Complex flash pattern for light.turn_on service

[dtdt (dt)]

Instead of the current selection of short and long allow open text for complex flashing patterns. For example we could use the following syntax:

Ts(R,G,B,W), Ps,...
such that writing 5s(255,0,0,0), 1s, 1s(0,0,0,0), 5s(0,255,0,0)
would Turn the light to red for 5 seconds, wait 1 second (no action), turn light off for 1 second, then turn it green for 5 seconds.

Of course this can be achieve with multiple calls of light.turn_on service but I think scripts would be significantly simplified and hopefully become more intuitively.

This could also be replaced with a HA-defined profiles or effects. But I think currently it only supports vendor specific names, right?

[gremblin (Eric)]

I just wrote this script that works pretty well. I concepted it for a buzzer, but it also works with any light or switch entity. It will also restore the initial state of the passed entity. This would just flash the light on and off with whatever color is was set to, but this could be modified to do colors, you’d have to parse the string to get the color settings.

Vibration/ Flash patterns Script

This script allows you to pass an entity and a “vibration pattern” (similar to the android mobile notification and Tasker vibration patterns, but the first delay is the on time in milliseconds instead of off first). The script doesn’t care if this is a buzzer or not, so it will also work with a light. The entity just needs an on and off state. note: If you use this script for WIFI (and possibly other wireless devices), don’t expect the delays to be accurate as WIFI has inherent delays in commun…