Rule to change and restore state?

[bertabcd1234]

Note that if you capture a bulb/light that is off and then change something like color or color temperature, RM will only restore the "off" state--so it's correct in that sense but might give surprising results the next time you turn the light on if that automation just uses an "On" instead of, say, a "Set Color Temperature" to put things how you really want them.

If that is a problem for you, take a look at this post I wrote a while back that has a workaround--basically, saving the on/off state yourself first, then turning it on and capturing the states before changing them to what you want, then restoring the states and turning the light back off if it was off to start:

Lights go red on contact change

I'd just define a local boolean (true/false) variable, then do basically what you were doing before, except capture the on/off state to this variable (so you know what it was before you changed anything), turn the bulb on and capture its state (so RM gets all color/level attributes, etc.), change it to what you want (red at 50%; I only did 50% in my example because I used a dimmer and not a bulb), then restore it (so it will get all the correct color/level states), and turn it off it was off ori…

If that is not actually a concern for you, carry on. Just something to keep in mind otherwise!