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Set a value

Brightness, colour temperature, cover position, fan speed, volume, a number or a temperature, fixed or from a fader.

Where
+ Add actionHome AssistantHome Assistant: set a value
Home Assistant: set a value with the entity light.key_light, Set Brightness and the value slider at 70 %, an empty From variable field and the hint for brightness

Set a value sends a number to an entity: dim the key light to 70 %, close the blind halfway, set the speaker to 30 %. Put it under a fader and the pads of your Launchpad become a dimmer.

Settings

Section titled “Settings”
Setting What it does
Entity The entity to set. Suggestions only show entities that fit Set, for example lights for Brightness; any id you type is sent as it is.
Set What to set, see the table below.
Value The value to send. A slider for most kinds, a text field for Number.
From variable A variable whose number replaces the value, for example value in a fader’s actions, or fader.desk anywhere. When it holds no number, the value above is used.

What each kind does

Section titled “What each kind does”
Set Entities Range in the editor What Lunchpad sends
Brightness lights 0 to 100 % light.turn_on with brightness_pct. The light turns on at that brightness.
Colour temperature lights 2000 to 6500 K light.turn_on with color_temp_kelvin. The light turns on at that colour.
Cover position covers 0 (closed) to 100 (open) cover.set_cover_position
Fan speed fans 0 to 100 % fan.set_percentage. 0 turns the fan off.
Volume media players 0 to 100 % media_player.volume_set, as a volume level from 0 to 1
Number number, input_number typed set_value in the entity’s own domain, in its own unit and range
Target temperature climate 5 to 35° climate.set_temperature, in the unit Home Assistant uses

Numbers from a variable are not limited to the slider’s range, with two exceptions: the percentage kinds (brightness, position, fan speed, volume) are kept between 0 and 100, and brightness, position and fan speed are rounded to whole numbers.

How it runs

Section titled “How it runs”
  • The action sends one service call and goes on when Home Assistant has answered.
  • {{placeholders}} work in the entity. From variable takes a name like value or a placeholder.
  • If Home Assistant cannot be reached or refuses the call, the reason goes to the log and shows as the status under Settings → Home Assistant. The macro goes on.

Example

Section titled “Example”

A dimmer for the desk lamp on four pads:

  1. Right-click a pad, New fader here…, name it desk, 4 pads, Value at the first pad 0, Value at the last pad 100, Unit %.
  2. On the fader’s Actions tab, add Home Assistant: set a value with Entity light.desk_lamp, Set Brightness and From variable value.

Every press on the fader sets the lamp to that level. Other buttons can move it too, see Set fader.

Section titled “Related”