Samsung Smartthings Button. Best way to accomplish this?

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I have a Smartthings Button. It is 1 button with 3 different ways to press it (single press, double press, and press and hold). I am struggling with the best way to accomplish this. I started using Button Controller but don't see "Conditionals" as an option in there so am I just going to have to construct 3 separate and complex Rule Machine rules for each of the 3 commands of the button?

The whole goal is to be graceful in-between the states so if I originally did a single press and later did a double press, I want it to do what I would expect it to do and not get caught in this weird gray area of trying to remember and figure out where I am in relation to the three button states.

I have two lights. I will refer to them as a light and a lamp.

Single Press
If light and lamp are both off, turn them both on to 95%. If they are both on already, toggle them off.

Double Press
If light and lamp are both off, only set the lamp to 25%, leaving the lamp off. If they are both on already, fade out the light then set the lamp to 25%. If only the lamp is on, turn off the lamp.

Press and Hold
Something completely unrelated.

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In Rule Machine, select the capability of 'Button Device', then you can construct an action for each press, double press, and hold (including conditionals). One rule-three different actions :+1:

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Beautiful! As far as the rest of it goes, just need to build conditionals to accomplish that or are there any other ways? I thought maybe using scenes and then switching between scenes so things fade in and out properly without abrupt changes?

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You could certainly set up scenes and then set up transitions between them. Personally, with just two lights, I would set/adjust dimmer levels and choose desired fade times.

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Got you, but using conditionals, right? Because on the double press, I ONLY want the lamp on so I would need to check the status of the light if you're switching between the single press configuration and the double press.

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Yes, correct.

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