I’m trying to flash one of my Hue bulbs red. I’m using ‘flash’ as it retains the previous light settings following the flash (I’d like to flash different colours for different events).
Am I missing something or can you simply not use ‘flash’ in conjunction with a colour?
If not does anyone have any good examples of how to save state before flashing the bulb and switch it back afterwards? I’ve seen a few threads but they suggest doing things I’ve no experience using (newcomer to HA) - some sample code would be awesome. I’ll be automating things through node-red if that makes a difference.
If you do ON > FLASH > OFF then it seems to flash the light perfectly, but then it stays red next time you turn it on. Maybe flash doesn’t preserve the state of the light (I’d read somewhere that it did, but have no proof).
I guess I need to capture the state, flash it, then reset the state.
Would anyone be able to suggest the easiest way to do that (either in HA or NR)?