If anyone is still struggling with the fan speed script - I found when I did the trace, the choose didn’t function because the number passed is ‘33.0’ not ‘33’. So add decimals to your script and voila!
Thanks for this! New to HA and was pulling my hair trying to get a simple fan added.
I recently got a Bestcon RM4C Mini Universal IR Blaster to control my Dyson floor fan. Realized it might also ease control to see the power level so I got a Shelly Plus Plug. With those two devices and the below fan template I was able to get it completely automated as a fan. I also bridged the fan template over to homekit along with a separate template switch for the oscillation since calls to toggle the oscillation with siri do not work as expected, seems to be a known issue if you search the web for that.
Edit: added in an input_boolean to assist with tracking the oscillation state of the fan. The script just toggles it whenever the oscillation call happens and then the fan is set to track the state of the input_boolean.
fan:
- platform: template
fans:
bedroom_fan:
unique_id: bedroom_fan
friendly_name: "Bedroom fan"
value_template: "{{ states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float > 0 }}"
percentage_template: >
{% if state_attr('fan.bedroom_fan', 'oscillating') %}
{% if states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 55.0 %}
100
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 41.3 %}
90
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 29.8 %}
80
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 20.1 %}
70
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 16.3 %}
60
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 10.1 %}
50
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 7.7 %}
40
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 5.9 %}
30
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 4.8 %}
20
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 3.3 %}
10
{% else %}
0
{% endif %}
{% else %}
{% if states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 52.0 %}
100
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 39.0 %}
90
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 28.0 %}
80
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 18.0 %}
70
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 14.0 %}
60
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 7.5 %}
50
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 5.0 %}
40
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 3.2 %}
30
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 2.2 %}
20
{% elif states('sensor.bedroom_fan_power') | float >= 1.0 %}
10
{% else %}
0
{% endif %}
{% endif %}
oscillating_template: "{{ states('input_boolean.bedroom_fan_oscillation_state') == 'on' }}"
turn_on:
service: script.bedroom_fan_power
turn_off:
service: script.bedroom_fan_power
set_percentage:
service: >
{% if percentage | float > state_attr('fan.bedroom_fan', 'percentage') | float %}
script.bedroom_fan_increase
{% elif percentage | float < state_attr('fan.bedroom_fan', 'percentage') | float %}
script.bedroom_fan_decrease
{% else %}
script.do_nothing
{% endif %}
set_oscillating:
service: script.bedroom_fan_oscillate
speed_count: 10
script:
bedroom_fan_power:
alias: Bedroom Fan Power On
sequence:
- service: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: remote.bedroom_fan
data:
command: b64:JgBIAEcbGTEZMhoYGRoZGRkZGRgZGxoZGRoZGRkZGRkZGBoZGQAM2EgaGDMYMxcbFxsYGxcaGBsWHRYdFxsXHBYbFxwXGhccFgANBQ==
- delay: 1
- service: fan.oscillate
target:
entity_id: fan.bedroom_fan
data:
oscillating: "{{ states('fan.bedroom_fan') == 'on' }}"
bedroom_fan_increase:
alias: Bedroom Fan Increase
sequence:
- repeat:
count: 2
sequence:
service: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: remote.bedroom_fan
data:
command: b64:JgBIAEYcFjQYMxgaGRoYGhgaGBkYHBg0FxsYMxgaFzQXGhgaGAAMikcbFzQYMxgbFxoYGxcaGBsXHBc0GBoZMhgbGDIYGhgaFwANBQ==
bedroom_fan_decrease:
alias: Bedroom Fan Decrease
sequence:
- repeat:
count: 2
sequence:
service: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: remote.bedroom_fan
data:
command: b64:JgBIAEcbFzQYMxccFxoYGxcaGBsXNBc0GDQXMxkyGDMXMxgaFwAMsEYbGTIYNBcbFxsYGhgaGBoXNRg0FzMYMxgzGDIYMxcaGQANBQ==
bedroom_fan_oscillate:
alias: Bedroom Fan Oscillate
sequence:
- service: input_boolean.toggle
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.bedroom_fan_oscillation_state
data: {}
- service: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: remote.bedroom_fan
data:
command: b64:JgBIAEcbGDQXMxkaFxsYGhgaGBoXNRgaGDQXGxY1FxsYGhY0GAAMeEYcFzMZMxccFxoYGxgZGBsXNBkaGDMYGhgzGBoYGhgyGQANBQ==
do_nothing:
alias: "Placeholder service that does absolutely nothing (pass)"
sequence:
delay:
milliseconds: 1
switch:
bedroom_fan_oscillation:
friendly_name: "Bedroom Fan Oscillation"
unique_id: bedroom_fan_oscillation
value_template: "{{ state_attr('fan.bedroom_fan', 'oscillating') }}"
availability_template: "{{ states('fan.bedroom_fan') }}"
turn_on:
service: fan.oscillate
target:
entity_id: fan.bedroom_fan
data:
oscillating: true
turn_off:
service: fan.oscillate
target:
entity_id: fan.bedroom_fan
data:
oscillating: false
input_boolean:
bedroom_fan_oscillation_state:
name: "Bedroom Fan Oscillation State"
With this and bridging it all to homekit I can say any of the following:
Hey Siri, Turn on the Bedroom Fan
Hey Siri, Turn off the Bedroom Fan
Hey Siri, Turn on Bedroom Fan Oscillation
Hey Siri, Turn off Bedroom Fan Oscillation
Hey Siri, Increase the Bedroom Fan
Hey Siri, Decrease the Bedroom Fan
It also shows up in Homekit as a proper fan entity.
Just figured I would share here in case it helps anyone else.
I added in an input_boolean helper to track fan oscillation state. Updated my prior code to reflect all of that, every part of fan control for this previously dumb-fan works beautifully now.
Dears, I tried to follow the guide but when I switch on de the fan say me fan.set_percentage not found.
Some one can help me?
Here you have my files
alias: ventilador_habitacion_3_on
sequence:
- service: remote.send_command
data:
device: ventilador habitación 3
command: speed1
target:
entity_id: remote.habitacion_3_2 - service: input_boolean.turn_on
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.ventilador_techo_habitacion_3_state
data: {} - service: input_number.set_value
target:
entity_id: input_number.ventilador_habitacion_3
data:
value: 20
mode: single
alias: ventilador_habitacion_3_off
sequence:
- service: remote.send_command
data:
device: ventilador habitación 3
command: “off”
target:
entity_id: remote.habitacion_3_2 - service: input_boolean.turn_off
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.ventilador_techo_habitacion_3_state
data: {} - service: input_number.set_value
target:
entity_id: input_number.ventilador_habitacion_3
data:
value: 0
mode: single
sequence:
- service: remote.send_command
data:
device: ventilador_habitacion_3
command: speed1
target:
entity_id: remote.habitacion_3_2 - delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 500 - service: remote.send_command
data:
device: ventilador_habitacion_3
command: speed2
target:
entity_id: remote.habitacion_3_2 - delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 500 - service: remote.send_command
data:
device: ventilador_habitacion_3
command: speed3
target:
entity_id: remote.habitacion_3_2 - delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 500 - service: remote.send_command
data:
device: ventilador_habitacion_3
command: speed4
target:
entity_id: remote.habitacion_3_2 - delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 500 - service: remote.send_command
data:
device: ventilador_habitacion_3
command: speed5
target:
entity_id: remote.habitacion_3_2
mode: single
alias: ventilador_habitacion_3_inc
alias: ventilador_habitacion_3_set_speed
sequence:
-
service: input_number.set_value
target:
entity_id: input_number.ventilador_habitacion_3
data:
value: “{{ percentage }}” -
delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 500 -
choose:
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_number.ventilador_habitacion_3
state: “20.0”
sequence: - service: script.ventilador_habitacion_3_inc
- condition: state
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_number.ventilador_habitacion_3
state: “40.0”
sequence: - service: script.ventilador_habitacion_3_inc
- condition: state
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_number.ventilador_habitacion_3
state: “60.0”
sequence: - service: script.ventilador_habitacion_3_inc
- condition: state
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_number.ventilador_habitacion_3
state: “80.0”
sequence: - service: script.ventilador_habitacion_3_inc
- condition: state
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_number.ventilador_habitacion_3
state: “100.0”
sequence: - service:
- condition: state
- conditions:
-
platform: template
fans:
ventilador_habitacion_3:
friendly_name: “ventilador habitación 3”
unique_id: ventilador_habitacion_3
value_template: “{{ states(‘input_boolean.ventilador_habitacion_3_state’) }}”
percentage_template: “{{ states(‘input_number.ventilador_habitacion_3’) }}”
turn_on:
service: script.ventilador_habitacion_3_power_on
turn_off:
service: script.ventilador_habitacion_3_power_off
set_percentage:
service: script.ventilador_habitacion_3_set_speed
data:
percentage: ‘{{ percentage }}’
speed_count: 5
This is so Cool~ Everything works perfect , Thanks for sharing
When I was using Scene to turn off all my living room’s devices， I found that when the fan was off, it would be turn on again by Automations or Scenes. but after add ‘‘Conditions’’, everything became normal. I would suggest to add ‘‘Conditions’’ in turn_on and turn_off
turn_on:
- condition: state
entity_id: fan.bedroom_fan
state: ‘off’
- service: script.bedroom_fan_power
turn_off:
- condition: state
entity_id: fan.bedroom_fan
state: ‘on’
- service: script.bedroom_fan_power
Hi, did you find any solution for that?
I ended up buying a fan that had wifi
Hi! Thanks a lot for this guide. I have my fan working on HA but when using it on HomeKit the slider doesn’t work properly. When I move the percentage on HomeKit it doesn’t change on HA until the next change of percentage. Can you help me?
I got On and Off working but the others do not.
This is my FAN config:
- platform: template
fans:
work_room_fan:
friendly_name: "Work Room Fan"
unique_id: e244c3b5-0db9-4737-8656-4bffg5404287
value_template: "{{ states('input_boolean.work_room_fan_state') }}"
turn_on:
- action: script.work_room_fan_1
target:
entity_id: input_number.work_room_fan_percentage
data:
value: 20
turn_off:
- action: script.work_room_fan_off
target:
entity_id: input_number.work_room_fan_percentage
data:
value: 0
percentage_template: >
{{ states('input_number.work_room_fan_percentage') if is_state('input_boolean.work_room_fan_state', 'on') else 0 }}
speed_count: 5
set_percentage:
- action: input_boolean.turn_{{ 'on' if percentage > 0 else 'off' }}
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.work_room_fan_state
- action: input_number.set_value
target:
entity_id: input_number.work_room_fan_percentage
data:
value: "{{ percentage }}"
- action: script.work_room_fan_set_speed
shelly (eg_luefter_01 & eg_luefter_02)
→ hardware & cabeling works, control/imitate both hw switches by webinterface or HA work as expected.
eg_luefter_01 eg_luefter_02 fan
OFF OFF OFF
ON OFF LOW
OFF ON MEDIUM
ON ON HIGH
configuration.yaml:
- platform: template
fans:
eg_luefter:
friendly_name: "EG Lüfter"
unique_id: "eg_luefter"
preset_modes:
- "off"
- "low"
- "medium"
- "high"
preset_mode_template: >-
{% set s1 = is_state('switch.eg_luefter_01', 'on') %}
{% set s2 = is_state('switch.eg_luefter_02', 'on') %}
{% if not s1 and not s2 %}
off
{% elif s1 and not s2 %}
low
{% elif not s1 and s2 %}
medium
{% elif s1 and s2 %}
high
{% else %}
off
{% endif %}
turn_on:
service: script.set_luefter_mode
data:
mode: low
turn_off:
service: script.set_luefter_mode
data:
mode: off
set_preset_mode:
service: script.set_luefter_mode
data_template:
mode: "{{ mode }}"
script:
set_luefter_mode:
alias: "Lüfter Mode"
fields:
mode:
description: "fan mode"
example: "off"
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ mode == 'off' }}"
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_off
target:
entity_id:
- switch.eg_luefter_01
- switch.eg_luefter_02
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ mode == 'low' }}"
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_on
target:
entity_id: switch.eg_luefter_01
- service: switch.turn_off
target:
entity_id: switch.eg_luefter_02
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ mode == 'medium' }}"
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_off
target:
entity_id: switch.eg_luefter_01
- service: switch.turn_on
target:
entity_id: switch.eg_luefter_02
- conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ mode == 'high' }}"
sequence:
- service: switch.turn_on
target:
entity_id:
- switch.eg_luefter_01
- switch.eg_luefter_02
what am I doing wrong here?
thanks for help
Thank you so much Chris for sharing your guide as it was very helpful when I was doing the same exact thing to control my ceiling fan via broadlink rm4 pro ir/rf controller.
I made some updates using your guide as a baseline to share with everyone if you guys want to do something similar. My goal was to emulate the fan template just like an actual fan template entity so I added the added ability to turn on the fan to the last speed it was set to instead of a default speed of 1.
# Keep track of the fan state
input_boolean:
bedroom_fan_state:
# Keep track of fan speed
input_number:
bedroom_fan_speed:
name: Bedroom Fan Percentage
min: 0
max: 100
# Keep track of the fan last speed
iinput_number:
bedroom_fan_last_speed:
name: Bedroom Fan Percentage
min: 0
max: 100
Fan ON/OFF Script
bedroom_fan_on_off:
sequence:
- alias: Fan ON/OFF
choose:
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.bedroom_fan_state
state:
- 'off'
sequence:
- alias: Copy value from Fan Speed Helper to Last Fan Speed Helper
action: input_number.set_value
metadata: {}
data:
value: '{{ states(''input_number.bedroom_fan_speed'') }}'
target:
entity_id:
- input_number.bedroom_fan_last_speed
- alias: Set Fan Speed Helper to 0
action: input_number.set_value
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id:
- input_number.bedroom_fan_speed
data:
value: 0
- action: script.bedroom_fan_send_command
metadata: {}
data: {}
alias: Fan OFF
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.bedroom_fan_state
state:
- 'on'
sequence:
- alias: Copy value from Last Speed Helper to Fan Speed Helper
action: input_number.set_value
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id:
- input_number.bedroom_fan_speed
data:
value: '{{ states(''input_number.bedroom_fan_last_speed'') }}'
- action: script.bedroom_fan_send_command
metadata: {}
data: {}
alias: Fan ON
alias: Bedroom_Fan_ON/OFF
description: ''
Set Fan Speed Script
bedroom_fan_set_speed:
sequence:
- if:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ percentage == 0 }}"
alias: If returned percentage == 0 from Fan Template
then:
- if:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_number.bedroom_fan_speed
state:
- "0.0"
then: []
else:
- action: input_boolean.turn_off
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.bedroom_fan_state
data: {}
enabled: true
- action: script.bedroom_fan_on_off
metadata: {}
data: {}
enabled: true
else:
- alias: >-
Copy returned Percentage from Fan Template to Bedroom_Fan_Speed Input
Number
action: input_number.set_value
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id:
- input_number.bedroom_fan_speed
data:
value: "{{ percentage }}"
- action: input_boolean.turn_on
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.bedroom_fan_state
data: {}
- action: script.bedroom_fan_send_command
metadata: {}
data: {}
alias: Bedroom_Fan_Set_Speed
description: ""
Bedroom Fan Send Command Script
bedroom_fan_send_command:
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_number.bedroom_fan_speed
state:
- "0.0"
sequence:
- alias: Send Fan OFF Command to Bedroom Fan
action: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: remote.broadlink_rm4_pro
data:
device: Bedroom fan
command: fan off
enabled: false
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_number.bedroom_fan_speed
state:
- "33.0"
sequence:
- action: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: remote.broadlink_rm4_pro
data:
device: Bedroom fan
command: low speed
enabled: false
alias: Send Low Speed Command to Bedroom Fan
alias: >-
If Bedroom_Fan_Speed is 33, send Low Speed Command to Bedroom
Fan
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_number.bedroom_fan_speed
state:
- "66.0"
sequence:
- action: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: remote.broadlink_rm4_pro
data:
device: Bedroom fan
command: medium speed
enabled: false
alias: Send Medium Speed Command to Bedroom Fan
alias: >-
If Bedroom_Fan_Speed is 66, send Medium Speed Command to
Bedroom Fan
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_number.bedroom_fan_speed
state:
- "100.0"
sequence:
- action: remote.send_command
target:
entity_id: remote.broadlink_rm4_pro
data:
device: Bedroom room fan
command: high speed
enabled: false
alias: Send High Speed Command to Bedroom Fan
alias: >-
If Bedroom_Fan_Speed is 100, send High Speed Command to Bedroom
Fan
alias: Bedroom_Fan_Send_Command
description: >-
Sends RF Commands to Fan to set Fan speed based on bedroom_fan_speed helper
Fan Template Created through GUI
Create new helper → template → fan
State Field:
{{ states('input_boolean.bedroom_fan_state') }}
Actions to Turn on:
action: input_boolean.turn_on
data: {}
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.bedroom_fan_state
action: script.bedroom_fan_on_off
data: {}
metadata: {}
response_variable: bedroom_fan_template_state
Actions to Turn off:
action: input_boolean.turn_off
data: {}
metadata: {}
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.bedroom_fan_state
action: script.bedroom_fan_on_off
data: {}
metadata: {}
response_variable: bedroom_fan_template_state
Percentage Field:
{{ states('input_number.bedroom_fan_speed') }}
Actions to set percentage:
action: script.bedroom_fan_set_speed
data:
percentage: "{{ percentage }}"
metadata: {}
Speed Count: 3