ESPHome's remote_receiver raw code substitutions/repeatetive

ESPHome
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I am trying to create ESPHome controller for ceiiling fans around my house using CC1101 board. So far it works pretty well, but I need to configure ~10 remote’s buttons multiplied by several fans. I want to avoid repeating raw code and provide some structure. ESPHome’s substitutions feature seems like a perfect candidate, but I can’t figure out how to apply it to arrays/lists. I.e. I have something like that at the very top of my .yaml file:

substitutions:
  cc1101_device_id: 335, -359, 648, -709, 297, -709, 295, -736, 294, -712, 294, -387, 634, -384, 632, -709, 318, -359, 658, -706, 296, -729, 301, -714, 308, -344, 665, -693, 312, -721, 291, -374, 642, -382
  cc1101_button_stop: 647, -359, 649, -712, 295, -384, 654, -362, 655, -362, 654, -360, 654, -360, 657

And I want to define binary_sensor like this:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: remote_receiver
    name: Master Bedroom Fan Stop
    raw:
      code: [ ${cc1101_device_id} , ${cc1101_button_stop} ]

It fails to compile at code: line, expecting a plain yaml list instead of what I’ve put into it. I think substitutions simply not applied here, since it is list/array.

Any ideas of alternative that would allow me to modularize configuration?

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Take a look at this post. Looks like you could have one package file for each fan with the substitutions for the fan name/location and unique codes for the remote.

3

perhaps wrap the subs in quotes?

substitutions:
  dhtPin: "5"
  dallasPin: "16"
  opticalHighPin: "33"
  opticalLowPin: "32"
  sdaPin: "21"
  sclPin: "22"

dunno, may work. That’s what I do, but not used in arrays