ESPhome: Selection for switching multiple scenes

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I’m looking for a way to use a select template to switch different outputs depending on the choice of a scene. The selection works, I just don’t know how to branch after the selection.

select:
  - platform: template
    name: "Scenes"
    id: sce
    optimistic: true
    options:
      - Scene0
      - Scene1
      - Scene2
      - Scene3
      - Scene4
    initial_option: Scene0

    on_value:
      # How does it go on here?
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Here’s a chopped-up code example which is in production use:

select:
# define a select for the device state control
# https://esphome.io/components/select/template.html?highlight=template
  - platform: template
    name: "Heat Mode"
    optimistic: true
    id: heat_mode
    options:
      - "Off"
      - "Low"
      - "Medium"
      - "High"
    initial_option: "Off"
    on_value:
      then:
      - logger.log:
          format: "Heat Mode: %s (index %d)"
          args: ["x.c_str()", "i"]
      - if:
          condition:
            lambda: |-
              return (id(heat_mode).active_index() == 0);
          then:
          - logger.log: "Off"

      - if:
          condition:
            lambda: |-
              return (id(heat_mode).active_index() == 1);
          then:
          - logger.log: "Low"

      - if:
          condition:
            lambda: |-
              return (id(heat_mode).active_index() == 2);
          then:
          - logger.log: "Medium"

      - if:
          condition:
            lambda: |-
              return (id(heat_mode).active_index() == 3);
          then:
          - logger.log: "High"

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Happy - you made my day :heart:
I was looking for that since hours but found nothing.

4

I had to post an example after this simple block of code took almost week to get working!

YAML indentation is the cause of most ESPhome errors, but docs without example code must be second.

Happy to help :slight_smile:

5

this is my finale code

select:
  - platform: template
    name: "Modus"
    id: modus_mode
    optimistic: true
    options:
    - Auto
    - 30°C
    - -5°C
    initial_option: Auto
    on_value:
      then:
        - lambda: |-
            if (id(modus_mode).active_index() == 0) {
              id(rly_temp).turn_off();
              id(rly_hand).turn_off();
            } else if (id(modus_mode).active_index() == 1) {
              id(rly_temp).turn_on();
              id(rly_hand).turn_off();
            } else if (id(modus_mode).active_index() == 2) {
              id(rly_temp).turn_on();
              id(rly_hand).turn_on();
            }