I’d like to share my flashing lights script which is based upon Rschuttes automation blueprint which did the same thing, this is essentially most of that but as a script rather than an automation.
Features:
Blink Your Lights: Select specific lights to blink in a chosen color.
Customizable Blinking:
Choose how many times the lights blink.
Set how long each blink lasts.
Option to turn the lights off between blinks or keep their original color.
Custom Transition Times:
Override default device transition settings with a specified transition length, ensuring smooth and visible blinking effects.
sequence:
- action: scene.create
metadata: {}
data:
scene_id: flash_restore_state
snapshot_entities: "{{ light_selection }}"
alias: Save a restore point for the selected lights
- alias: Flash the lights the selected number of times
repeat:
count: "{{ flash_lights_count }}"
sequence:
- action: light.turn_on
metadata: {}
data:
rgb_color: "{{ flash_lights_color }}"
brightness_pct: "{{ flash_brightness }}"
transition: "{{ transition_length }}"
target:
entity_id: "{{ light_selection }}"
alias: Flash the selected light a chosen color and brightness
- delay: "{{ flash_duration }}"
alias: The selected delay between flashes
- alias: Flash from off or the original state of the lights
choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ flash_from_off }}"
alias: Flashing the lights from an off state was requested
sequence:
- action: light.turn_off
metadata: {}
data:
transition: "{{ transition_length }}"
target:
entity_id: "{{ light_selection }}"
alias: Turn off the selected lights
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ not flash_from_off }}"
alias: Flashing the lights from the original state was requested
sequence:
- action: scene.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: scene.flash_restore_state
alias: Restore the original state of the lights
- delay: "{{ flash_duration }}"
alias: The selected delay between flashes
- action: scene.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: scene.flash_restore_state
alias: Restore the original state of the lights
- alias: Delete the saved light scene
action: scene.delete
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: scene.flash_restore_state
fields:
light_selection:
name: 💡 Light Selection
description: Select which lights to flash
selector:
entity:
multiple: true
domain: light
required: true
flash_lights_color:
selector:
color_rgb: {}
name: 🎨 Flash Lights Color
description: What color should the lights flash?
default:
- 0
- 0
- 0
required: true
flash_brightness:
selector:
number:
min: 1
max: 100
step: 1
name: 🌞 Flash Brightness
description: How bright should the flash be?
default: 90
required: true
flash_lights_count:
selector:
number:
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
name: 🔢 Flash Lights Count
description: How many times should the lights flash?
required: true
default: 10
flash_duration:
selector:
number:
min: 0.1
max: 5
step: 0.1
name: ⏱️ Flash Duration
description: Length of time between flashes (in seconds)
default: 1
required: true
flash_from_off:
selector:
boolean: {}
name: 🌙 Flash From Off
description: Should the lights turn off between flashes?
default: true
required: false
transition_length:
selector:
number:
min: 0
max: 5
step: 0.1
name: 🔁 Transition Length
description: Set a custom transition time for the lights (In seconds)
default: 0.3
required: true
alias: Flash the Selected Lights
description: >-
Flash the selected lights from either the current or off state then return to
the original lighting scene
mode: restart
Getting a “No valid blueprint found in the topic. Blueprint syntax blocks need to be marked as YAML or no syntax.” so I’m presuming it hasn’t liked the reference. I’m very new to sharing my scripts and making them to be fair.
I copied the direct link to the post without success, i think its looking for a specific formatting? I’ll need to do a bit of reading on how to do that. This is just a straight script for people at the moment.
For some reason, the script wouldn’t restore the state if the lights were in an off state to begin with, so if I flashed them green, it would turn the lights back off, but when I would normally turn them back on, they would be green.
The workaround I found for this is to turn them on initially and turn them off if the state was off to begin with.
sequence:
- variables:
original_state: "{{ states(light_selection) }}"
alias: Save initial state
- action: light.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: "{{ light_selection }}"
enabled: true
alias: Turn on the lights
- action: scene.create
metadata: {}
data:
scene_id: flash_restore_state
snapshot_entities: "{{ light_selection }}"
alias: Save a restore point for the selected lights
- alias: Flash the lights the selected number of times
repeat:
count: "{{ flash_lights_count }}"
sequence:
- action: light.turn_on
metadata: {}
data:
rgb_color: "{{ flash_lights_color }}"
brightness_pct: "{{ flash_brightness }}"
transition: "{{ transition_length }}"
target:
entity_id: "{{ light_selection }}"
alias: Flash the selected light a chosen color and brightness
- delay: "{{ flash_duration }}"
alias: The selected delay between flashes
- alias: Flash from off or the original state of the lights
choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ flash_from_off }}"
alias: Flashing the lights from an off state was requested
sequence:
- action: light.turn_off
metadata: {}
data:
transition: "{{ transition_length }}"
target:
entity_id: "{{ light_selection }}"
alias: Turn off the selected lights
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ not flash_from_off }}"
alias: Flashing the lights from the original state was requested
sequence:
- action: scene.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: scene.flash_restore_state
alias: Restore the original state of the lights
- delay: "{{ flash_duration }}"
alias: The selected delay between flashes
- action: scene.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: scene.flash_restore_state
alias: Restore the original state of the lights
- alias: Delete the saved light scene
action: scene.delete
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: scene.flash_restore_state
enabled: true
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ original_state == 'off' }}"
alias: Test if lights were initially off
- action: light.turn_off
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: "{{ light_selection }}"
alias: Turn off the lights
fields:
light_selection:
name: 💡 Light Selection
description: Select which lights to flash
selector:
entity:
multiple: false
domain: light
required: true
flash_lights_color:
selector:
color_rgb: {}
name: 🎨 Flash Lights Color
description: What color should the lights flash?
default:
- 0
- 0
- 0
required: true
flash_brightness:
selector:
number:
min: 1
max: 100
step: 1
name: 🌞 Flash Brightness
description: How bright should the flash be?
default: 90
required: true
flash_lights_count:
selector:
number:
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
name: 🔢 Flash Lights Count
description: How many times should the lights flash?
required: true
default: 10
flash_duration:
selector:
number:
min: 0.1
max: 5
step: 0.1
name: ⏱️ Flash Duration
description: Length of time between flashes (in seconds)
default: 1
required: true
flash_from_off:
selector:
boolean: {}
name: 🌙 Flash From Off
description: Should the lights turn off between flashes?
default: true
required: false
transition_length:
selector:
number:
min: 0
max: 5
step: 0.1
name: 🔁 Transition Length
description: Set a custom transition time for the lights (In seconds)
default: 0.3
required: true
alias: Flash the Selected Lights
description: >-
Flash the selected lights from either the current or off state then return to
the original lighting scene
mode: restart
There’s probably a more elegant way to go about this, but this is what I could come up with in case someone else had a similar issue.
Hi. This seems the most current flashing light blueprint. Above, there’s some discussion of getting it to import. I can’t see a solution and when I import from this thread’s URL I get the same error as in post #2. Is it importable yet, or how do I use this?
I’m looking for a script with infinite flashing - stay flashing until I turn it off. Can this blueprint do that?
Thanks!
This script works great when using one light, but anytime I add more than 1 light I receive the error - “Failed to perform the action script/flash_lights. TypeError: unhashable type: ‘list’”
I’m lost as to how to resolve this - any guidance would be appreciated!
I’ve used the selector on the script page, and have tried adding two individual lights; a single light and a group of lights; two groups… all with the same message.
Here is the code for the script - if I take out either of those lights (and change multiple to false) everything works as expected…
Appreciate any insights you may have
sequence:
- variables:
original_state: "{{ states(light_selection) }}"
alias: Save initial state
- action: light.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: "{{ light_selection }}"
enabled: true
alias: Turn on the lights
- action: scene.create
metadata: {}
data:
scene_id: flash_restore_state
snapshot_entities: "{{ light_selection }}"
alias: Save a restore point for the selected lights
- alias: Flash the lights the selected number of times
repeat:
count: "{{ flash_lights_count }}"
sequence:
- action: light.turn_on
metadata: {}
data:
rgb_color: "{{ flash_lights_color }}"
brightness_pct: "{{ flash_brightness }}"
transition: "{{ transition_length }}"
target:
entity_id: "{{ light_selection }}"
alias: Flash the selected light a chosen color and brightness
- delay: "{{ flash_duration }}"
alias: The selected delay between flashes
- alias: Flash from off or the original state of the lights
choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ flash_from_off }}"
alias: Flashing the lights from an off state was requested
sequence:
- action: light.turn_off
metadata: {}
data:
transition: "{{ transition_length }}"
target:
entity_id: "{{ light_selection }}"
alias: Turn off the selected lights
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ not flash_from_off }}"
alias: Flashing the lights from the original state was requested
sequence:
- action: scene.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: scene.flash_restore_state
alias: Restore the original state of the lights
- delay: "{{ flash_duration }}"
alias: The selected delay between flashes
- action: scene.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: scene.flash_restore_state
alias: Restore the original state of the lights
- alias: Delete the saved light scene
action: scene.delete
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: scene.flash_restore_state
enabled: true
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ original_state == 'off' }}"
alias: Test if lights were initially off
- action: light.turn_off
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: "{{ light_selection }}"
alias: Turn off the lights
fields:
light_selection:
selector:
entity:
multiple: true
domain: light
default:
- light.office_ceiling_light
- light.guestroom_ceiling_light
flash_lights_color:
selector:
color_rgb: {}
name: 🎨 Flash Lights Color
description: What color should the lights flash?
default:
- 0
- 0
- 0
required: true
flash_brightness:
selector:
number:
min: 1
max: 100
step: 1
name: 🌞 Flash Brightness
description: How bright should the flash be?
default: 90
required: true
flash_lights_count:
selector:
number:
min: 1
max: 15
step: 1
name: 🔢 Flash Lights Count
description: How many times should the lights flash?
required: true
default: 10
flash_duration:
selector:
number:
min: 0.1
max: 5
step: 0.1
name: ⏱️ Flash Duration
description: Length of time between flashes (in seconds)
default: 1
required: true
flash_from_off:
selector:
boolean: {}
name: 🌙 Flash From Off
description: Should the lights turn off between flashes?
default: true
required: false
transition_length:
selector:
number:
min: 0
max: 5
step: 0.1
name: 🔁 Transition Length
description: Set a custom transition time for the lights (In seconds)
default: 0.3
required: true
alias: flash_lights
description: >-
Flash the selected lights from either the current or off state then return to
the original lighting scene
mode: restart
I’m not sure if this was the reason the people below and I were having issues running the script, but… I’ve migrated it to the latest blueprint syntax, and it’s working great for me as below:
mode: restart
blueprint:
domain: script
name: Blink some lights
description: >-
Flash the selected lights from either the current or off state then return to
the original lighting scene.
source_url: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/flashing-lights-script/827417/21?u=igorsantos07
input:
light_entities:
name: 💡 Light entities
description: Select which lights to flash
selector:
entity:
multiple: true
domain: light
flash_lights_color:
selector:
color_rgb: {}
name: 🎨 Lights color
description: What color should the lights flash?
default:
- 0
- 0
- 0
flash_brightness:
selector:
number:
min: 0.5
max: 100
step: 0.5
name: 🌞 Final brightness
description: How bright should the flash be?
default: 90
flash_lights_count:
selector:
number:
min: 1
max: 50
step: 1
default: 10
name: 🔆 Blinking count
description: How many times should the lights flash?
flash_duration:
selector:
number:
min: 0.1
max: 5
step: 0.1
default: 1
name: ⏱️ Flash duration
description: How many seconds between flashes?
flash_from_off:
selector:
boolean: {}
name: 🌙 Flash from off
description: Should the lights turn off between flashes, or flash from the original state?
default: true
transition_length:
selector:
number:
min: 0
max: 5
step: 0.1
name: 🔁 Transition time
description: How many seconds between the off/original state and the final brightness?
default: 0.3
sequence:
- alias: Save a restore point for the selected lights
action: scene.create
metadata: {}
data:
scene_id: flash_restore_state
snapshot_entities: !input light_entities
- alias: Flash the lights the selected number of times
repeat:
count: !input flash_lights_count
sequence:
- alias: Flash the selected light a chosen color and brightness
action: light.turn_on
metadata: {}
data:
rgb_color: !input flash_lights_color
brightness_pct: !input flash_brightness
transition: !input transition_length
target:
entity_id: !input light_entities
- alias: The selected delay between flashes
delay: !input flash_duration
- alias: Flash from off or the original state of the lights
choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: !input flash_from_off
alias: Flashing the lights from an off state was requested
sequence:
- action: light.turn_off
metadata: {}
data:
transition: !input transition_length
target:
entity_id: !input light_entities
alias: Turn off the selected lights
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ not flash_from_off }}"
alias: Flashing the lights from the original state was requested
sequence:
- action: scene.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: scene.flash_restore_state
alias: Restore the original state of the lights
- delay: !input flash_duration
alias: The selected delay between flashes
- alias: Restore the original state of the lights
action: scene.turn_on
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: scene.flash_restore_state
- alias: Delete the saved light scene
action: scene.delete
metadata: {}
data: {}
target:
entity_id: scene.flash_restore_state
I’d need to delete the other ones i posted too.