Automation to toggle light

Configuration
1

I have a Insteon 6-button switch and a Z-wave plug-in module attached to a light. Both are working. I would like to setup an automation such that if I toggle one of the buttons, the light toggles accordingly (i.e. turn switch on, light turns on…)

I’ve tried the following automation, but it is not working. Is a service_template the best way to accomplish the toggle? Can anyone help me debug this?

- id: '1527696983201'
  alias: toggle coffee table light
  trigger:
  - entity_id: switch.livingroom_keypadlinc_4
    platform: state
  action:
    service_template: >
       light.{% if is_state('switch.livingroom_keypadlinc_4', 'on') %}
               turn_on
             {% else %}
               turn_off
             {% endif %}
    data: 
      entity_id: light.leviton_unknown_type1706_id0334_level
2

Spaces will be rendered by your service template. Just a quick guess, but removing them may do the trick. You do that with a - (minus).

service_template: >-
       light.{% if is_state('switch.livingroom_keypadlinc_4', 'on') %-}
               turn_on
             {-% else %-}
               turn_off
             {-% endif %}

Also - make sure you run your templates through the template dev tool to confirm that you don’t have errors.

3

You can’t piece together your string the way you are trying to do it. Logic has to be separate lines.

- id: '1527696983201'
  alias: toggle coffee table light
  trigger:
  - entity_id: switch.livingroom_keypadlinc_4
    platform: state
  action:
    service_template: >
      {% if is_state('switch.livingroom_keypadlinc_4', 'on') %}
        light.turn_off
      {% else %}
        light.turn_on
      {% endif %}
    entity_id: light.leviton_unknown_type1706_id0334_level

Or you could use the toggle service.

- id: '1527696983201'
  alias: toggle coffee table light
  trigger:
  - entity_id: switch.livingroom_keypadlinc_4
    platform: state
  action:
    service: light.toggle
    entity_id: light.leviton_unknown_type1706_id0334_level
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4

Thanks… Going with the service_template rather than toggle. This will ensure if anything does get out of sync, they’ll be brought back inline.

5

Thank you for this code. It worked great for me to setup a toggle from a wink relay button