Hello,
I am experiencing an issue integrating my LED light strip into the system. Unlike simple devices such as a smart plug, this light strip cannot be integrated as expected.
The device exposes two entities:
switch.0xa4c138d5c948772e_do_not_disturblight.0xa4c138d5c948772e
The “do_not_disturb” switch entity can be selected and integrated without any issues; however, it does not allow switching the light on or off.
The actual on/off functionality is provided by the light entity, but this entity is not available in the selection menu and therefore cannot be used.
Is there a way to properly expose or integrate the light entity, or to adjust the configuration so that the LED light strip can be controlled correctly?
Thank you for your support.
What “selection menu” are you talking about?
FWIW, you should change those entity IDs. Having the object ID (the part after the .) start with a number can cause weird issues.
I am referring to the helper configuration menu where I want to add this LED light strip to a group together with smart plugs.
The LED light strip does not receive or display a friendly name, even though I have changed it. Instead, it is only shown by its device ID.
Group Helpers do not support mixed domains like grouping light entities with switch entities, so your light entity will never show up in the selector of a Switch Group Helper. You can use a Switch Template Helper to create an entity that can be grouped with your other switches in a Group Helper.
Depending on what the end goal is, another option would be to just use Labels, which can be used across entity domains.