Adding a note about states (home-assistant#12128)

* Adding a note about states It's a regular thing on Discord to have to point this out to folks, so it's long past time we highlighted this somewhere IMO. * ✏️ Tweak Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof <[email protected]>
Thrilleratplay · Feb 20, 2020 · 98376d0 · 98376d0
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@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ The `for` template(s) will be evaluated when an entity changes as specified.
 
 Triggers when the state of any of given entities changes. If only `entity_id` is given trigger will activate for all state changes, even if only state attributes change.
 
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+The values you see in your overview will often not be the same as the actual state of the entity. For instance, the overview may show `Connected` when the underlying entity is actually `on`. You should check the state of the entity by looking in the _States_ menu under _Developer tools_.
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 ```yaml
 automation:
   trigger: