Set_color in template light does not work anymore:

Configuration
1

Hi,

I was using this code to change color from webui of my template light:

        set_color:
          - service: light.turn_off
            data_template:
               entity_id: light.striscia_led_cucina_bianco
          - service: light.turn_on
            data_template:
              entity_id: light.striscia_led_cucina_rgb
              hs_color:
                - "{{ h }}"
                - "{{ s }}"

but with latest mayor update it is broken.

Can someone please give me a help?

Ty in advance!

2

I’m not sure the problem is simply due to indentation but try this version:

        set_color:
          - service: light.turn_off
            data:
              entity_id: light.striscia_led_cucina_bianco
          - service: light.turn_on
            data:
              entity_id: light.striscia_led_cucina_rgb
              hs_color:
                - "{{ h }}"
                - "{{ s }}"
3

same (negative) result unfortunately.

The “fun” thing is that there’s no error in the log!

4

Templates are typed (as of several versions ago), so make sure you’re passing numbers rather than strings to this script.

5

Do you mean something like this?

        set_color:
          - service: light.turn_off
            data:
              entity_id: light.striscia_led_cucina_bianco
          - service: light.turn_on
            data:
              entity_id: light.striscia_led_cucina_rgb
              hs_color:
                - "{{ h | int }}"
                - "{{ s | int }}"

Because I tried but nothing changed.

6

No, when you call this script you add variables to it. Something like

service: script.set_color
data:
  h: XXX
  s: YYY

I’m saying that XXX and YYY need to be numbers, not strings.

7

But I want to select color from WEBUI, not from yaml.

8

Up?

Does anyone know the correct way to use set_color in template light?

9

Maybe try:

          hs_color: "({{h}}, {{s}})"

full example:

      set_color:
        service: light.turn_on
        data:
          entity_id: light.rgb_strip_controler_6_1
          hs_color: "({{h}}, {{s}})"
10

@Jokerigno did you sort the issue?

11

@firstof9 a not entirely related question. Where can I read about lovelace card data points that can be passed as parameters. For example {{h}}, {{s}}, {{brightness}}, {{color_temp}}, {{effect}}. Are they standard or any card maker can define its own?

12

No idea, that’s more of a card/javascript thing than a template.

13

Below is what is working for me in both the UI and Google Home. Note that I only have the input-text so I can map a logical device to a physical device (because I keep moving things around).

    lily_mirror:
      friendly_name: "Lily Mirror"
      unique_id: light.lily_mirror
      value_template: "{{ is_state(states('input_text.lily_mirror_light'), 'on') }}"
      color_template: "{{ state_attr(states('input_text.lily_mirror_light'), 'hs_color') }}"
      supports_transition_template: "{{ false }}"
      turn_on:
        service: homeassistant.turn_on
        data_template:
          entity_id: "{{ states('input_text.lily_mirror_light') }}"
      turn_off:
        service: homeassistant.turn_off
        data_template:
          entity_id: "{{ states('input_text.lily_mirror_light') }}"
      set_color:
        - service: light.turn_on
          data_template:
            entity_id: "{{ states('input_text.lily_mirror_light') }}"
            hs_color: "[{{h}}, {{s}}]"
14

Hello @michaelblight !
I have a same problem: hs_colors sends data to my py script according to UI, but it works only with local variables (for example, I can’t send {{ brightness }} in the set_color).
I have started to use state_attr variables to send all the light states to my scripts, but hs_color doesn’t initialized in the attributes. However, it initialized if I use set_temperature in config, but it works only if I choose orange color in UI.
I have no ides why it happens.
Can you help me, please? I see only one principle difference between your and my config files: I haven’t color_template. If it can be the reason, tell me please what is input_text and where you define it and how?

15

My input_text is just a way of separating logical devices from physical ones because I sometimes move/update things and don’t want to update the code. Currently states('input_text.lily_mirror_light') is set to “light.controller_rgb_9dfa6a”. color_template just gets the current color. Since I am just creating a template light that is a ‘copy’ of another light, I am just getting its hs_color attribute. Similarly, when setting the color, I turn on the other light and pass the “h” and “s” parameters to hs-color.