Tom7320
(Thorsten)
March 28, 2020, 4:21pm
1
Hi
is it possible to select group members from the GUI? Right now I have a “hard coded” group like this:
plugs_auto:
entities:
- switch.shelly_plug_1
- switch.osram_plug_2
- switch.osram_plug_3
But I would like to select the entities of the group from the GUI. Is that possible?
Thx!
AFAIK, not possible.
The closest would be activating scripts from front end that add a specific device to a group, but that doesn’t sound like what you want.
Tom7320
(Thorsten)
March 28, 2020, 6:19pm
3
Hm. Ok. What I want is to select a group of lamps from the GUI that switch on automatically in the evening…
Awkward work around:
Create input Booleans for each lamp. Control from Lovelace. Automation checks if IB is on and if so controls each lamp. Ugly, but it should accomplish what you want.
Tom7320
(Thorsten)
March 29, 2020, 11:58am
5
OK, I understand, thx for your idea! But you are right: quite ugly and scales badly. I’ll test it out anyway…