Momentary Button as part of a scene

ESPHome
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I’m not sure if this is more of an ESPHome question or HA Configuration question, but I figured I’d start here.

I am using an ESPHome integration to control an electronic switch via relay. It’s set up as a momentary switch using the following configuration:

switch:
  - platform: gpio
    pin: 16
    id: relay1
    name: "Close Sheer Curtain"
    icon: "mdi:gate"
    inverted: true
    on_turn_on:
    - delay: 500ms
    - switch.turn_off: relay1

  - platform: gpio
    pin: 5
    id: relay2
    name: "Open Sheer Curtain"
    icon: "mdi:gate"
    inverted: true
    on_turn_on:
    - delay: 500ms
    - switch.turn_off: relay2
    
  - platform: gpio
    pin: 4
    id: relay3
    name: "Close Solid Curtain"
    icon: "mdi:gate"
    inverted: true
    on_turn_on:
    - delay: 500ms
    - switch.turn_off: relay3

  - platform: gpio
    pin: 0
    id: relay4
    name: "Open Solid Curtain"
    icon: "mdi:gate"
    inverted: true
    on_turn_on:
    - delay: 500ms
    - switch.turn_off: relay4

These buttons work fine via lovelace, button toggles on and activates the switch then toggles off. However, I’m trying to set up a monetary button to toggle at night-time using a scene. When I add the entity to the scene I am given the option to set the toggles to a specific position, but as soon as I set the position to ‘on’ via the UI, the switch activates then I’m not able to save it in that position for the scene itself. There must be a better way to accomplish this, right?

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Yes. Don’t use the UI. Use YAML to define your scene.