Can I assign an MQTT room sensor to an area?

Configuration
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just to be sure you placed this in your scripts.yaml without any other needed context right?

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No, it’s just a service call. It is meant to be used in a script or automation. If you simply copy-pasted it directly under the script: domain, that explains the cause of the error message.

If you want it to be part of a script, refer to the first example shown here.

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thx a bunch,
it finally clicked a bit i had no clue this was just something that needed to be run once to create the items not to ‘provide upkeep’

I’ve solved my dimmer from the same provider too:

 - platform: mqtt
    schema: template
    name: "Licht Eetkamer"
    command_topic: "cloudapp/QBUSMQTTGW/UL1/UL4/setState"
    state_topic: "cloudapp/QBUSMQTTGW/UL1/UL4/state"
    state_template: >-
          {% if value_json.properties.value > 0 %}
            on
            {% else %}
            off
            {% endif %}
    
    command_on_template: >
      {%- if brightness is defined -%}
      {"id":"UL4","type":"state","properties":{"value":{{brightness | float | multiply(0.39215686) | round(0)}}}}
      {%- else -%}
      {"id":"UL4","type":"state","properties":{"value":100}}
      {%- endif -%}
      }
    brightness_template: "{{ value_json.properties.value | float | multiply(2.55) | round(0) }}"
    command_off_template: '{"id":"UL4","type":"state","properties":{"value":0}}'

the way i defined the brightness template should be available for the discovery route too right?

again! thx a bunch for the previous support :slight_smile:

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Didn’t you originally ask to have this done via MQTT Discovery and to create more than just an entity?

Because the example you posted doesn’t meet either of those original requirements.

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I’ll try to make it a bit more clear:
'Unable to have anything more than an entity" with this I wanted to say that I can create entities for my physical devices but no more than that, no device for HA.

now that you have so kindly provided me with the script I have been able to take away my mqtt lights that were made trough the config I linked and made them trough your script, creating a light device and entity which work beautifully with the new area card since it can now be assigned to an area.

the last piece of code I linked if from a dimmer module of the same hardware, for which I want to do the same thing → instead of just having an entity without anything else, also make a nice device with an entity to match :slight_smile: