Including Insteon ramp rate in action setting?

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I have a simple automation. At sunset, I turn on an Insteon dimmer to 20%. I created this automation using HA’s “wizard” which allows me to set the brightness. It works fine but I would like to control the ramp rate of the light (not only on this automation, but in others as well).

Ramp rate (time in seconds) is not an option in the wizard. If I want to also include the ramp rate in my action, is that something I have to add using YAML? I am not up on YAML yet so I just want to make sure that I am just not missing something before I start exploring that path. Or, perhaps ramp rate is an option/feature for the action that will be added in the future? Thank you.

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What you’ve added is a HomeAssistant automation that works across generic lamp devices. It doesn’t know about fancy things like ramp rate. While HA does have an integration for Insteon, it does not expose all of the extended features of Insteon like ramp rate at this level.

At this time, to get access to the Insteon ramp rate, you have to create an Insteon scene with that rate built into it and then activate that scene. There isn’t a single simple UI for it yet, but you can search this forum for “Insteon Control Panel” and “trigger an insteon scene” for more details.