Hass IO + yeelight bulb => dimmable

Third party integrations
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Hi Guys,

This is my first post on this forum. I’m a very beginner and I don’t know anything about programming.
So, I’d like to create, with xiaomi Aqara components something similar to Philips hue.
I have for the moment only one Yeelight RGB light but I’m waiting:

  • Mi Gateway 2
  • a switch with 2 buttons
  • a temperature/humidity sensor
  • a water sensor
  • a motion sensor

For the moment I’d like to be able to control 1 or 2 bulbs with the 2 buttons switch.
What should be the result? I’d like to control the brightness of the bulb using the 2 buttons switch:
Case 1

  1. first button should be ON/Off
  2. Second button should be used to increase the brightness: 1 click 25%, another click 50%, another one 75%, another one 100%, another one 75% (or 25% and so on).

Case 2:

  1. First button should increase the brightness with 25%
  2. Secont button should decrease the brightness with 25%
  3. Push button should be used as ON/OFF switch.

Case 3:

  1. First button should increase the brightness with 25%
  2. Second button should decrease the brightness with 25%
  3. Regular switch should be used as ON/OFF switch.

Any of the cases should be ok, but of course, I prefer first one. I hope that after switching on/off the brightness value will remain.
Anyway, I saw that If I set up a color and a brightness on my bulb (without gateway) using HASS IO and then I cut the power with a physical switch, after power on, the settings will remain.

Can it be done?

2

Yes, after having the switch’s and bulb’s configured in Hass you can do any of “the Case’s” with automations

3

Thank you Sthope for reply. I tried to modify a simple script in order to start it with only 50% of brightness but it isn’t working.

Can you please tell me what is wrong in this script?

‘1514803874807’:
alias: Dimmer

  • service: light.turn_on
    entity_id: yeelight
    data:
    brightness: 50
    transition: 3000

Thank you in advance.

4

Hi joystick,

Have a look at this docs https://home-assistant.io/cookbook/dim_and_brighten_lights/ & https://home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/ they should provide you more help then I can until someone else jumps on board :smiley:

5

Thank you.
I will start reading. It’s a little difficult for be because programming is very new for me but with a little work I think that I can understand and modify a part of the code.