alias: Festival Lights
description: >-
Cycles coloured LEDs through a given list of colours. My thanks to Didgeridrew
for all his help.
fields:
colors:
name: Colors
description: A list of color names to set the lights to or loop through
required: true
sequence:
- choose:
- alias: Single color turn on - no loop needed
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: “{{ colors | count == 1 }}”
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
target:
entity_id: light.festival_lights
data:
color_name: “{{ colors | join }}”
brightness_pct: 100
transition: 300
default:
- repeat:
sequence:
- repeat:
for_each: “{{ colors }}”
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
color_name: “{{ repeat.item }}”
brightness_pct: 100
transition: 300
target:
entity_id: light.festival_lights
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 1
milliseconds: 0
- service: light.turn_on
data:
color_name: “{{ repeat.item }}”
target:
entity_id: light.festival_lights
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 10
milliseconds: 0
count: 10000
icon: mdi:firework
mode: single
& this is where I’m up to on the script. I KNOW it works because I’ve triggered it and walked off for a couple of hours. Still running when I came back.
You’ll notice that I trigger the lights twice. Some of them are Zigbee bulbs and have a pretty low connection value so, they can be a bit stubborn.
I’ve just noticed I have a duplicate loop. I’ve taken the outer, “repeat for 10000”, loop out of the script.
Please format your configuration blocks properly.
It looks like you added a repeat in the automation which is not necessary and will cause issues if your don’t set the automation mode properly.
The script should have 2 loops… the outer one can be counted, while, or until; the inner loop is the repeat for each.
Oops! I never thought of that! Good catch! Sorry about the indents, I understand how irritating it must be. Still learning. 
alias: Trigger Festival Lights
description: >-
Trigger when calendar event is active and the current time changes to the
start time of the event. Use to turn on the lights. My thanks to Didgeridrew
for all his help.
trigger:
- platform: template
value_template: >
{% set start =
(state_attr('calendar.festivals','start_time')|as_datetime|as_local).time()
%}
{{ is_state('calendar.festivals', 'on') and now() >= today_at(start) }}
condition:
- condition: not
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: state_attr('calendar.festivals', 'description') is none
action:
- service: script.turn_on
data:
variables:
colors: >
{{ state_attr('calendar.festivals', 'description').split(', ') | list
}}
target:
entity_id: script.1702063362821
alias: Festival Lights
description: >-
Cycles coloured LEDs through a given list of colours. My thanks to Didgeridrew
for all his help.
fields:
colors:
name: Colors
description: A list of color names to set the lights to or loop through
required: true
sequence:
- choose:
- alias: Single color turn on - no loop needed
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ colors | count == 1 }}"
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
target:
entity_id: light.festival_lights
data:
color_name: "{{ colors | join }}"
brightness_pct: 100
transition: 300
default:
- repeat:
sequence:
- repeat:
for_each: "{{ colors }}"
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
color_name: "{{ repeat.item }}"
brightness_pct: 100
transition: 300
target:
entity_id: light.festival_lights
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 1
milliseconds: 0
- service: light.turn_on
data:
color_name: "{{ repeat.item }}"
target:
entity_id: light.festival_lights
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 10
milliseconds: 0
until:
- condition: template
value_template: >
{% set end = (state_attr('calendar.festivals',
'end_time')|as_datetime|as_local).time() %}
{{ is_state('calendar.festivals', 'on') and (now() >
today_at(end)) }}
- service: light.turn_off
target:
entity_id: light.festival_lights
data: {}
icon: mdi:firework
mode: single
So that’s the automation and script I have now and, it works! Thanks you.
Further development:
I want to transfer the end time to the script from the automation as a field. For flexibility.
I want transfer the lights to be lit to the script as a field too. Again for flexibility.
I want to define half a dozen “chase” modes to ripple the colours. Just for fun.
I really appreciate all of your assistance and patience. Thanks a lot!
OK so, here’s the next stage in the development. I have an automation that’s triggered by the Google Calendar entries. Second, I have a script that cycles the chosen light group through the colours defined in the Google Calendar. Third I have another script that chases the colour through the light group.
alias: Trigger Festival Lights
description: >-
Trigger when calendar event is active and the current time changes to the
start time of the event. Use to turn on the lights. My thanks to Didgeridrew
for all his help.
trigger:
- platform: template
value_template: >
{% set start =
(state_attr('calendar.festivals','start_time')|as_datetime|as_local).time()
%}
{{ is_state('calendar.festivals', 'on') and now() >= today_at(start) }}
condition:
- condition: not
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: state_attr('calendar.festivals', 'description') is none
action:
- service: script.turn_off
target:
entity_id: script.1702063362821
data: {}
- service: light.turn_off
target:
entity_id: light.festival_lights
data: {}
- service: script.turn_on
data:
variables:
colours: >
{{ state_attr('calendar.festivals', 'description').split(', ') | list
}}
end: >-
{{ (state_attr('calendar.festivals',
'end_time')|as_datetime|as_local).time() }}
light_group: light.festival_lights
dwell: 0.5
cycle_time: 5
target:
entity_id: script.1702063362821
alias: Festival Lights
description: >-
Cycles coloured LEDs through a given list of colours. My thanks to Didgeridrew
for all his help.
fields:
colours:
name: Colours
description: A list of color_names to set the lights to or loop through
required: true
end:
description: The time of day the lights should turn out
light_group:
description: The group of lights to be lit
dwell:
description: The time to dwell on each light if chasing. 0 means no chase
default: 0
cycle_time:
description: The time to wait at the end of each colour change
default: "{{ len(light_group) }}"
sequence:
- if:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ colours | count == 1 }}"
then:
- service: light.turn_on
target:
entity_id: "{{ light_group }}"
data:
color_name: "{{ colours | join }}"
brightness_pct: 100
- wait_template: |
{{ now() > today_at(end) }}
continue_on_timeout: true
else:
- repeat:
sequence:
- repeat:
for_each: "{{ colours }}"
sequence:
- service: script.1702406801067
data:
lights: "{{ light_group }}"
pause: "{{ dwell }}"
brights: 100
colour: "{{ repeat.item }}"
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: "{{ cycle_time }}"
milliseconds: 0
until:
- condition: template
value_template: |
{{ now() > today_at(end) }}
- service: light.turn_off
target:
entity_id: "{{ light_group }}"
data: {}
icon: mdi:firework
mode: single
alias: Chase a colour through a light group
fields:
lights:
description: The light group to be lit
pause:
description: How long to dwell on each light
brights:
description: The brightness_pct to illuminate the lights to
colour:
description: The color_name to illuminate the lights to
sequence:
- variables:
light_list: >-
{{ expand(state_attr(lights,
'entity_id'))|map(attribute='entity_id')|list }}
- repeat:
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_pct: "{{ brights }}"
color_name: "{{ colour }}"
target:
entity_id: "{{ repeat.item }}"
- delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: "{{ pause }}"
milliseconds: 0
for_each: "{{ light_list }}"
mode: parallel