Disco Light help

Configuration
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My quick solution goes like this with just copying the actions and focus on the basic colors. Lokks nice :slight_smile:

repeat:
  while:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: input_boolean.party
      state: "on"
  sequence:
    - service: light.turn_on
      data_template:
        entity_id: light.shellyrgbw2_e868e7f34e2a
        rgbw_color:
          - "255"
          - "{{ (range(0, 100)|random) }}"
          - "{{ (range(0, 100)|random) }}"
          - "0"
        brightness: "{{ (range(50, 250)|random) }}"
        transition: 0.1
    - delay: "{{ states.input_number.party_speed.state }}"
    - service: light.turn_on
      data_template:
        entity_id: light.shellyrgbw2_e868e7f34e2a
        rgbw_color:
          - "{{ (range(0, 100)|random) }}"
          - "255"
          - "{{ (range(0, 100)|random) }}"
          - "0"
        brightness: "{{ (range(50, 250)|random) }}"
        transition: 0.2
    - delay: "{{ states.input_number.party_speed.state }}"
    - service: light.turn_on
      data_template:
        entity_id: light.shellyrgbw2_e868e7f34e2a
        rgbw_color:
          - "{{ (range(0, 100)|random) }}"
          - "{{ (range(0, 100)|random) }}"
          - "255"
          - "0"
        brightness: "{{ (range(50, 250)|random) }}"
        transition: 0.2
    - delay: "{{ states.input_number.party_speed.state }}"
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24

Thanks all for this info. I managed to setup three bulbs running separate scripts.

What would be nice if we could setup this as a blue print so this could be setup eaiser. Would also be great if we could setup a list of light colours to choose by name.

Any ideas how this could be done as a blueprint?

25

Thanks for awesome sharing in this post!

I’m not completely finished with the tuning, but this example shows how we can create a list of explicit RGB colors to choose from (which could be extended for easier use). The only thing I’d like to do is modify the random selector to calculate the length of the color array rather than explicitly set a range.

lights_partying:
  variables:
    colors:
      - [25,25,112]
      - [72,61,139]
      - [255,0,0]
      - [255,140,0]
  sequence:
    - repeat:
        while:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: input_boolean.party
            state: "on"
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_on
            data_template:
              entity_id: group.downstairs_living_room
              rgb_color: "{{ colors[(range(0, 3)|random)] }}"
              brightness: "{{ (range(50, 250)|random) }}"
              transition: 0.1
          - delay: "{{ states.input_number.party_speed.state }}"
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27

Have you figured this out yet?
I’m struggling with the same thing.

28

Thanks all for the code.
I’ve used the repeat - while and the code within there, with some minor adjustments for the lights/LEDs I want to use this code on, but I’ve found that it stops on a random color after 3 to 5 colors.
Turn it on, lights come on with a random color, the change as per the setting, but after 3 to 4 color changes, it just stops changing and stays on the final color.

I don’t suppose anyone knows what I’m doing wrong?
Once I turn the Boolean off, it follows the correct automation sequence and does what its supposed to, but I just can’t get it to keep changing color.

29

For me, the following worked, only replace the entity_id: light.living_room_lights with yours in scenes.yaml, automation.yaml and in scripts.yaml:

In scenes.yaml:

- id: '1697057636536'
  name: Party
  entities:
    light.living_room_lights:
      state: 'off'
  metadata: {}

In configuration.yaml:

input_boolean:
  party:
    name: Party ON!
    icon: mdi:party-popper
    initial: off

input_number:
  party_speed:
    name: Speed
    initial: 0.4
    min: 0.1
    max: 0.9
    step: 0.1

switch:
  - platform: template
    switches:
      party:
        value_template: '{{ states("input_boolean.party") }}'
        friendly_name: "La Festa"
        turn_on:
          - service: input_boolean.turn_on
            entity_id: input_boolean.party
        turn_off:
          - service: input_boolean.turn_off
            entity_id: input_boolean.party

In automations.yaml:

- alias: "Lights partying on"
  id: "La Festa ON"
  initial_state: true
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: input_boolean.party
      from: "off"
      to: "on"
  action:
    service: script.lights_partying_on

- alias: "Lights partying off"
  id: "La Festa OFF"
  initial_state: true
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: input_boolean.party
      from: "on"
      to: "off"
  action:
    - service: light.turn_off
      entity_id:
        - light.living_room_lights
    - delay: 1
    - service: script.lights_partying_off

In scripts.yaml:

lights_partying_on:
  alias: Lights partying on
  sequence:
    - service: scene.create
      data:
        scene_id: party
        snapshot_entities:
          - light.living_room_lights
    - service: script.turn_on
      entity_id: script.lights_partying

lights_partying:
  sequence:
    - repeat:
        while:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: input_boolean.party
            state: "on"
        sequence:
          - service: light.turn_on
            data_template:
              entity_id: light.living_room_lights
              rgb_color:
                [
                  "{{ (range(0, 255)|random) }}",
                  "{{ (range(0, 255)|random) }}",
                  "{{ (range(0, 255)|random) }}",
                ]
              brightness: "{{ (range(50, 250)|random) }}"
              transition: 0.1
          - delay: "{{ states.input_number.party_speed.state }}"

lights_partying_off:
  alias: Lights partying off
  sequence:
    - service: scene.turn_on
      data:
        entity_id: scene.party