Multiple switches in light switch platform

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Hi,

I’m sure this is an easy one for someone. I’m trying to add more than one switch in the light switch platform but all the methods to add a second switch have failed.can someone tell me the right way to do it?

Thanks

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Do you have any example code?

I am guessing you might be doing something like:

light:

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "KitchenCupboards"
    state_topic: "stat/sonoffKit/POWER1"
    command_topic: "cmnd/sonoffKit/POWER1"
    availability_topic: "tele/sonoffKit/LWT"
    qos: 1
    payload_on: "ON"
    payload_off: "OFF"
    payload_available: "Online"
    payload_not_available: "Offline"
    retain: false

light:

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "KitchenCeiling"
    state_topic: "stat/sonoffKit/POWER2"
    command_topic: "cmnd/sonoffKit/POWER2"
    availability_topic: "tele/sonoffKit/LWT"
    qos: 1
    payload_on: "ON"
    payload_off: "OFF"
    payload_available: "Online"
    payload_not_available: "Offline"
    retain: false

But you need to have it like:

light:

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "KitchenCupboards"
    state_topic: "stat/sonoffKit/POWER1"
    command_topic: "cmnd/sonoffKit/POWER1"
    availability_topic: "tele/sonoffKit/LWT"
    qos: 1
    payload_on: "ON"
    payload_off: "OFF"
    payload_available: "Online"
    payload_not_available: "Offline"
    retain: false

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "KitchenCeiling"
    state_topic: "stat/sonoffKit/POWER2"
    command_topic: "cmnd/sonoffKit/POWER2"
    availability_topic: "tele/sonoffKit/LWT"
    qos: 1
    payload_on: "ON"
    payload_off: "OFF"
    payload_available: "Online"
    payload_not_available: "Offline"
    retain: false

You also could do it like this, but I prefer the first option:

light 1:

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "KitchenCupboards"
    state_topic: "stat/sonoffKit/POWER1"
    command_topic: "cmnd/sonoffKit/POWER1"
    availability_topic: "tele/sonoffKit/LWT"
    qos: 1
    payload_on: "ON"
    payload_off: "OFF"
    payload_available: "Online"
    payload_not_available: "Offline"
    retain: false

light 2:

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "KitchenCeiling"
    state_topic: "stat/sonoffKit/POWER2"
    command_topic: "cmnd/sonoffKit/POWER2"
    availability_topic: "tele/sonoffKit/LWT"
    qos: 1
    payload_on: "ON"
    payload_off: "OFF"
    payload_available: "Online"
    payload_not_available: "Offline"
    retain: false
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Hi Will,
It’s the light switch platform

light:
  - platform: switch
    name: Christmas Tree Lights
    entity_id: switch.christmas_tree_lights
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How are you adding the additional ones?

Do the switches work OK before adding them as lights?

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Then you should be able to define extra lights like so:

light:
  - platform: switch
    name: Christmas Tree Lights
    entity_id: switch.christmas_tree_lights

  - platform: switch
    name: Thermonuclear War Launch
    entity_id: switch.thermonuclear_war_launch
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Thanks Tom, I had not tried that! Works great!

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To be fair it is the format @wills106 posted earlier.

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I presume it is not possible to simplify the code further? I was thinking since all the light’s platforms are switches, it would be nice to somehow indicate that outside the list and apply to all, ie:

light:
  platform: switch
  - name: Christmas Tree Lights
    entity_id: switch.christmas_tree_lights

 -  name: Thermonuclear War Launch
    entity_id: switch.thermonuclear_war_launch