Sudo 2 way how to setup

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hi i try to do a kind of 2 way switch

have 2 separate light that i want to control at the same time

right now have an automation that wen uptair its toggle the downstair one toggle
but want to have same automation when downstair is toggle to switch upstair one
try to duplicate this script at reverse but do a loop and dont work
any one have an idea

thanks for reading and help or comentary im pretty new in home assisatant

here my action

  • action:
    • data:
      entity_id: switch.sonoff_powe1r
      service: switch.toggle
      alias: Multi Switch Hall Lights
      condition: []
      id: ‘0’
      trigger:
    • entity_id: switch.sonoff_wall
      from: ‘on’
      platform: state
      to: ‘off’
    • entity_id: switch.sonoff_wall
      from: ‘off’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’

here what i want to do but within ha no esp easy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQltSHSVleI

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The way I would do this is as a group, so in your groups.yaml file (or config file, depending how your HA is set up) do the following:

hall_lights:
  view: no
  name: 'Hallway Lights'
  entities:
    - switch.sonoff_powe1r
    - switch.sonoff_wall

What you’ll end up with is a group card with both switches in it, and a master toggle, so any time the master toggle is switched on or off, it’ll trigger both lights. After you’ve created the group, you can put group.hall_lights in your front end and just have a single switch controlling both.

I have the same set up for my bedroom lights:

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thanks icaman004 for your answer
yes group work well from the gui and or automation to schedule

try more to get the 2 switch working in pair for normal user

now with my first automation if it toggle wall plate both get on
try to get same if i toggle downstair wall plate

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Ahh yes, sorry, I completely forgot about the out of HA part…

You should create 2 automations, something like this will work well:

- alias: Hall Lights On
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: group.hall_lights
    to: 'on'
  action:
    service: homeassistant.turn_on
    entity_id: group.hall_lights

- alias: Hall Lights Off
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: switch.sonoff_powe1r
      to: 'off'
    - platform: state
      entity_id: switch.sonoff_wall
      to: 'off'
  action:
    service: homeassistant.turn_off
    entity_id: group.hall_lights

Note that you need to specify both switches in the Off automation, otherwise it won’t work. Due to how HA is programmed, when any device in a group is switched ‘on’, the whole group then shows as switched on, so the on automation is more simple.

EDIT: You can also use the individual switch triggers in the ‘on’ component as the ‘off’ instead of the group.

Hope this works for you!

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THANK YOU iceman004

work like a charm

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Thanks so much for this. Exactly what I needed