Hi there,
I’m relatively new to HA but have managed to things up, running, connected and somewhat automated.
I’ve got wall switches flashed with Tasmota (Deta Grid Connect Smart Switches, in case anyone is interested) and have a bucket load of Philips Hue bulbs around the place.
I’d like to come up elegant way to have the Tasmota wall switches mirror the status of the Hue light group. At the moment if I press a switch button it will turn the associated Hue light group on or off (depending on the state of the switch).
The problem is that if someone turns on the light group through the HA app, or the Hue app, the switch doesn’t update it’s status to reflect the light group. So you might get a condition where a switch is off but it’s associated lights are actually on, which means you have to press the switch twice to turn the lights off via the switch. Make sense?
I could go and manually create dozens of automations which monitor for state change on the light groups and update the switches, however I’m thinking there must be a more elegant way… perhaps with a single automation and some template inputs? However, I’m not too familiar with this yet and don’t know if that’s the right direction or whether there is a better way to achieve the outcome of having the switches mirror the on/off state of the Hue light group.
I’d be interested in your suggestions! Thanks HA community.
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