Brighten front porch lights, then return to recorded dim level

[pnbruckner (Phil)]

No comment about the code discussed in this topic, since I really haven’t taken the time to digest it. But, if you’re looking for a way to save the state of lights and/or switches so that you can return them to the same state at a later time, you might be interested in this:

Python_script to save and restore switches and lights

I needed a way to save the current state of some switches and lights so I could change them temporarily, and then restore them back to the way they were. Somewhat surprisingly, HA doesn’t seem to have a native feature for this. (If I’m wrong, by all means, enlighten me! ) UPDATE: Starting with release 0.103.0, HA now does have a native feature for this – namely dynamic scene creation using the snapshot_entities option. See the docs here. It doesn’t provide all the functionality o…