Hey everyone, I wanted to share my recent success in setting up LIFX scenes using input-select in Home Assistant! I’ve been trying to automate my living room lighting based on different scenarios, like movie nights or relaxing evenings, and it’s been a bit of a challenge, but I finally got it sorted out.
Initially, I ran into an issue where I kept getting an error message about an invalid entity ID. The logs were pointing to something wrong with how I was calling the scene service. After some research and trial and error, I realized that the entity IDs for scenes need to be properly formatted without any extra quotes or spaces. It was a bit frustrating at first, but once I figured that out, everything started working smoothly!
Here’s a quick breakdown of what I did:
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Created Input-Select Entities: I set up an input-select for my lounge scenes, listing out the different scenes I wanted to trigger, like ‘Welcome Home’, ‘Movie Night’, and ‘Relaxing’.
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Configured the Automation: I used the automation editor to create a new rule that triggers when the input-select changes. The action is to call the scene.turn_on service, referencing the selected scene from the input-select.
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Fixed the Entity ID Formatting: I made sure that the entity ID was correctly referenced using
{{ states.input_select.lounge_scenes.state }}without any additional quotes or syntax errors. -
Tested and Fine-Tuned: After saving the automation, I tested it by changing the input-select value and watched as the LIFX bulbs smoothly transitioned to the selected scene. It was a great feeling to see everything work as intended!
This setup has completely transformed how I control my lighting. Now, I can easily switch between different scenes using the input-select, and it’s integrated seamlessly into my daily routine. Plus, it’s been a fantastic learning experience, helping me understand how services and entity IDs work in Home Assistant.
If anyone else is struggling with similar issues, I’d highly recommend checking out the documentation on input-select and scene services. It’s also been super helpful to see how others have approached similar automation tasks in the community. Thanks to everyone who shares their solutions—it really makes the learning curve much easier!
Happy automating everyone! 