🚨 Custom Blinking Lights Blueprint

santiniuk · November 20, 2024, 6:26pm

Richard,

Not a problem at all, you have sowed the foundation for a useful blueprint.
Take your time and don’t put down your skills. You have done well to get it this far.
You will crack it

Thanks

rschutte · November 22, 2024, 7:43am

Hi Szalony-West,

I’ve added the transition_length option to the blueprint as requested. It allows you to set a custom transition time for the lights, overriding the device’s default transition setting. Everything is working fine on my end, but I wanted to check if it’s working as expected for you as well.

If it works for you, I’ll update the main blueprint to include this feature!

Let me know if you encounter any issues or if there’s anything else you’d like to tweak.

blueprint:
  name: Blinking Lights with Restore and Transition
  description: Blink selected lights in a specific color and restore their original state, with custom transition support.
  domain: automation
  input:
    lights:
      name: Lights
      description: Select the lights to blink.
      selector:
        target:
          entity:
          - domain:
            - light
    color:
      name: Blink Color
      description: Choose a color for blinking.
      selector:
        color_rgb: {}
    blink_count:
      name: Blink Count
      description: How many times should the lights blink?
      default: 3
      selector:
        number:
          min: 1.0
          max: 10.0
          step: 1.0
          mode: slider
    blink_duration:
      name: Blink Duration (seconds)
      description: How long should each blink last?
      default: 1
      selector:
        number:
          min: 0.1
          max: 5.0
          step: 0.1
          mode: slider
    trigger_entity:
      name: Trigger Entity
      description: Select the entity that triggers this automation.
      selector:
        entity:
          multiple: false
    from_state:
      name: From State (optional)
      description: Enter the state to trigger from (leave empty for any state).
      default: ''
      selector:
        text:
          multiline: false
          multiple: false
    to_state:
      name: To State (optional)
      description: Enter the state to trigger to (leave empty for any state).
      default: ''
      selector:
        text:
          multiline: false
          multiple: false
    flash_with_off:
      name: Flash with Off
      description: Turn off lights between blinks? If unchecked, the lights will return
        to their original color between blinks.
      default: true
      selector:
        boolean: {}
    transition_length:
      name: Transition Length (seconds)
      description: Set a custom transition time for the lights (overrides device default).
      default: 0.5
      selector:
        number:
          min: 0
          max: 5
          step: 0.1
  source_url: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/custom-blinking-lights-blueprint/796494
mode: restart
variables:
  lights: !input lights
  blink_count: !input blink_count
  blink_duration: !input blink_duration
  color: !input color
  trigger_entity: !input trigger_entity
  from_state: !input from_state
  to_state: !input to_state
  flash_with_off: !input flash_with_off
  transition_length: !input transition_length
trigger:
- platform: state
  entity_id: !input trigger_entity
action:
- service: scene.create
  data:
    scene_id: light_restore_scene
    snapshot_entities: '{{ lights.entity_id }}'
- repeat:
    count: '{{ blink_count }}'
    sequence:
    - service: light.turn_on
      target: '{{ lights }}'
      data:
        rgb_color: '{{ color }}'
        brightness: 255
        transition: '{{ transition_length }}'
    - delay: '{{ blink_duration | float }}'
    - choose:
      - conditions:
        - condition: template
          value_template: '{{ flash_with_off }}'
        sequence:
        - service: light.turn_off
          target: '{{ lights }}'
          data:
            transition: '{{ transition_length }}'
      - conditions:
        - condition: template
          value_template: '{{ not flash_with_off }}'
        sequence:
        - service: scene.turn_on
          data:
            entity_id: scene.light_restore_scene
    - delay: '{{ blink_duration | float }}'
- service: scene.turn_on
  data:
    entity_id: scene.light_restore_scene

Cheers!

rschutte · November 22, 2024, 2:43pm

Forum Post: Update - Blinking Lights Blueprint with Transition Time Support

Hi everyone,

I’m excited to share an update to the Blinking Lights Blueprint that introduces custom transition time support!

What’s New?

Transition Length Option: You can now set a custom transition time for your lights during the blinking sequence. This feature overrides the default transition time of your lights, ensuring smooth operation even if your device has a predefined transition length (e.g., in ESPHome).

How It Works:

A new transition_length option allows you to specify a transition time (in seconds) for light on/off actions.
The feature ensures that blinking effects remain visible even if the blink_duration is shorter than the device’s default transition time.

Use Case:

This update is particularly useful for setups where the default transition length of your lights is too long, making blinking effects less noticeable. For example, if you have ESPHome lights with a default_transition_lengthsetting, this blueprint now works seamlessly without overriding global settings.

Example:

Blink Duration: 1 second
Transition Length: 0.5 seconds
- Lights will transition on/off in 0.5 seconds, ensuring the blinking sequence is smooth and visible.

Updated Blueprint:

You can find the updated blueprint here.

Feedback:

As always, I’d love to hear your feedback! Let me know if the transition time works for your setup or if you encounter any issues.

Szalony-West · November 22, 2024, 4:34pm

hello. I see the updated blueprint in the first post at the top. I checked it, it works as it should, it does what it was designed for! Great job, I’m impressed with the quick solution! thank you and good luck with your next projects.

Pozdrawiam -West

hapis.sarkawi · November 27, 2024, 12:18am

Hi! great simple blueprint! would be great if we could add conditions for it to trigger the blinking. Any chance that this could be updated to include that? Thanks for the awesome blueprint!

NoobABC · November 27, 2024, 10:02am

Hi
My Ikea Bulbs and Parasol Door Sensor. Lights are on and whont off. No idea whats wrong.

alias: Otwarte drzwi wejsciowe
description: ""
use_blueprint:
  path: rschutte/custom-blinking-lights-blueprint.yaml
  input:
    blink_duration: 2.1
    li   entity_id: light.sufit_dzienny_srodek
      area_id: pokoj_dzienny
    color:
      - 255
      - 255
      - 255
    trigger_entity: binary_sensor.drzwi_wejsciowe
    flash_with_off: true
    blink_count: 4
    transition_length: 2ghts:

NoobABC · November 27, 2024, 1:06pm

Solved. I just understood what it was about “helpers”. I created bulb entities in helpers. Everything works. Bulbs blinking and reacts properly.

rayte · November 28, 2024, 2:26am

help me with this

my current from_state is armed_night but it still triggered with armed_away also, how do i fix this

id: '1732305688223'
alias: Blinking Lights with Restore and Transition
description: ''
use_blueprint:
  path: rschutte/custom-blinking-lights-blueprint.yaml
  input:
    lights:
      entity_id: light.bardi_rgb_wifi
    color:
      - 255
      - 0
      - 0
    blink_count: 5
    trigger_entity: alarm_control_panel.alarmo
    to_state: triggered
    from_state: armed_night

rschutte · November 28, 2024, 2:34pm

I’ll have a look at adding more features or updates as soon as I find the time. Thanks for the feedback and for using this blueprint!

rschutte · November 28, 2024, 2:37pm

I’ll look into the reported from_state triggering issue as soon as I have the time. Thanks for your patience and feedback!

ajn142 · November 28, 2024, 6:33pm

Anybody gotten this working with Wyze bulbs via the HACS Wyze integration? I seem to be having some trouble with that, specifically getting the error below

Executed: November 28, 2024 at 12:31:20 PM
Error: Entity ID is an invalid entity ID for dictionary value @ data['snapshot_entities']
Result:
params:
  domain: scene
  service: create
  service_data:
    scene_id: light_restore_scene
    snapshot_entities: ''
  target: {}
running_script: false

I haven’t dove into the YAML yet, all this is being done via GUI from my phone (all I can do while the kids are up).

NoobABC · December 2, 2024, 4:15pm

When ligt are on and sensor opened, ligts blinks and the lights return to their previous state, but when closed sensor, they do not return to their previous state and shine as brightly as possible I have to manuale dim the lights. (IKEA BULBS)
Secondly, it would be useful to have the option to repeat blinking every 30 minutes when, for example, the garage door is open longer time. Sometime I forget about close doors

chocker · December 2, 2024, 4:36pm

I’m getting exactly the same error also with a Wiz bulb…… weird

AxTech212 · December 4, 2024, 10:37pm

Hello,

I have a weird problem. It works perfectly if I only enter one light. But multiple is not working or only really bad.
I get this error:
Fehler: Entity ID is an invalid entity ID for dictionary value @ data[‘snapshot_entities’]

I want to put all my lights I have into this because my wife does not hear the doorbell when we are getting a package delivered.
So when the doorbell rings all lights are flashing.

Greetings!

ajn142 · December 5, 2024, 12:03am

Interesting, that’s the same error @chocker and I are getting with our Wiz and Wyze bulbs… I wonder if it’s caused by something weird about trying to snapshot multiple entities in a field that only has room for one. My Wyze bulbs were picked up by multiple integrations, let me disable them until I’ve only got the one entity.

ajn142 · December 5, 2024, 12:08am

Ok, that doesn’t seem to be it… but I found the cause for me. I hadn’t selected the lightbulb entity, I had selected the lightbulb device. I just fixed that, and it’s working perfectly for a single bulb. Let me try adding a second now.

Edit to Add:
I can get up to 4 bulbs working perfectly as long as I select them as Entities. Selecting as a device doesn’t work, nor does selecting an Area, and I presume a abel is right out.

AxTech212 · December 5, 2024, 5:52am

Sadly that’s does not work for me, I can add two max. And then it is only working sometimes.

I want to add 9 hue lamps in there.

I think that’s a bug

NoobABC · December 7, 2024, 10:58am

It dosent working, no matter if I added one, two or three bulbs. When I do TEST works fine.

alias: Drzwi do Wiatrołapu
description: Drzwi Wiatrołapu
use_blueprint:
path: rschutte/custom-blinking-lights-blueprint.yaml
input:
color:
- 255
- 255
- 255
lights:
entity_id: light.swiatlo_1
device_id: d0d5a35bd51795018d74f224c36abd77
trigger_entity: binary_sensor.0xa4c1388d8da60017_contact