I was able to piece together a dimming function with an Aqara Zigbee mini switch.
Every time the button is held, the light will either dim or brighten step-by-step until you release the button. Each release of the long press will cycle the dim or brighten mode. This will leave the single and double click operations available for other automations.
What you will need:
- Input Select (Dropdown) Helper -
<location> Long Press Modewith optionsturn upandturn down - Input Boolean Helper -
<location> Dimming Script Enable
Setup a script like this:
alias: <location> Dimming Switch
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_select.<location>_long_press_mode
state: Turn Up
sequence:
- repeat:
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_step_pct: 3 ! Customize !
target:
entity_id: <light entity>
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 250 ! Customize !
while:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.office_dimming_script_enable
state: "on"
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_select.<location>_long_press_mode
state: Turn Down
sequence:
- repeat:
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_step_pct: -3 ! customize !
target:
entity_id: <light entity>
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 250 ! customize !
while:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.<location>_dimming_script_enable
state: "on"
mode: single
And your automation for the single event button will have two triggers. One is the long press. The other is the release of the button. It is important that the event is a zigbee event (no reason why z2mqtt shouldn’t work too).
alias: <location> Long Press Automation
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: event
event_type: zha_event
event_data:
device_id: 789cd ... bcee ! change to your device !
condition: []
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- "{{ trigger.event.data.command == 'hold' }}"
sequence:
- service: input_boolean.turn_on
data: {}
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.<location>_dimming_script_enable
- service: script.<location>_dimming_switch
data: {}
- conditions:
- "{{ trigger.event.data.command == 'release' }}"
sequence:
- service: input_boolean.turn_off
data: {}
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.<location>_dimming_script_enable
- service: input_select.select_next
data:
cycle: true
target:
entity_id: input_select.<office>_long_press_mode
mode: restart