DeCONZ Hue Dimmer Switch Brightness Presets

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The idea of this very basic template is that it really doesn’t make sense to have dedicated dimming keys on the Hue Dimmer switch, since you can also just press and hold the on and off buttons.

Therefore, these two buttons can be used for other things and in this case, these other things are two brightness presets which are implemented in Home-Assistant, because in Phoscon, only Scenes could be mapped to those buttons and that would mess up the automatic color temperature of the light.

What is possible in Phoscon is also implemented in Phoscon to avoid the detour and potential breakage caused by it.

This is what you get in HA

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And this is what you need to configure in Phoscon

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blueprint:
  name: DeCONZ Hue Dimmer Switch Presets
  description: Remap the dimming keys to brightness presets without using scenes
  domain: automation
  input:
    dimmer_switch:
      name: Dimmer Switch
      description: The Dimmer Switch
      selector:
        device:
          integration: deconz
          manufacturer: Philips
          model: RWL021
    light:
      name: Light
      description: The Light to control
      selector:
        target:
          entity:
            domain: light
    bright_high:
      name: High Brightness
      description: Brightness Level for the high setting
      default: 100
      selector:
        number:
          min: 1
          max: 100
          unit_of_measurement: "%"
    bright_low:
      name: Low Brightness
      description: Brightness Level for the low setting
      default: 1
      selector:
        number:
          min: 1
          max: 100
          unit_of_measurement: "%"
mode: restart
max_exceeded: silent

trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: deconz_event
    event_data:
      device_id: !input "dimmer_switch"

action:
  - variables:
      event: "{{ trigger.event.data.event }}"
  - choose:
      - conditions:
         - "{{ event == 2000 }}"
        sequence:
          service: light.turn_on
          target: !input light
          data:
            brightness_pct: !input bright_high
      - conditions:
         - "{{ event == 3000 }}"
        sequence:
          service: light.turn_on
          target: !input light
          data:
            brightness_pct: !input bright_low

I’ve been using this setup for over a year now (albeit without the blueprint of course) and I’m very happy with it. For tunable white lights, two presets are really all I need.

Honestly I do wonder why this isn’t how it works officially

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Might I suggest you don’t ‘lock’ the device to the Hue Dimmer, but allow other DeCONZ switches as well? I have a few Aqara switches that I would like to use to switch between 2 or 3 dimmer values.

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I find the switches work great for scenes.
For instance my bedroom switch has Morning, Evening, Bedtime and sleep scenes.

Long press down on the top and bottom switched plays a tone through my google home to let me know when the long press can be released.
Top long press up turn on the bedroom power switch. Bottom long press up turns off the switch and long press up on the two middle buttons adjusts brightness.

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