Configure Shelly RGBW2 in Newest Home Assistant

[petereit (Mark Petereit)]

I don’t use Google for anything. I use Siri for on/off and dim percentage, but I don’t change color often so I just go that through the HA panel.

[timmekk]

I just installed homeassistant and I am not able to include my shelly rgbw2 even with mqtt.
Mqtt is working proberly because I already use a sonoff plug with it.

edit: mqtt uses case sensitive. I needed to write my topic in capital letters. Now it works

[wema (Martin Weiss)]

@petereit

light:
  - platform: mqtt
    schema: template
    name: "LEDstrip MQTT"
    command_topic: "shellies/shellyrgbw2-2B9022/color/0/set"
    state_topic: "shellies/shellyrgbw2-2B9022/color/0/status"
    effect_list:
      - 0
      - 1
      - 2
      - 3
      - 4
      - 5
      - 6
    command_on_template: >
      {"turn": "on"
      {%- if brightness is defined -%}
      , "gain": {{brightness | float | multiply(0.3922) | round(0)}}
      {%- endif -%}
      {%- if red is defined and green is defined and blue is defined -%}
      , "red": {{ red }}, "green": {{ green }}, "blue": {{ blue }}
      {%- endif -%}
      {%- if white_value is defined -%}
      , "white": {{ white_value }}
      {%- endif -%}
      {%- if effect is defined -%}
      , "effect": {{ effect }}
      {%- endif -%}
      }
    command_off_template: '{"turn":"off"}'
    state_template: "{% if value_json.ison %}on{% else %}off{% endif %}"
    brightness_template: "{{ value_json.gain | float | multiply(2.55) | round(0) }}"
    red_template: '{{ value_json.red }}'
    green_template: '{{ value_json.green }}'
    blue_template: '{{ value_json.blue }}'
    white_value_template: '{{ value_json.white }}'
    effect_template: '{{ value_json.effect }}'
    qos: 2

Hi
Same question here
Did you used the config example in the starting post to set up the mqtt-entities for the rgbw2 shellies?

[twinkler (Tom Winkler)]

Same issue here no native support of rgb so will probably switch to mqtt which is anyway the better privacy choice

[RichardU (Richard)]

I’m connected with MQTT, everything works, but what’s the story with effects? Where are they defined and can they be edited?

btw, dead link in the OP because it includes the colon: Should be https://github.com/thehookup/Shelly-RGBW2

[Radon]

Hi
I integrated until now every Shelly with the Shelly Integration. But with the RGBW2 I don’t get all entities. See here: Shelly integration - only 4 (useless) entities
Now I’m trying with MQTT and it looks like everything is working fine.

But I come to the same question as Richard:
Is it possible to give names to the effect_list? It is not very nice to choose from the number 0 - 6

And I don’t see a difference between 2, 4, 5 and 6.
Official the RGBW2 have these effects (in Web Browser only 0-3, tested with V1.9 and V1.10.3):
0 - Off
1 - Meteor shower
2 - Gradual change
3 - Flash
4 - Red/green change
Source: Supported values for effect

[petereit (Mark Petereit)]

Thanks, Richard! I put a space before that colon. The link works now.

[JJ6767 (Jason)]

HI Everyone,

I tried copying and pasting the file into YAML and HASS just doesn’t like it …

It says ‘depreicated’ everywhere …

Any ideas on where I am going wrong ?

[War3333 (Francesco)]

2022.09 broke this by removing “white_value” from template. The official integration Is still lacking full Control, someone know how to fix on 2022.09?

[kslb (KSLBe)]

same problem…

[petereit (Mark Petereit)]

Not really a “fix” per se, but the 2022.09 update deprecating the white_value from template forced me to remove all of my custom MQTT setup from my Configuration.yaml file and use the Shelly Integration to add my lights back in for the purposes of the Home Assistant dashboard.

But I did notice that since my Shelly RGBW2 devices are configured for MQTT, automations I had set up in Node Red that sent an MQTT payload to my RGBW2 lights still work. For example, this payload still sets my RGB lights to blue and makes them flash (it’s my visual notification that mail has been delivered to our mailbox.)

[khicks (Kevin Hicks)]

Same problem here with the removal of white_value_template from 2022.9. Banged my head against the wall for a couple of hours trying to get it back to working order with MQTT, but no use. Hoping there’s a fix soon or someone smarter than me figures it out. I’ll probably have to move to the Shelly integration as well.

[Denny_d (Denny)]

I also have the same problem with the white_value_template that had crashed all the integration of MQTT now that I have removed only that string the integration is restarted but obviously my rgbw leds with the shelly dimmer cannot adjust the white value. I hope that there is a Fix or that someone post an alternative method also because I have searched the net and written on the HA Discord but I have not found any information

[ffm777 (Carlo)]

I’m having the same issue. Hopefully, there is some fix soon.

[petereit (Mark Petereit)]

This issue has been resolved by the Shelly integration in Home Assistant.

Before you add the Shelly integration in Home Assistant, write down the IP addresses of all your Shelly RGBW2 devices.

Remove all your custom YAML statements defining your RGBW2 devices, then add the Shelly integration.

You’ll need to re-add the Shelly integration for each of your RGBW2 devices. Each time you add the integration, it will prompt you for a “Host IP.” This is the IP address of your RGBW2 device.

After you’ve added the Shelly integration for each device, you can add them to your HA dashboard.

The part that I think is confusing a lot of people is that HA only displays an on-off switch and brightness slider for the RGBW2 device.

All you need to do is turn on the light and the UI will expand to display all the controls:

[satyajitmishra]

Does anyone know how to control the brightness of the white channel of the RGBW2 from an automation? My use for this automation will be to increase or decrease the brightness of the white channel with an increment of 10 on every trigger in an automation.

[petereit (Mark Petereit)]

I configure the RGBW2 device for MQTT, use Node Red for my automations and send a payload.

Here’s the payload I use when my mailbox sensor shows the mailbox door has been opened. It changes my kitchen LEDs to blue and flashes them.

For your automation, every time it triggers, you’d want to read the current white value, increment it by 10, then send a payload to set the new white level.

[satyajitmishra]

Is there any way to do it natively? I mean without using Node Red. My HA interacts with my RGBW2 using the official Shelly Integration. So is there any way to do it via Automations?

[maxym]

@petereit

But I did notice that since my Shelly RGBW2 devices are configured for MQTT, automations I had set up in Node Red that sent an MQTT payload to my RGBW2 lights still work. For example, this payload still sets my RGB lights to blue and makes them flash (it’s my visual notification that mail has been delivered to our mailbox.)

It’s obvious since nothing changed in mqtt abilities of Shelly devices.
What changed is HA entity settings.

[maxym]

btw maybe it’t time to try mqtt light default schema instead of template?
I remember I failed on that when attempting some time ago. But don’t remember exact limitation