Thanks, slashback, But I don’t understand that.
Anyone know how I can use this with a Shelly dimmer 2 connected to 2 momentary switches using mqtt. I can make a binary sensor that detects the relay state but not the switch state so if I press the switch it sends an mqtt message to on but doesn’t trigger back to off when I let go of the button. Thanks
I would create a binary sensor entity that changes on each mqtt message (on or off) on your topic (or on each transition of your binary_sensor), and configure your automation on that switch.
Well, you are talking about a group of light so either you have an entity group.your_group referencing your lights, or you have a light group (Light Group - Home Assistant) referencing your lights.
Just set this group entity in the parameter of the service light.toggle that you will use in the long_click_action, short_click_action or double_click_action of the automation based on this blueprint
I’m attempting to make an existing Zigbee switch do double duty by adding an automation to perform an action on a double click, using this blueprint.
Sadly, the Device dropdown only shows a VERY short list of devices, 8 to be precise, while I have about 100 devices.
I don’t know if this is a blueprint problem or an HA problem.
Troubleshooting this is beyond my abilities and picking the wrong device and then manually editing the resulting YAML doesn’t seem to work either.
So I simply did some rewiring; cut a new rectangular hole in the wall, installed a box, brought power to the box, and installed another Zigbee switch. A conventional “on press” automation works fine.
This is what I was hoping to avoid with a smart house, a proliferation of switches, but working is the most important thing, and this works.
Nice blueprint.
is there a way to repeat an action?
e.g. when doing longpress it should keep increasing the brightness level on a light, until button is released.
Yes. Here is what I have for one of my light:
long_click_action:
- choose: #if light not 100% -> increase intensity
- conditions: "{{ state_attr('light.l_cinema_lampe', 'brightness') | float < 255 }}"
sequence:
- repeat:
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
entity_id: light.l_cinema_lampe
brightness_step_pct: 5
- delay: 0.2
until: # until the button is pushed and the light intensity not at 100%
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.cinema', 'off') or state_attr('light.l_cinema_lampe', 'brightness') | float == 255 }}"
default: #otherwise, decrease intensity
- repeat:
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
entity_id: light.l_cinema_lampe
brightness_step_pct: -5
- delay: 0.2
until: #as long as the button is pushed and the light intensity not at 0%
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ is_state('binary_sensor.cinema', 'off') or state_attr('light.l_cinema_lampe', 'brightness') == None or state_attr('light.l_cinema_lampe', 'brightness') | float == 0 }}"
- choose:
- conditions: "{{ state_attr('light.l_cinema_lampe', 'brightness') == 0 or state_attr('light.l_cinema_lampe', 'brightness') == None }}"
sequence:
- service: light.turn_off
data:
entity_id: light.l_cinema_lampe
Awesome. Thanks. a nice feature request if it could be build into the blueprint.
Seems to me more logical to put it in a script and call the script in the automation
dim_light:
fields:
button:
description: The binary sensor entity
light:
description: The light entity
sequence:
- choose: #if light not 100% -> increase intensity
- conditions: "{{ state_attr(light, 'brightness') | float < 255 }}"
sequence:
- repeat:
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
entity_id: '{{ light }}'
brightness_step_pct: 5
- delay: 0.2
until: # until the button is pushed and the light intensity not at 100%
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ is_state(button, 'off') or state_attr(light, 'brightness') | float == 255 }}"
default: #otherwise, decrease intensity
- repeat:
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
entity_id: '{{ light }}'
brightness_step_pct: -5
- delay: 0.2
until: #as long as the button is pushed and the light intensity not at 0%
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ is_state(button, 'off') or state_attr(light, 'brightness') == None or state_attr(light, 'brightness') | float == 0 }}"
- choose:
- conditions: "{{ state_attr(light, 'brightness') == 0 or state_attr(light, 'brightness') == None }}"
sequence:
- service: light.turn_off
data:
entity_id: '{{ light }}'