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Blue Series On/Off - Change Device Type in Home Assistant

This article will show you how to use a value template to display your Inovelli device as a switch, fan, outlet, etc. inside of Home Assistant

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Written by Eric Maycock
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First, click on "Setting" and then "Devices & Services". Next click on the "Helpers" tab at the top.

Look at the bottom right and there is a "Create Helper" button. Click that and it will bring up a menu of options.

Scroll down and choose the "Template" option. This brings up another menu where you will choose "Switch".

This should bring up a window with a few options to fill in (like below).

In the "State" text box, put the following with the entity ID of your Inovelli Switch.

{{states('light.0x9035eafffec8f6f4')}}

Click on "+ Add action" and choose "Light: turn on". At this point select the "entity" for your Inovelli Switch.

Note: don't choose it as a "Device" or it will not work as intended.

Do the same for the "Actions on turn off" section but choose the "Light: turn off" action.

If you want the template device to also reflect whether the switch is available vs unavailable (to show if perhaps your Zigbee network has gone offline), expand the "Advanced options" section and fill in the "Availability template" section like below:

{{has_value('light.0x9035eafffec8f6f4')}}

Use the same entity as above. You can save your template switch and it should now show in your entity list!

Now, you can change this new switch device to a Switch, Outlet, Cover, Fan, etc. First, find the device in your entities list and select it.

Click on the "Gear" icon to edit its settings.

Scroll down the list and choose the option that you want. Click ok to confirm any extra notifications that pop up.

Now you have a controllable device that has the type and icon that you desire!

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