Translating Automation Code into ESPhome

ESPHome
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I have the yaml code below working in a Home Assistant automation, however when pressing the buttons (it has 3 buttons) on the zigbee unit the results in the esp32 are randomly weird… lights coming on, but not as intended or correct brightness etc.

Therefore I figure I will try adding the zigbee button functionality currently in the automation directly into the esp32 yaml code.

Here’s the HA automation yaml code… that uses button 1 out of 3

alias: Bedroom Lights - Rainbow
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: device
    domain: mqtt
    device_id: f501bb73628ac7c2f2b115de0c19a330
    type: action
    subtype: 1_single
    discovery_id: 0x804b50fffe21cd57 action_1_single
condition: []
action:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: light.fastled_ws2812b_light
    data:
      effect: Rainbow Effect
      brightness_pct: 90
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: light.turn_off
    target:
      entity_id: light.fastled_ws2812b_light
    data: {}
mode: single

I figure it is a case of creating a binary sensor… but I am unsure how to add a zigbee button device with three buttons into a binary sensor in esphome?

Any tips to point me in the right direction greatly appreciated.

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So it turns out the easiest way to do this might be via MQTT… let me explain.

So in MQTT Explorer the Zigbee 3 button switch shows up as Q-3Button-Remote.

Below is what it looks like in MQTT Explorer when I press button 3 on the Zigbee switch.

zigbee2mqtt
   bridge
   Q-3Button-Remote = {"action":null,"battery":89,"linkquality":66,"voltage":2900}
   availability = online
   action = 3_single

So if I look at the MQTT options in esphome manual, we see the option on_message in which an action can be taken when a topic message is received.

mqtt:
  on_message:
     - topic: some/topic
       then:
         - # ...
     - topic: some/other/topic
       then:
         - # ...

Only issue… the zigbee switch has 3 buttons… 1_single, 2_single, and 3_single

Therefore I need to code into the esphome yaml something that will look for the above switches being pushed, after which an action can be taken.

Perhaps this requires a lambda function? Not sure? Any suggestions on the yaml code for capturing the _single button presses appreciated.