Simple: How to turn off Switch only (not toggle) on button

Configuration
1

This is probably stupidly simple but I’ve been bashing my head against a wall for ages.

Simply put, I want the HOLD action on a button to turn off all lights. I don’t want to toggle all lights on as there is never a use case for that.

Is there a simple way to do this? This does not seem to work in the Button Lovelace:

hold_action:
  action: call-service
  service: switch.turn_off
  entity_id: switch.all_lights

In my HA Config, I added the following to group my lights, however I don’t want the “turn on” service to work, so left it blank. The issue is when I set the button to just “toggle”, the screen flashes black for some reason when I turn off all the lights???

HA Config:

switch:
  - platform: template
    switches:
      all_lights:
        value_template: >-
          {{ is_state('light.1', 'on')
             or is_state('light.2', 'on')
             or is_state('light.3', 'on') }}
        turn_on:
#          service: "commented out line"
        turn_off:
          service: light.turn_off
          data:
            entity_id: all

Any help to go about this better? Don’t really want the screen to flash black everytime I turn off the lights…

2

Why are you using the toggle service if you only wan the light to turn off?

Toggle changes from off to on or on to off.

Try this:

Put the turn_on action back in your switch config.

Set the hold action of your button to switch.turn_off.

Set the tap action of your button to none.

Question: how are you going to turn your lights on?

3

I’ll keep this simple and make a new card for testing purposes, I find that the action: switch.turn_off does not work…:

type: button
tap_action:
  action: switch.turn_off
entity: switch.all_lights

*Nothing happens on button tap.

Answer: The button hold to turn off all will create a pop up on single tap, which has all lights listed to turn on individually. I have 0 use cases to turn on all lights, as they are all in different rooms. But would like a simple way to turn them all off.

4 
type: button
tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: switch.turn_off
  service_data:
    entity: switch.all_lights
5

I’ve tried that before, get the HA failed service popup (copied exactly what you have too):

Failed to call service switch/turn_off. extra keys not allowed @ data[‘entity’]

6

Trying every method I can.

Grouping lights won’t work.

Config:

light:
  - platform: group
    name: All Lights2
    entities:
      - light.1
      - light.2
      - light.3

Lovelace:

type: button
tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: light.turn_off
  service_data:
    entity: light.all_lights2
entity: light.all_lights2

Returns:

Failed to call service light/turn_off. extra keys not allowed @ data[‘entity’]

7

Ah, that’s because it is supposed to be entity_id.

type: button
tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: switch.turn_off
  service_data:
    entity_id: switch.all_lights
8

Confirmed this works, however my whole screen flashes black as mentioned in the original post, whereas this does not happen with “toggle”… WHYYYYyyyy sigh

EDIT: Doesn’t happen when I use the LIGHT group. Might be because of the code in the template I used for the Switch…

Thanks for the help!

9

You need to add this back, even if you are not using it:

        turn_on:
#          service: "commented out line"
10

Fun fact, even after adding the line in as suggested:

        turn_on:
          service: light.turn_on
          data:
            entity_id: all
        turn_off:
          service: light.turn_off
          data:
            entity_id: all

However, it still flashes black when I press the button. This blank screen can last up to 1-4 seconds, so I will obviously not use the switch method but stick to the “light: group” method (which does not flash my screen black).

Could be that I’m running it on a VM? Who knows?

Thanks for the help regardless!