visual cairn
entrance_toggle:
alias: "Toggle Entrance Scene"
sequence:
- condition: state
entity_id: light.entrance
state: off
- service: scene.turn_on
target:
entity_id: scene.entrance_max
default:
- service: scene.turn_on
target:
entity_id: scene.entrance_off
I manually check that the condition state is correct, but nothing seeminglt happens. What would be the best way to debug this?
what I am trying to do is pretty simple:
if lights are on, call entrance_max, else entrance_off
shell crow
I would just use an if/then/else rather than that construct
I don't recall what default: even does there
visual cairn
still having issues
- entity: light.entrance
name: Entrance
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.entrance_toggle
and
entrance_toggle:
alias: "Toggle Entrance Scene"
sequence:
- if:
- condition: state
entity_id: light.entrance
state: 'off'
then:
- service: scene.turn_on
target:
entity_id: scene.entrance_max
else:
- service: scene.turn_on
target:
entity_id: scene.entrance_off
You should test those service calls in 
-> Actions
visual cairn
ok, so, the script works if I call it from the Services tab!
oh right 🤦
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.turn_on
service_data:
entity_id: script.entrance_toggle
I would have expected the first to work as well. It's just an alternate way to call it with some different behavior
visual cairn
So, I tried to make this more dynamic, and struggling again.
The image of Call Service you see from the HASS UI works correctly
but if I press the card button we defined before, it doesn't seem to work
- entity: light.entrance
name: Entrance
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.turn_on
service_data:
entity_id: script.room_toggle
variables:
room: "entrance"
scene_on: "max"
room_toggle:
alias: "Toggle Room Scene"
sequence:
- if:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ is_state('light.'+room,'off') }}"
then:
- service: scene.turn_on
target:
entity_id: "{{ 'scene.'+room+'_'+scene_on }}"
else:
- service: scene.turn_on
target:
entity_id: "{{ 'scene.'+room+'_off' }}"
visual cairn
mmm, I am not sure I understand
shell crow
the way you're calling the script in the image is not the way you're calling it from the button. It's the same difference you noted earlier
they're different - just compare the two
visual cairn
oooh I see what you mean
Mmm i've tried this, but still no luck, I don't really understand :S
- entity: light.entrance
name: Entrance
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.room_toggle
service_data:
room: "entrance"
scene_on: "max"
(I am doing Quick Restart every time I make changes)
shell crow
it's working fine for me
room_toggle:
alias: "Toggle Room Scene"
sequence:
- service: persistent_notification.create
data:
message: "{{ 'Room: ' ~ room ~ ', scene_on:' ~ scene_on }}"
show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.room_toggle
service_data:
room: room_test
scene_on: scene_test
entity: script.room_toggle
name: test
Keep looking, I guess
I do note that you don't have type: button, so you're not actually defining a button card...
visual cairn
ok, first of all, thank you very much for spending your time helping me, I was doing something stupid and it feels like I have wasted your time
it turns out that my dashboard UI had the code for the button twice (based on some condition), so because of code duplication, I only made the changes on one of the branches