Controlling 4 numeric control entities from ONE control

Configuration
1

Hello new user here…

I’ve been working through my configuration of various entities.

This is akin to drinking from a fire hose. I’m sure in time I’ll learn many of Home Assistants methods

Right now, I’m wondering if someone can help me figure out how to make a control/entity that will set the color temperature of 4 sky lights.

The four entities are these:

number.skylight_ne_temp_value_v2
number.skylight_nw_temp_value_v2
number.skylight_se_temp_value_v2
number.skylight_se_temp_value_v2

I want them to be set from one control, and there’ll likely never be a situation where I want one temp at 2000k and another at 4000k.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Regards,
Robert

2

Use a scene. If you always want them to be the same value. Then another scene if you want to set them all to different values, this is the simplest way.

3

Thanks for responding!

Will this method allow me to have a control on a dashboard that I can set?

4

Not if you want to change the values. But to have a number of scenes with set values is easy.

You could try something like this for what you want, there may be other blueprints try searching for them. I have not tried this so no idea if it will do what you want or not.

5

I don’t think I’m explaining what I’m looking to do. I want one control on a dashboard that will control four numeric entities in real time.

I want to control the value is real time. This will allow a user to set an arbitrary value at any time.

6

What I linked should do that.

7

What you’re asking for is a template number.

Template - Home Assistant

Make the action part set all of your other ents

(Scene is also OK but doesn’t give op the live control they want)

8

You can also use an entities card with these four numbers and add an action - such as double_tap - to each item (number) on the card, to transfer its value to the other numbers. A script can handle the transfer. This way, you retain the ability to modify each number individually.

Card 
type: entities
entities:
  - entity: number.skylight_ne_temp_value_v2
    double_tap_action:
      action: perform-action
      perform_action: script.sync_numbers
      data:
        source: number.skylight_ne_temp_value_v2
  - entity: number.skylight_nw_temp_value_v2
    double_tap_action:
      action: perform-action
      perform_action: script.sync_numbers
      data:
        source: number.skylight_nw_temp_value_v2
  - entity: number.skylight_se_temp_value_v2
    double_tap_action:
      action: perform-action
      perform_action: script.sync_numbers
      data:
        source: number.skylight_se_temp_value_v2
  - entity: number.skylight_sw_temp_value_v2
    double_tap_action:
      action: perform-action
      perform_action: script.sync_numbers
      data:
        source: number.skylight_sw_temp_value_v2
state_color: false
Script 
alias: Sync numbers
description: >-
  The script sets states of the entities listed in **`allNumbers`** to the state
  of the entity passed as **`source`**. The source entity must also be included
  in **`allNumbers`**.
sequence:
  - variables:
      allNumbers:
        - number.skylight_ne_temp_value_v2
        - number.skylight_nw_temp_value_v2
        - number.skylight_se_temp_value_v2
        - number.skylight_sw_temp_value_v2
      sourceState: >-
        {{ states(source) if source is string and source in allNumbers else none
        }}
  - if:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{ sourceState|is_number }}"
    then:
      - action: number.set_value
        target:
          entity_id: "{{ allNumbers|reject('eq',source)|list }}"
        data:
          value: "{{ sourceState }}"
    alias: if the state of source entity is numeric
9

Just to do a quick sanity check here.

Are the four items showing up as lights/bulbs in Home Assistant at the moment?

If they are, you probably just want to create a light group.
That basically allows you to control the brightness, color temp on/off of all the bulbs as a single entity.

If they are not lights/bulbs and are in fact simply numeric entities (per your post title) then you will have to use one of the other answers here.

10

*points

he says they’re number entities above, David.

11

Is there any reason that a number group wouldn’t work?

12

I was sanity checking, because it’s not uncommon for posts to be X-Y problems.

13

Soooo true…