Combining multiple switches into a single entity

Configuration Zigbee
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I have a 4-way Zigbee switch controlling my kitchen light / extractor fan unit. One of the swtches turns on and off the light (that’s easy) and the remaining 3 turn the extractor hood fan on and off and different speeds, depending on which one/s are switched on.

Is it possible somehow to create a separate entity (called kitchen extractor fan) which can be adjusted from “off” to “level 3”, with each level corresponding to one of the switches?

ie, I change my new entity to level 1 and it enables the correct switch for the lowest power level, then two and it rearranges the switches for the second level, then level 3 and it switches the right switches for max?

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There are a couple ways to address this:

Template Fan

Template Select [docs]

Setting up a Template fan is a bit more cumbersome, but does result in an entity in the fan domain which may be useful for future automations or templates.

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Thank you - Template Fan looks like that does what I am aiming for although like you say it seems a bit of a faff. I will have a read and then just… have a go.