:
    trockner_timer_3:
      value_template: "{{ states('miele.trockner') }}"
      attribute_templates:
        start_time: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states.sensor.trockner_status.attributes.kickoffTime + ':00' }}"
        end_time: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states.sensor.trockner_status.attributes.finishTime + ':00' }}"

Here the configuration for the card itself:

type: custom:timer-bar-card
entity: sensor.trockner_timer_3
name: Trockner
active_state: In Betrieb
icon: mdi:tumble-dryer
debug: false
guess_mode: false
text_width: 4.5em
bar_radius: 4px
bar_width: 40%

Maybe someone can help me with formatting it correctly for Github, so everybody simply can copy it :-)

[rianadon]

@Razsmithii thank you for posting the template and config! I've edited your comment to include the code block formatting.

[pille89]

Hello,

when I create the following sensor:

 - sensor:            
    - name: "washing_machine_timer"
      state: "{{ states('sensor.washing_machine_status') }}"
      attributes:
      start_time: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states('sensor.washing_machine_starte_um') }}:00"
      end_time: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states('sensor.washing_machine_ende_um') }}:00"

I get the following error message:

Logger: homeassistant.config
Source: config.py:505
First occurred: 10:22:18 (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 10:22:18
Invalid config for [template]: expected a dictionary for dictionary value @ data['sensor'][0]['attributes']. Got None extra keys not allowed @ data['sensor'][0]['end_time']. Got "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states('sensor.washing_machine_ende_um') }}:00" extra keys not allowed @ data['sensor'][0]['start_time']. Got "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states('sensor.washing_machine_starte_um') }}:00". (See /config/configuration.yaml, line 232). 

Can anyone give me a tip?
Thx

[rianadon]

It looks like it might be an error with the indentation?
The start_time and end_time underneath attributes in the YAML you posted should be indented by a few more spaces (at least two).

[ncd7]

BTW this doesn't quite work when the start time and end time cross a date boundary (which is exactly why it's a mistake for Miele to only include the "local time" portion of the full timestamp :). Luckily, this can be detected by looking at the elapsed time, but that does cause the template sensor to be be updated by HA every minute, which kind of sucks but not the end of the world :).
(Also, I still prefer to use the start-at time as that's more accurate than using elapsed so I only use elapsed to detect midnight boundary cross).

[markusby]

Hi There,
can someone mybe help me, as I'm not getting the Miele dishwasher in the time.bar integrated?

I added in the config.yaml the folloing sensor:

sensor:
  - name: Dishwasher_Time
    unique_id: dishwasher_time
    state: "{{ states('sensor.dishwasher_status') }}"
    attributes:
      start_time: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states('sensor.dishwasher_started_at') }}:00"
      end_time: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states('sensor.dishwasher_finish_at') }}:00"

sensor.dishwasher_status:

sensor.dishwasher_started_at

sensor.dishwasher_finish_at:

But somehow it status can not be read incl. start/end time

Any ideas I can look into would be appreciated.
Markus

[runeix]

Hi There, can someone mybe help me, as I'm not getting the Miele dishwasher in the time.bar integrated?

I added in the config.yaml the folloing sensor:

sensor:
  - name: Dishwasher_Time
    unique_id: dishwasher_time
    state: "{{ states('sensor.dishwasher_status') }}"
    attributes:
      start_time: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states('sensor.dishwasher_started_at') }}:00"
      end_time: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states('sensor.dishwasher_finish_at') }}:00"

sensor.dishwasher_status:

sensor.dishwasher_started_at

sensor.dishwasher_finish_at:

But somehow it status can not be read incl. start/end time

Any ideas I can look into would be appreciated. Markus

I seem to have the same problem trying to get my washing machine to work with:

`sensor:
    name: "Washing Machine Timer"
    state: "{{ states('sensor.washing_machine_status') }}"
    attributes:
      start_time: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states('sensor.washing_machine_started_at') }}:00" 
      end_time: "{{ now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT') + states('sensor.washing_machine_finish_at')  }}:00"
      duration: "{{ states('sensor.washing_machine_elapsed_time') }}"
      remain_time: "{{ states('sensor.washing_machine_remaining_time') }}"'

when checking in the developer tools this returns me:

`sensor:
    name: "Washing Machine Timer"
    state: "running"
    attributes:
      start_time: "2024-04-27T22:58:00" 
      end_time: "2024-04-27T01:28:00"
      duration: "112"
      remain_time: "39"'

so it can grab all the data, although the guide says that i only need the start and end time, and then i pass this entity through to the card

type: custom:timer-bar-card
entity: sensor.washing_machine_timer
name: Washing Machine
debug: true
sync_issues: ignore

the output from debug is then

State: sensor: name: "Washing Machine Timer" state: "running" attributes: start_time: "2024-04-27T22:58:00" end_time: "2024-04-27T01:28:00" duration: "116" remain_time: "34" (state mode = idle)
Mode: idle (explicit; guess mode produces N/A)
Duration: second
Time remaining:
Counter:
Attr: {"icon":"mdi:washing-machine","friendly_name":"washing machine test 1"}

so it looks like it can grab the data from the start and finish time and even the duration and remaining time, but it can't map these to the variables in the card and work out that it's active?

[zhelyan]

@runeix a bit late but you need to make sure that the value of active_state matches what's returned by the sensor

In my case, I have active_state: running

[Roemer]

Hello all

I also did an approach with a Miele timer.

My main difference is that I use UI-created sensors (which I think are easier to maintain and adjust) instead of the yaml-created template sensor.

So I created a combination sensor (Kombinationssensor) as a sum to add the remaining time and the elapsed time together (which should give the total duration).
This looks like this:

The card then in the end can simply use this new total time as duration and use the remaining time as remain_time:

type: custom:timer-bar-card
entity: sensor.dishwasher_status
active_state: running
duration:
  entity: sensor.geschirrspuler_total_zeit
  units: minutes
remain_time:
  entity: sensor.dishwasher_verbleibende_zeit
  units: minutes
text_width: 4em

Also don't forget to add the active_state which was running for me.
Edit: Sincce 2025.05, the active_state seems to be now in_use.