RFXtrx component adds entities, but not devices

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I’ve just switched from Domoticz to Hassio and so far I’m not disappointed. However, like many of you I’m slightly confused by devices vs. entities. But my problem is quite specific.

I have z-wave as well as rfxtrx for the “cheaper” switches. In my config I have the following items for the rfxtrx component:

rfxtrx:
  device: /dev/ttyUSB0
  debug: True

light schemerlamp:
  - platform: rfxtrx
    automatic_add: True
    signal_repetitions: 3
    devices:
      0b1100ce3213c7f210010f70:
        name: schemerlamp_device

This works fine, I can switch the entity light.schemerlamp_device using a GUI element.

The main problem I have now is that I cannot use this light in a scene or as an automation because the light.schemerlamp_device does not appear as a device. In my devices list I only see all z-wave devices not the rfxtrx entities…

So:

  1. How can I turn rfxtrx entities into devices?
    or
  2. How can I use entities directly in scenes or automation without the need for devices?
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All my RFXTRX are not appearing in devices/entity list neither but they are working in automations files.
Did you try this in an automation ?

automation:
- id: one
  alias: Turn on light 
  trigger:
    - <your trigger>
  action:
    - service: light.turn_on
      data:
        entity_id: light.schemerlamp_device

You can try to turn on the light using the service in the “services” tab within the “development tools”.

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Thanks, this pointed me in the right direction. In the end I added the following to automations.yaml:

- id: schemerlamp_aan
  alias: "schemerlamp aan"
  trigger:
    - platform: sun
      event: sunset
      offset: "-00:30:00"
  condition: []
  action:
    - service: light.turn_on
      data:
        entity_id: light.schemerlamp_device

- id: schemerlamp_uit
  alias: "schemerlamp uit"
  trigger:
    - platform: time
      at: "22:00:00"
  condition: []
  action:
    - service: light.turn_off
      data:
        entity_id: light.schemerlamp_device

This makes the entry editable from the GUI in the “automations” section of Hass.