Light Snapshot (similar to media_player.sonos_snapshot)

[q00dee]

I was wondering if anyone else besides me would find this useful? I’d like to see a snapshot option for lights.

Example:
I’d like to use my lights (LIFX) for notifications. Similar to how Sonos is used for TTS and it takes a snapshot of it’s current state, performs the tts and then reverts back.

[silvrr]

This thread may be helpful.

Python_script to save and restore switches and lights

I needed a way to save the current state of some switches and lights so I could change them temporarily, and then restore them back to the way they were. Somewhat surprisingly, HA doesn’t seem to have a native feature for this. (If I’m wrong, by all means, enlighten me! ) UPDATE: Starting with release 0.103.0, HA now does have a native feature for this – namely dynamic scene creation using the snapshot_entities option. See the docs here. It doesn’t provide all the functionality o…

[q00dee]

Thanks for the info.

[amelchio]

Also, the LIFX pulse effect is great for notifications.

[q00dee]

This will do the trick. Thanks