#3-modes light + smart light switch

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native pollen
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Hello all. I'm total newbie with home automation though have been doing some research, and I have this use case and wondering if HA can offer a solution:

Use Case: I have a 3-modes LED light (ie. 1st switch on = ambient light, 2nd switch on = Spot light, 3rd switch on = ambient light + spot light) . The only way to cycle thru those modes is to do switch on/off each time. For example, to go from the "ambient mode" to the next "ambient mode", one as to switch the light on/off 3 times.

Question: Is it possible to use a smart light switch (ideally button type I would assume), and create an automation that does the 3 on/off cycles automatically (instead of doing it manually)?

tia!

subtle sapphire
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I'm pretty sure it is, but for that you would need light switch + something like shelly device to power off your light. I'm pretty sure it comes quickly cheaper to invest to some proper light which you can control wirelessly and select any kind of light mode.

I have also few of those 3-mode lights but prefer having them in places where the mode needs to be never changed.

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However you still need the switch if you want some physical button.

native pollen
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Thanks for the feedback. Changing the 3-mode light for smart lights would indeed make things easier, but unfortunately that's not an option at this time. About the shelly device, I have one in hands, but I haven't played with it yet. So I'm wondering: could this be used along with a regular light switch, so that when someone turn the light on/off, it does run the 3 on/off cycles in the background?

subtle sapphire
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If you get input trigger from somewhere to HA, I think you can make a script to do the on/off cycles in bacground with shelly

amber grotto
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can you confirm that repeatedly unplugging the light and plugging it back in will cycle it between the 3 modes?

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And if you leave it unplugged for a long time, does it always go back to mode 1 (ambient light) when you plug it back in? Or does it indefinitely remember whatever mode it was in?

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I'm sure you can create an automation to do this but you'll have to figure out all those details. And you'll need to create a helper entity to remember which mode the light is in.