Trigger automation on event even though the state didn't change

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Hi,
I’m replacing my old rf-switches (using tellstick) with zigbee and want to keep my old RF-remotes and for the remotes to function as before.

The obvious thing to do is then, of course, to do some simple automations to set the ZigBee lights/switches according to the old RD-switches states, should be simple… Or not:-)

The problem is that the automation triggers on the state CHANGE, not the actual RF-remote button being pressed. This means that the state of the RF switch entity might end up un-synced with the Zigbee light if you, for example, change the ZigBee light in the wb-UI and not with the RF-remote.

Is it possible to trigger an automation on an event without the internal state being changed…
I would like the automation to trigger on an event like this (ie when the new state is the same as the old one):

"event_type": "state_changed",
    "data": {
        "entity_id": "switch.kitchen_charge_box",
        "old_state": {
            "entity_id": "switch.kitchen_charge_box",
            "state": "on",
            "attributes": {
                "friendly_name": "Kitchen_charge_box",
                "assumed_state": true
            },
            "last_changed": "2019-03-03T08:43:48.673585+00:00",
            "last_updated": "2019-03-03T08:43:48.673585+00:00",
            "context": {
                "id": "fd5a24063e3d4908a0267e173ef5dfb7",
                "user_id": null
            }
        },
        "new_state": {
            "entity_id": "switch.kitchen_charge_box",
            "state": "on",
            "attributes": {
                "friendly_name": "Kitchen_charge_box",
                "assumed_state": true
            },
            "last_changed": "2019-03-03T08:43:49.969086+00:00",
            "last_updated": "2019-03-03T08:43:49.969086+00:00",
            "context": {
                "id": "a515b75bcf7e46e98f2fdd4ce9ea4475",
                "user_id": null
            }
        }
    },

Thanks for any help:-)

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I tried to mirror the internal states for the RF and ZigBee switches according to this thread:

That ended up in a never ending blinking lights loop when changing the state of the lights with the ZigBee remote😭

Also tried this trigger but it only trigger the automation if the state changes from off to on.

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trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: switch.kitchen_charge_box

Basically, don’t specify to or from.

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Thanks! The one thing I didn’t test :blush:

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