Changing domain from light. to fan

Configuration Z-Wave
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You need it set up in both places. Currently, your map in the speed template is getting values from brighness. Brightness is a int that spans 0 to 255. You set up your map as a flat list. It spans ints 0 to 7. So, when your brightness is set above 7, your speed template will fail. That will occur when you set your speed to any value other than off.

          {% set output = {0: "off", 120: "one", 140: "two", 160: "three", 180: "four", 200: "five", 220: "six", 240: "seven", 255: "eight"} %}
          {% set idx = state_attr('light.60600011ecfabcab8f89', 'brightness') %}
          {{ output[idx] }}
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Log Details (ERROR)

Wed Dec 25 2019 04:10:38 GMT+1100 (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)

Received invalid speed: . Expected: [‘off’, ‘one’, ‘two’, ‘three’, ‘four’, ‘five’, ‘six’, ‘seven’, ‘eight’].

18

changed back to my original post lights work fine. updates between apps well and i can set all speeds so thanks but if it works y fix it true?

19

Sure I guess but you said it didn’t work. Currently it shouldn’t work based on the configuration

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said it worked using first code posted up that was reason for posting incase anyone still needed a working route. i tried every other bit of could i could find after a few “by the book” tries doin it myself this way didnt look right but still works pretty good

21

so due to ocd i got it to work as per ur suggestion and seems to work pretty well thank you
not sure why it was also working before definately some typo or uncleared setting

  - platform: template
    fans:
      one1in:
        friendly_name: "one1in"
        value_template: "{{ states('light.60600011ecfabcab8f89') }}"
        speed_template: >
          {% set output = {0: "off", 120: "one", 140: "two", 160: "three", 180: "four", 200: "five", 220: "six", 240: "seven", 255: "eight"} %}
          {% set idx = state_attr('light.60600011ecfabcab8f89', 'brightness') %}
          {{ output[idx] }}
        turn_on:
          service: homeassistant.turn_on
          entity_id: light.60600011ecfabcab8f89
        turn_off:
          service: homeassistant.turn_off
          entity_id: light.60600011ecfabcab8f89
        set_speed:
          service: homeassistant.turn_on
          entity_id: light.60600011ecfabcab8f89
          data_template:
            brightness: >
              {% set mapper = {'off': 0, 'one': 120, 'two': 140, 'three': 160, 'four': 180, 'five': 200, 'six': 220, 'seven': 240, 'eight': 255} %}
              {{ mapper[speed] }}
        speeds:
          - 'off'
          - 'one'
          - 'two'
          - 'three'
          - 'four'
          - 'five'
          - 'six'
          - 'seven'
          - 'eight'
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Thanks for your OCD @pedzp14 :slight_smile:
I’ve got almost the same issue you’ve experienced. I’ve connected a bathroom fan to a zigbee dimmer and want to use that dimmer to regulate my bathroom fan. Deconz is propagting it to HA as a light, which in it;s essence is of course correct. I’ve searched the community’s and google for it and came across your post. I guess this fixes my problem. Especially the part with presets.
I do feel kind of a NooB now, because I can’t figure out where to put this code. Is it a sensor, is it anautomation, or??? Because when I adjust it to my own situation, no matter where I put in my config, I always get errors while checking the config.
So a slight push in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!

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23

hey just create a file called fan.yaml in ur config dir and in ur configuration.yaml put:
fan: !include fan.yaml

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Hi @pedzp14 Thanks for the quick reply! It’s working now.
Keep up the good work!

25

Hi guys,

please help me.

I have Qubino dimmer 0-10V. I dont know, how to edit code.
The switch ON / OFF works correct.
But speed of fan doesnt work.

I am using qubino as controler Zehnder Q350 with Option box.

When i am using as light speed of fan works correct, but in homekit show dimmer light.

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26

Im lost! I have tried this I feel like a million ways. I’m sure its something simple i am over looking here.

I have a Leviton wifi fan controller that shows up as a light and not a fan. so i tried to wrap fan config around it but I can only turn on/off the fan I cannot set any speed using the brightness. If I change the brightness of the light it does work but trying to change it on the fan entity fails.

this is my current config:

fan:
  - platform: template
    fans:
      bedroom:
        friendly_name: "Bedroom Fan"
        value_template: "{{ states('light.bedroom_fan') }}"
        speed_template: >
          {% set output = {0: 'off', 50: 'low', 128: 'medium', 255: 'high'} %}
          {% set idx = state_attr('light.bedroom_fan', 'brightness') %}
          {{ output[idx] }}
        turn_on:
          service: homeassistant.turn_on
          entity_id: light.bedroom_fan
        turn_off:
          service: homeassistant.turn_off
          entity_id: light.bedroom_fan
        set_speed:
          service: light.turn_on
          entity_id: light.bedroom_fan
          data_template:
            brightness: >
              {% set mapper = {'off' : 0, 'low': 50, 'medium': 128, 'high': 255} %}
              {{ mapper[speed] }}
        speeds:
          - 'off'
          - 'low'
          - 'medium'
          - 'high'
27

You’re lost because this thread is 2 years old and there have been changes to template fan. set_speed and speeds has been deprecated. You should use the examples in the documentation page.

28

You have a choice, use set_preset_modes with a list of presets or set_percentage with percentages 0, 33, 66, 100 mapped to light brightness.

29

Hi Petro, documentation page for what? Fans??

30

I was replying to the guy who was using a template, so it would be the template fan docs

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31

Thank you !

32

did you get this figured out? i am looking at the fan template page and see the changes from set_speed to set_percentage… tried changing the word speed to percentage in my config… it did not work… there is mroe to change i dunno what.

fan:
  -  platform: template
     fans:
      bath_fan_2:
        friendly_name: "Bath Fan"
        unique_id: 3dkhfk644vdg
        value_template: "{{ states('light.bath_fan') }}"
        percentage_template: >
          {% set output = {0: 'off', 50: 'low', 128: 'medium', 255: 'high'} %}
          {% set idx = state_attr('light.bath_fan', 'brightness') %}
          {{ output[idx] }}
        turn_on:
          service: homeassistant.turn_on
          entity_id: light.bath_fan
        turn_off:
          service: homeassistant.turn_off
          entity_id: light.bath_fan
        set_percentage:
          service: light.turn_on
          entity_id: light.bath_fan
          data_template:
            brightness: >
              {% set mapper = {'off' : 0, 'low': 50, 'medium': 128, 'high': 255} %}
              {{ mapper[speed] }}
        speed_count: 3
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sorry man, I did not have any success, seems like it should be easier but I am lost

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I am also here from the year 2022 trying to use the latest version of HA and not having much luck. It looks like low/med/high speeds are automatically calculated but I’m not even messing with that, I just want to convert to/from the number values. I think my fan entity is converting from the switch’s 255 value to the fan’s percentage correctly but when I set the percentage on the fan it doesn’t update my switch.

Edit: This works!

fan:
  - platform: template
    fans:
      living_room_fan:
        friendly_name: "Living Room Fan"
        value_template: "{{ states('light.living_room_fan_switch') }}"
        percentage_template: >
          {{ (state_attr('light.living_room_fan_switch', 'brightness') / 255 * 100) | int }}
        turn_on:
          service: homeassistant.turn_on
          entity_id: light.living_room_fan_switch
        turn_off:
          service: homeassistant.turn_off
          entity_id: light.living_room_fan_switch
        set_percentage:
          service: light.turn_on
          entity_id: light.living_room_fan_switch
          data_template:
            brightness: >
              {{ ( percentage / 100 * 255) | int }} 
        speed_count: 3
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data_template is deprecated, set percentage passes a percentage variable when used. And 255 is already an int. You need to apply int to the entire expression.

        set_percentage:
          service: light.turn_on
          entity_id: light.living_room_fan_switch
          data:
            brightness: >
              {{ (percentage / 100 * 255) | int }}
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