Inconsistent UI behavior with template

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I’ve run into a problem with a group of two bulbs and how brightness is reported. I have a template that converts to brightness of the group to the range 0-100. But, when the bulbs are on at 100%, clicking the group in the UI displays 258%, while the UI itself displays 100%.

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Here is my template:

       {% if (states('light.bedroom_fan_bulb') == 'on') %}
            {% if ( state_attr('light.bedroom_fan_bulb', 'brightness') | float(default=0) >= 258 ) %}
                Brightness: 100%
            {% else %}
                Brightness: {{(state_attr('light.bedroom_fan_bulb', 'brightness') | float(default=0) * 0.386) | round(0, 'ceil', default=0) }}%
            {% endif %}
        {% endif %}

How can I fix this?
Thanks

2

The brightness integer range is 0 to 255, not 258.

You need to limit your template output to that range.

3

Thanks for the reply, but I tried your suggestion, but still get the same result:


       {% if (states('light.bedroom_fan_bulb') == 'on') %}
            {% if ( state_attr('light.bedroom_fan_bulb', 'brightness') | float(default=0) >= 255 ) %}
                Brightness: 100%
            {% else %}
                Brightness: {{(state_attr('light.bedroom_fan_bulb', 'brightness') | float(default=0) * 0.388) | round(0, 'ceil', default=0) }}%
            {% endif %}
        {% endif %}
4

What card is this that accepts templates?

5

It doesn’t look like your template is changing the brightness. (It looks like it is just converting it for display.) Is that set somewhere else?
-David

7

It a secondary info card.

8

It’s not supposed to change the brightness. It only converts the brightness value, which is in the range 0-255, to 0-100.

9

Why do you think changing the brightness display in the secondary info card would change the display in the more info pop-up?

The more info pop-up gets its information from the entity, not from the secondary info card.

If you want to scale the brightness everywhere you need to create a new template light from your existing light.

10

Ah! I get it now, but what do you mean by “…create a new template light from your existing light…”?
Do yo mean a light group that wraps the actual group?
Something like this:

base group:
- platform: group
  name: "Bedroom Fan Bulb"
  entities:
    - light.fan_bulb_1
    - light.fan_bulb_2

wrapper:
- platform: group
  name: "Fan Group"
  entities:
    - light.bedroom_fan_bulb

If so, I get the same result. The main group reports 657 as brightness and the same is reported as brightness for the wrapper:

supported_color_modes:
  - brightness
entity_id:
  - light.fan_bulb_1
  - light.fan_bulb_2
icon: mdi:lightbulb-group
friendly_name: Bedroom Fan Bulb
supported_features: 32
color_mode: brightness
brightness: 657

Thanks

11

Copy your existing light state and controls into this:

And scale the brightness template as you need.

Use the entity it creates in your dashboard instead of the original light.