Condition template not working

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yes, thats possible, you can also set a profile, but thats isnt reflected either in the states. Not sure if one can template these settings out. The ones in the dev-state definitely can be used

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looks like your getting a tuple back, not a list. you could convert the rgb_colors to strings and compare the results.

try this in the template editor:

{{ state_attr('light.ur','rgb_color') == '[10,0,255]' }}

or this

{{ state_attr('light.ur','rgb_color') == '(10,0,255)' }}

or this

{% set r, g, b = states.light.ur.attributes.rgb_color.split(',') %}
{{ [ r | int , g | int, b | int ] == [10,0,255] }}

I suggest you pick up some jinja experience because this is trial and error. You should be able to try a bunch of things in the template editor until you figure out how to verify they are equal. You have the information, you just need to convert one of the 2 sides of the equation so that they both are the same type.

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what happens when you set the brightness through the Hue app? Is that at all possible?

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No problem. It shows the new brightness level from the Hue app immidiately in HA

25

ok so we’re sure the light has the possibility to have its brightness set…
can you see the light interface in HA? and does the slider work?:

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using {{ state_attr(‘light.ur’,‘rgb_color’) == ‘(10,0,255)’ }} and removing the qoutes did it. {{ state_attr(‘light.ur’,‘rgb_color’) == (10,0,255) }} Now it returns with “true” and it Works in my automation too. :smiley:
Thanks very much for helping.

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It Works now. See my answer to Petro.
Thanks for helping :slight_smile:

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cool.

care to share your final and working automations ?

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Of course, here they are.

  - alias: Wallclock on with random color when someone home and sunset
    trigger:
      - platform: sun
        event: sunset
    condition:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: group.device_trackers
        state: home
    action:
      - service: light.turn_on
        entity_id: light.ur
        data_template:
          color_name: >
           {{ [
           "blue",
           "red",
           "green",
           "orange",
           "cyan",
           "magenta"
           ] |random }}

  - alias: increase brightness when blue
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: light.ur
        to: 'on'
    action:
      - service: light.turn_on
        data_template:
          entity_id: light.ur
          brightness: "{{ 50 if is_state_attr('light.ur','rgb_color',(10,0,255)) else 20 }}"
      - delay: 0:00:01
      - service: light.turn_on
        data_template:
          entity_id: light.ur
          brightness: "{{ 51 if is_state_attr('light.ur','rgb_color',(10,0,255)) else 21 }}"
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I now want to replace these odd color names with RGB colors instead but got a bit of the same problem I guess.
I have tried both (and more) but they return those erros.

data_template:
  rgb_color: >
   {{ (
   [0,0,255],
   [255,0,0]
   ) |random }}

[homeassistant.core] Invalid service data for light.turn_on: None for dictionary value @ data[‘rgb_color’]. Got ‘[0, 0, 255]’

data_template:
  rgb_color: >
   {{ [
   (0,0,255),
   (255,0,0)
   ] |random }}

[homeassistant.core] Invalid service data for light.turn_on: None for dictionary value @ data[‘rgb_color’]. Got ‘(0, 0, 255)’

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maybe this helps, checking the correct format:

action:
  service: light.turn_on
  data:
    entity_id: light.master_bedroom
    transition: 5
    brightness: 150
  data_template:
    rgb_color: ['{{ "{0:d}".format(range(0, 255)|random) }}',
                '{{ "{0:d}".format(range(0, 255)|random) }}',
                '{{ "{0:d}".format(range(0, 255)|random) }}']

and to be sure, this is without template:

action:
  service: light.turn_on
  entity_id: light.master_bedroom
  data:
    transition: 5
    rgb_color: [255, 251, 245]
    brightness: 150

or a full randomized party_mode…:

  data_template:
    entity_id: light.{{['dining_corner','cabinet','kist','home_theater']|random}}
    rgb_color: ['{{ (range(0, 255)|random) }}',
                '{{ (range(0, 255)|random) }}',
                '{{ (range(0, 255)|random) }}']
    brightness: '{{ (range(50, 250)|random) }}'
    transition: '{{ (range(1, 3)|random) }}'

be sure to use the correct quotes. the single quotes copied from the community forum sometimes are curly, and the parser errors out on these.

this might work:

data_template:
  rgb_color: >
   {{ [[0,255,0],[255,0,0]]
    |random }}

though I admit it seems a bit odd, it renders the correct output in the dev-template

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I don´t want a comletely random color just a random color of the one I have listed.
The last suggestion returns this error

[homeassistant.core] Invalid service data for light.turn_on: None for dictionary value @ data[‘rgb_color’]. Got ‘[255, 0, 255]’

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well, i told you it looked odd… but there’s progress, because the are there.

i tried this

   {{ ['[0,255,0]','[255,0,0]']
    |random }}

which randomizes correctly in the dev-template too, maybe give that a try?

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if not call @pnbruckner and @petro …

34

same result. Thanks for trying though :slight_smile:

35

last effort:

{%set color = [     '[0,255,0]','[255,0,0]' ]    %}
{{ color
    |random }}

which is the same, but makes the excercise a bit easier to read

36

@jeppper nothing will work like that. Just use the color name. Jinja doesn’t return anything but strings so the parser will never work when it needs to be a tuple/list. So no matter how hard you try it won’t work.

37

Okay no problem. I will just keep using the color names :slight_smile: Thanks

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