Firstly - thanks for pulling this together, it was really straight forward to follow the instructions (I think!)
Iâm having an issue though, I can see the triggers I set being triggered when I flip my switch (it says triggered in the trigger setup window), however the devices Iâm wanting to control arenât reacting?! Theyâre all hue/zigbee lights.
When I look at the automation it sayâs it has never been triggered.
The trace timeline says
Stopped because of unknown reason "null" at January 3, 2024 at 8:52:37 AM (runtime: 0.00 seconds)
Not sure what other information I can provide that would be helpful, but yeah - nothing happening for me!
I had a similar issue during testing: I had changed my light sensor entity name so it wasnât correctly setup.
Can you double check that alle entity names in your automation configuration are correct?
As a newbie to this blueprint it is a bit confusing to have first Tiggers and then Conditions in the top section and in DYNAMIC mode you have first Turn Off Conditions and then down below Turn Off Triggers⌠took me a few minutes to figure that out. Might be a minor improvement to just switch the order around in the bottom.
Edit: looks like the Turn Off Conditions are not checked at all in DYNAMIC mode when the trigger is reached, is that true?
Thanks for this feedback.
Seems to be a fair observation, so Iâll modify this for the next release.
Yes, the nature of dynamic mode is that you can set the maximum or minimum brightness to 0% (effectively turning it off). You can prevent this from happening by choosing other values or changing the values for âover maxâ and âunder minâ. See screen capture below.
Might be a silly question â Iâm just starting out with HA â but how do you toggle?
If I press the button, it turns on my lights. But I want a press to toggle. Do you seen what I mean?
Itâs not a silly question at all:
Activate the turn off function âturn of with triggerâ and set your trigger to the same button.
Then add a condition that checks if the light is on.
Makes sense, Iâm still lacking some reflexes like this mental puzzle
That being said, it works⌠but one light always re-turn ON right after. Iâm trying to toggle a light group.
Even if I only target that one light, it blinks (toggle off and on immediately Iâm assuming). I must have a conflict somewhere.
Check the Traces (go to the Automation, youâll see traces in the top right).
They will give you an overview of what happens in each step.
If there is any weirdness, just post it here or send me a message so I can have a look.
Hello and thanks for a great blueprint!
Have been using it for a while and it has worked very well and easy to set up, especially after the latest update (after feedback from another user).
But ran into a âproblemâ today when I was going to make an automation with a power outlet activate on motion and realized that this blueprint doesnât support switches.
I can confirm there is something fishy.
I added some cards to see if it was a group trigger or something else, but through the card it works as expected, meaning I toggle on and off both lights
On screenshot, itâs the Hue ambiance lamp 1 at fault.
@AntonH Actually, managed to replicate the behaviour with another condition for toggling on: expecting that group is off.
Seems a bit overkill to have both, but it works as expected.
Agreed, itâs possible to select switch entity types at this moment, but not yet to control them.
Itâs not a big issue as switch entity type only turn on and off, so they only support the DEFAULT mode, however itâs something that needs to be address.
