Dashboard Buttons that Control Groups of Devices

[thermaltran]

I am still learning how to use the forum, so please be patient with me. This is a beginner question.

I have several motorized blinds that I have successfully placed on a schedule to open and close as desired. Now I would like to create a dashboard "button" that closes or opens all the blinds in a particular group so my wife can easily close or open them before the scheduled time.

Can you provide some guidance as to how I create this dashboard button? Thank you!

[Royski]

I'm doing something similar here, by using Simple Automation Rules app.
I use this method to control all devices in a room, like lights.

1. Set up a virtual switch to use on the Dash
2. In Simple Automation Rules, I created a child like this.

What happens in the above, is wqhen any of those lights are switched on, it also turns on the "Kitchen Status" switch, so I know on the dash something is on.

I then have the reverse for this

So when I turn off the "kitchen Status" switch on the dash, all the lights in the kitchen follow suit.

So you could do something like this (using my curtains as an example).

[Royski]

Live demo.

My Dash shows my sons lights on (Olivers Room).

Then when I flick the switch on the dash

All lights off

It also turns off the virtual switch with it.

[cuirbear]

That looks really good.
Questions...
-how do you get the tiles looking like that?
-how do you get the "all on/off", or "some on" , or "on/off" to appear?

[Royski]

Ah this isn't a HE dash, I'm using Home Assistant for my Dash.
I have all devices going to HA via Maker API, and a Hubitat integration on HA.

This is solely for dashboards really. I don't really use HA for anything else.

This is the integration on the HA side.

jason0x43/hacs-hubitat

[cuirbear]

Gotcha. Should look at that.

In your virtual switch example above, when you say you do the same in reverse for the switch off, I noticed that there is another section at the top (which lights...). That confuses me a bit.

[Royski]

I have one child app, where if any of those lights (or switches) changes to On, then it turns on the "Status" switch.

I then have another Child app, where the Status switch is the master, and controls off value of the switches from the previous child app.

So the lights/switches turn on the Virual Status switch.
The Virtual Status switch turns off all lights/switches.

But the same logic can be applied to blinds/curtains or anything you can turn on/off. You could use Groups too. But then you would be controlling things you may not want to.

[thermaltran]

Thanks for the posts, guys! I'll give this a try and let you know how it works out. I still have a lot of vernacular to assimilate, so I may have some elementary questions after I dive into the process. Thanks again!