So I tried just pasting the entity name into the brightness value and it’s telling me Expected float for dictionary value @ Brightness pct or something. I’m guessing brightness percentage. It’s set to 5 right now. I’m not sure how to do this…
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Ok, so basically I have an automation to turn on. A light upon there being motion. I want the light to be set to the percentage that is indicated on a variable. The variable input_number.chinchilla_brightness. I entered that onto the field for brightness percentage but it gave me an error. I’m not sure how I would format it for it to be a string. I think that’s what it needs. Idek
alias: main room motion on chinchilla protocol on
description: ''
trigger:
- type: motion
platform: device
device_id: 088ef7eb1297d9f4ea7bdff13ef790e0
entity_id: binary_sensor.main_room_motion_tv_motion
domain: binary_sensor
- type: motion
platform: device
device_id: e744730e617ccdd8d5496280ac03e549
entity_id: binary_sensor.main_room_motion_window_motion
domain: binary_sensor
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.mainroomautolighting
state: 'on'
- condition: state
entity_id: input_boolean.chinchilla_protocol
state: 'on'
action:
- type: turn_on
device_id: 80d0915e90feec6e507e5b15c55b7e01
entity_id: light.main_room_4
domain: light
brightness_pct: 15
- type: turn_on
device_id: 49e944ad78cd62f7579c25ad037686cc
entity_id: light.main_room_1
domain: light
brightness_pct: 15
- type: turn_on
device_id: ba7a31d5ba14c2e27bd0c4bf958d2bf0
entity_id: light.main_room_2
domain: light
brightness_pct: 15
- type: turn_on
device_id: 168687d9ae72e3f8df92ebb60aa8553e
entity_id: light.main_room_light_3
domain: light
brightness_pct: 15
mode: single
I tried changing the “15” on one of them to input_number.chinchilla_brightness via the web GUI (not directly with yaml code) and it gave me an error. I just tried by replacing the brightness percentage with it via yaml, gave me this
Message malformed: expected float for dictionary value @ data['brightness_pct']
type: turn_on
device_id: 80d0915e90feec6e507e5b15c55b7e01
entity_id: light.main_room_4
domain: light
brightness_pct: {{states('input_number.chinchilla_brightness')|float}}
Tried that too. With and without the {{}} bit. Not sure how I’m supposed to format it.
I’m pretty sure you cant use templates with device actions. You will have to use a service call like this:
action:
- service: light.turn_on
target:
entity_id: light.main_room_4
data:
brightness_pct: "{{ states('input_number.chinchilla_brightness')|int }}"
Because you are using brightness_pct your input number must be limited to the range 0 to 100. Make sure you have set this correctly in your input_number configuration.
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Ya I figured that much and I left it limited from 1-100, Jw, is there a reason it had to be an integer instead of a float? Can it not use a decimal? Not that i need that, just wondering if it causes a problem.
brightness_pct has to be an integer between 0 and 100.
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/light/#service-lightturn_on
Put this in the Developer Tools Template Editor and compare the results:
With int filter: {{ states('input_number.chinchilla_brightness')|int }}
Without: {{ states('input_number.chinchilla_brightness') }}
Oh ya, I see. Even if it’s 5, it comes up as 5.0, I’m guessing that would trip it up. Didn’t know I could just test stuff like that. Hot damn. Seems like a time saver for sure.
Correct.
Yes it is a very handy tool. So are the other ones in the Developer Tools:
- You can look up the actual state of entities or attributes on the States page.
- You can call any service from the Services page.
- You can fire or monitor events on the Events Page.
Can I use events to see everything that’s happening as it’s happening and what happened in the past?
“Like my light turned on for no reason, let’s see why”
Not unless you had previously set up a listener for all events (which I would not recommend).
The Logbook is better for that:
