Trying to get a momentary switch on lovelace

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hi all

i have linked my doorbell to a esp-01s and relay so i can use it in home assistant, everything about the switch works fine.

what i’m trying to do is create a button that will act like the real thing… ie when i press it, it will ‘ding’ when i release it, it will ‘dong’

here is what i have on the esp-01s

# Sync time with Home Assistant.
time:
  - platform: homeassistant
    id: homeassistant_time


# Sensors with general information.
sensor:
  # Uptime sensor.
  - platform: uptime
    name: "Doorbell Uptime"
    id: doorbell_uptime
    update_interval: 15s

  # WiFi Signal sensor.
  - platform: wifi_signal
    name: Doorbell WiFi Signal
    update_interval: 60s


# Text sensors with general information.
text_sensor:
  # Expose ESPHome version as sensor.
  - platform: version
    name: Doorbell ESPHome Version
    
  # Expose WiFi information as sensors.
  - platform: wifi_info
    ip_address:
      name: Doorbell IP
    ssid:
      name: Doorbell SSID
    bssid:
      name: Doorbell BSSID
      
  - platform: template
    name: "Doorbell Uptime (formatted)"
    lambda: |-
      uint32_t dur = id(doorbell_uptime).state;
      int dys = 0;
      int hrs = 0;
      int mnts = 0;
      if (dur > 86399) {
        dys = trunc(dur / 86400);
        dur = dur - (dys * 86400);
      }
      if (dur > 3599) {
        hrs = trunc(dur / 3600);
        dur = dur - (hrs * 3600);
      }
      if (dur > 59) {
        mnts = trunc(dur / 60);
        dur = dur - (mnts * 60);
      }
      char buffer[17];
      sprintf(buffer, "%ud %02uh %02um %02us", dys, hrs, mnts, dur);
      return {buffer};
    icon: mdi:clock-start
    update_interval: 15s



# Global to store the on/off state of the chime
globals:
  - id: chime
    type: bool
    restore_value: true
    initial_value: 'true'

# Exposed switches.
switch:
  # Switch to restart the doorbell.
  - platform: restart
    name: Doorbell Restart

  # Switch to turn on/off the chime.
  - platform: gpio
    id: relay
    inverted: true
    name: Doorbell Chime
    pin: GPIO0

  # Switch to turn on/off chime when
  # doorbell button is pushed.
  #
  # It creates a "virtual" switch based
  # on a global variable.
  - platform: template
    name: Doorbell Chime Active
    id: chime_active
    restore_state: false
    turn_on_action:
      - globals.set:
          id: chime
          value: 'true'          
    turn_off_action:
      - globals.set:
          id: chime
          value: 'false'
    lambda: |-
      return id(chime);
      
# Binary sensor representing the
# Doorbell button push.
binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    id: button
    name: Doorbell Button
    pin:
      # Connected to GPIO on the ESP-01S.
      number: GPIO2
      mode: INPUT_PULLUP
      inverted: true
    filters:
      # Small filter, to debounce the button press.
      - delayed_on: 25ms
      - delayed_off: 25ms
    on_press:
      # Only turn on the chime when it is active.
      then:
        if:
          condition:
            - switch.is_on: chime_active
          then:
            - switch.turn_on: relay
            - delay: 100ms
            - switch.turn_off: relay
    on_release:
      # On release, turn of the chime.
      - switch.turn_on: relay
      - delay: 100ms
      - switch.turn_off: relay

this is what i have tried in lovelace

type: entity-button
tap_action:
  - action: toggle
  - delay: 100ms
  - action: toggle
hold_action:
  action: more-info
show_icon: true
show_name: true
entity: switch.doorbell_chime

with the following errors

“Expected a value of type {action,navigation_path,service,service_data} | undefined for tap_action but received [{"action":"toggle"},{"delay":"100ms"},{"action":"toggle"}].”

so i tried the following

type: entity-button
tap_action:
  action:
    - switch.turn_on: switch.doorbell_chime
    - delay: 100ms
    - switch.turn_off: switch.doorbell_chime
hold_action:
  action: more-info
show_icon: true
show_name: true
entity: switch.doorbell_chime

but again received the following…

" Expected a value of type {action,navigation_path,service,service_data} | undefined for tap_action.action but received [{"switch.turn_on":"switch.doorbell_chime"},{"delay":"100ms"},{"switch.turn_off":"switch.doorbell_chime"}]. "

can anybody offer some help?

thank you in advance

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have a look at the doc
An action should be formatted like

  action: call-service
  service: switch.turn_on
  service_data:
    entity_id: switch.doorbell_chime

I’m not sure if you can do multiple actions with 1 button. You may need to call a script instead:

  action: call-service
  service: script.turn_on
  service_data:
    entity_id: script.toggle_doorbell_chime

And have the script turn the doorbell on, pause and off.

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it’s been a while, though I managed to get around to sorting this out again…

thank you!! it all works now… here is my finished button and script…

the lovelace button has this.

entity: switch.doorbell_chime
hold_action:
  action: more-info
show_icon: true
show_name: true
tap_action:
  action: call-service
  service: ''
type: entity-button

and the script it calls is this

toggle_doorbell_chime:
  alias: Toggle Doorbell Chime
  sequence:
    - service: switch.turn_on
      data:
        entity_id: switch.doorbell_chime
    - delay: 
        milliseconds: 15
    - service: switch.turn_off
      data:
        entity_id: switch.doorbell_chime

thank you so much for your help,

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