Hey from the new guy here.
Any advice as to why my Zigbee light strip works perfectly when switching on and off (through HA) but when using a scene, it fails to work turn on? For reference, the other lights in the scene work as per instructed.
Cheers,
Check the generated scene.yaml and remove every attribute for the light strip, that is not required.
Background: When you add an entity to a scene, the current state of it is stored. Including attributes that cannot be set, causing errors when calling the scene.
This changes in 2022.6.you can now add single entities to a scene in the UI now instead of the whole device.
Yet, it stores even the read-only attributes of a device / entity / whatever and this may cause errors when calling the scene.
My advice remains unchanged: Clean scene.yaml.
Some great advice, as I didnât even have a file editor installed.
I tried making a new scene by just adding the entity but that didnât work, so there must be something conflicting with it.
To be honest, even after watching a few youtube videos, I donât know what I am looking at in the file editor.
I have a few scenes all set to come on at different times. The issue is with âOffice_bookshelf_striplightsâ. I have posted my scene.yaml below. Any chance you could help find an issue?
- id: '1654418733336'
name: Office Lights Morning Lights
entities:
light.office_pendant_wiz_light:
min_mireds: 153
max_mireds: 454
effect_list:
- Ocean
- Romance
- Sunset
- Party
- Fireplace
- Cozy
- Forest
- Pastel Colors
- Wake up
- Bedtime
- Warm White
- Daylight
- Cool white
- Night light
- Focus
- Relax
- True colors
- TV time
- Plantgrowth
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall
- Deepdive
- Jungle
- Mojito
- Club
- Christmas
- Halloween
- Candlelight
- Golden white
- Pulse
- Steampunk
- Rhythm
supported_color_modes:
- color_temp
- rgbw
friendly_name: Office_Pendant_Wiz_Light
supported_features: 4
color_mode: color_temp
brightness: 255
color_temp: 238
hs_color:
- 26.743
- 31.347
rgb_color:
- 255
- 210
- 175
xy_color:
- 0.409
- 0.361
state: 'on'
number.office_pendant_wiz_light_effect_speed:
min: 10
max: 200
step: 1
mode: slider
icon: mdi:speedometer
friendly_name: Office_Pendant_Wiz_Light Effect Speed
state: unavailable
light.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_level_light_color_on_off:
min_mireds: 250
max_mireds: 454
supported_color_modes:
- color_temp
- hs
off_brightness:
friendly_name: Office_bookshelf_striplights
supported_features: 59
color_mode: color_temp
brightness: 107
color_temp: 395
hs_color:
- 28.794
- 71.411
rgb_color:
- 255
- 160
- 72
xy_color:
- 0.544
- 0.389
state: 'on'
select.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_on_off_startuponoff:
options:
- 'Off'
- 'On'
- Toggle
- PreviousValue
friendly_name: Office_bookshelf_striplights 5c644879 on_off StartUpOnOff
state: Toggle
icon: mdi:ceiling-light-multiple
metadata:
light.office_pendant_wiz_light:
entity_only: false
number.office_pendant_wiz_light_effect_speed:
entity_only: false
light.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_level_light_color_on_off:
entity_only: false
select.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_on_off_startuponoff:
entity_only: false
- id: '1654433202321'
name: Office Afternoon Lights
entities:
light.office_pendant_wiz_light:
min_mireds: 153
max_mireds: 454
effect_list:
- Ocean
- Romance
- Sunset
- Party
- Fireplace
- Cozy
- Forest
- Pastel Colors
- Wake up
- Bedtime
- Warm White
- Daylight
- Cool white
- Night light
- Focus
- Relax
- True colors
- TV time
- Plantgrowth
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall
- Deepdive
- Jungle
- Mojito
- Club
- Christmas
- Halloween
- Candlelight
- Golden white
- Pulse
- Steampunk
- Rhythm
supported_color_modes:
- color_temp
- rgbw
friendly_name: Office_Pendant_Wiz_Light
supported_features: 4
color_mode: rgbw
brightness: 255
hs_color:
- 0
- 74.902
rgb_color:
- 255
- 64
- 64
rgbw_color:
- 255
- 64
- 64
- 0
xy_color:
- 0.645
- 0.304
state: 'on'
number.office_pendant_wiz_light_effect_speed:
min: 10
max: 200
step: 1
mode: slider
icon: mdi:speedometer
friendly_name: Office_Pendant_Wiz_Light Effect Speed
state: unavailable
light.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_level_light_color_on_off:
min_mireds: 250
max_mireds: 454
supported_color_modes:
- color_temp
- hs
off_brightness:
friendly_name: Office_bookshelf_striplights
supported_features: 59
color_mode: color_temp
brightness: 237
color_temp: 395
hs_color:
- 28.794
- 71.411
rgb_color:
- 255
- 160
- 72
xy_color:
- 0.544
- 0.389
state: 'on'
select.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_on_off_startuponoff:
options:
- 'Off'
- 'On'
- Toggle
- PreviousValue
friendly_name: Office_bookshelf_striplights 5c644879 on_off StartUpOnOff
state: 'On'
number.ewelight_zb_cl01_5c644879_level_start_up_current_level:
min: 0
max: 255
step: 1
mode: auto
friendly_name: eWeLight ZB-CL01 5c644879 level start_up_current_level
state: '255'
icon: mdi:lightbulb-on-70
metadata:
light.office_pendant_wiz_light:
entity_only: false
number.office_pendant_wiz_light_effect_speed:
entity_only: false
light.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_level_light_color_on_off:
entity_only: false
select.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_on_off_startuponoff:
entity_only: false
number.ewelight_zb_cl01_5c644879_level_start_up_current_level:
entity_only: false
- id: '1654433416999'
name: Office Night Lights
entities:
light.office_pendant_wiz_light:
min_mireds: 153
max_mireds: 454
effect_list:
- Ocean
- Romance
- Sunset
- Party
- Fireplace
- Cozy
- Forest
- Pastel Colors
- Wake up
- Bedtime
- Warm White
- Daylight
- Cool white
- Night light
- Focus
- Relax
- True colors
- TV time
- Plantgrowth
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall
- Deepdive
- Jungle
- Mojito
- Club
- Christmas
- Halloween
- Candlelight
- Golden white
- Pulse
- Steampunk
- Rhythm
supported_color_modes:
- color_temp
- rgbw
friendly_name: Office_Pendant_Wiz_Light
supported_features: 4
color_mode: brightness
brightness: 196
effect: Sunset
state: 'on'
number.office_pendant_wiz_light_effect_speed:
min: 10
max: 200
step: 1
mode: slider
icon: mdi:speedometer
friendly_name: Office_Pendant_Wiz_Light Effect Speed
state: '100.0'
light.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_level_light_color_on_off:
min_mireds: 250
max_mireds: 454
supported_color_modes:
- color_temp
- hs
off_brightness:
friendly_name: Office_bookshelf_striplights
supported_features: 59
color_mode: color_temp
brightness: 36
color_temp: 395
hs_color:
- 28.794
- 71.411
rgb_color:
- 255
- 160
- 72
xy_color:
- 0.544
- 0.389
state: 'on'
select.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_on_off_startuponoff:
options:
- 'Off'
- 'On'
- Toggle
- PreviousValue
friendly_name: Office_bookshelf_striplights 5c644879 on_off StartUpOnOff
state: 'On'
icon: mdi:clock-time-nine-outline
metadata:
light.office_pendant_wiz_light:
entity_only: false
number.office_pendant_wiz_light_effect_speed:
entity_only: false
light.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_level_light_color_on_off:
entity_only: false
select.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_on_off_startuponoff:
entity_only: false
- id: '1654761641588'
name: Bookshelf lights on
entities:
light.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_level_light_color_on_off:
min_mireds: 250
max_mireds: 454
supported_color_modes:
- color_temp
- hs
color_mode: color_temp
brightness: 237
color_temp: 395
hs_color:
- 28.794
- 71.411
rgb_color:
- 255
- 160
- 72
xy_color:
- 0.544
- 0.389
off_brightness:
friendly_name: Office_bookshelf_striplights
supported_features: 59
state: 'on'
icon: mdi:alarm-light-outline
metadata:
light.office_bookshelf_striplights_5c644879_level_light_color_on_off:
entity_only: true
Just wondering if you would have time to see my script above to see what could be wrong?
I do not know if there is something wrong in the file, however have you tried to create a scene with only the light strip? And test if that is working? To rule other errors?
Hi Khvej8,
Thanks for your reply. I tried creating a single scene for just the light strip and was still the same 
Works perfect if I manually switch it on but otherwise, it doesnt worth with scenes. Oddly enough, my zigbee switch turns it off but canât turn it on.
The strip, what type is it. I assume it is connected through Z2M?
I earlier, have thrown them out as they were bad, had a light dimmer from a cheap unknown brand. It behaved a little strange, might be the same. It would not turn on with a scene, only if using âdevice turn onâ in automations. Afterwards I could apply the scene. My automation was something like
Not sure this is your problem, worth a try
Remove every attribute from scenes.yaml that is not required to achieve the desired state, like supported_color_modes, off_brightness etc.
All that needs to remain is state, brightness and color settings.
Also: Check the logs when calling the scene