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Configuration

Adaptive Lighting supports configuration through both YAML and the Home Assistant UI, with identical option names in both methods.

Basic Configuration

The minimal configuration requires only adding the integration to your configuration.yaml:

adaptive_lighting:

You can then configure everything through the UI at Settings → Devices & Services → Adaptive Lighting → Configure.

YAML Configuration

For YAML configuration, you can specify lights and options directly:

adaptive_lighting:
  - name: "Living Room"
    lights:
      - light.living_room_ceiling
      - light.living_room_lamp

All Options

All configuration options are listed below with their default values. These options work identically in both YAML and the UI.

Variable name Description Default Type
lights List of light entity_ids to be controlled (may be empty). 🌟 [] list of entity_ids
interval Frequency to adapt the lights, in seconds. 🔄 90 int > 0
transition Duration of transition when lights change, in seconds. 🕑 45 float 0-6553
initial_transition Duration of the first transition when lights turn from off to on in seconds. ⏲️ 1 float 0-6553
min_brightness Minimum brightness percentage. 💡 1 int 1-100
max_brightness Maximum brightness percentage. 💡 100 int 1-100
min_color_temp Warmest color temperature in Kelvin. 🔥 2000 int 1000-10000
max_color_temp Coldest color temperature in Kelvin. ❄️ 5500 int 1000-10000
prefer_rgb_color Whether to prefer RGB color adjustment over light color temperature when possible. 🌈 False bool
sleep_brightness Brightness percentage of lights in sleep mode. 😴 1 int 1-100
sleep_rgb_or_color_temp Use either "rgb_color" or "color_temp" in sleep mode. 🌙 color_temp one of ['color_temp', 'rgb_color']
sleep_color_temp Color temperature in sleep mode (used when sleep_rgb_or_color_temp is color_temp) in Kelvin. 😴 1000 int 1000-10000
sleep_rgb_color RGB color in sleep mode (used when sleep_rgb_or_color_temp is "rgb_color"). 🌈 [255, 56, 0] RGB color
sleep_transition Duration of transition when "sleep mode" is toggled in seconds. 😴 1 float 0-6553
transition_until_sleep When enabled, Adaptive Lighting will treat sleep settings as the minimum, transitioning to these values after sunset. 🌙 False bool
sunrise_time Set a fixed time (HH:MM:SS) for sunrise. 🌅 None str
min_sunrise_time Set the earliest virtual sunrise time (HH:MM:SS), allowing for later sunrises. 🌅 None str
max_sunrise_time Set the latest virtual sunrise time (HH:MM:SS), allowing for earlier sunrises. 🌅 None str
sunrise_offset Adjust sunrise time with a positive or negative offset in seconds. ⏰ 0 int
sunset_time Set a fixed time (HH:MM:SS) for sunset. 🌇 None str
min_sunset_time Set the earliest virtual sunset time (HH:MM:SS), allowing for later sunsets. 🌇 None str
max_sunset_time Set the latest virtual sunset time (HH:MM:SS), allowing for earlier sunsets. 🌇 None str
sunset_offset Adjust sunset time with a positive or negative offset in seconds. ⏰ 0 int
brightness_mode Brightness mode to use. Possible values are default, linear, and tanh (uses brightness_mode_time_dark and brightness_mode_time_light). 📈 default one of ['default', 'linear', 'tanh']
brightness_mode_time_dark (Ignored if brightness_mode='default') The duration in seconds to ramp up/down the brightness before/after sunrise/sunset. 📈📉 900 int
brightness_mode_time_light (Ignored if brightness_mode='default') The duration in seconds to ramp up/down the brightness after/before sunrise/sunset. 📈📉. 3600 int
take_over_control Pause adaptation of individual lights and hand over (manual) control to other sources that issue light.turn_on calls for lights that are on. 🔒 True bool
take_over_control_mode The adaptation pausing mode when other sources change brightness and/or color of lights. pause_all always pauses both brightness and color adaptation. pause_changed pauses the adaptation of only the changed attributes and continues adapting unchanged attributes, e.g., continues color adaptation when only brightness was changed. pause_all one of ['pause_all', 'pause_changed']
detect_non_ha_changes Detects and halts adaptations for non-light.turn_on state changes. Needs take_over_control enabled. 🕵️ Caution: ⚠️ Some lights might falsely indicate an 'on' state, which could result in lights turning on unexpectedly. Note that this calls homeassistant.update_entity every interval! Disable this feature if you encounter such issues. False bool
autoreset_control_seconds Automatically reset the manual control after a number of seconds. Set to 0 to disable. ⏲️ 0 int 0-31536000
only_once Adapt lights only when they are turned on (true) or keep adapting them (false). 🔄 False bool
adapt_only_on_bare_turn_on When turning lights on initially. If set to true, AL adapts only if light.turn_on is invoked without specifying color or brightness. ❌🌈 This e.g., prevents adaptation when activating a scene and marks the light as manually controlled. If false, AL adapts regardless of the presence of color or brightness in the initial service_data. Needs take_over_control enabled. 🕵️ False bool
separate_turn_on_commands Use separate light.turn_on calls for color and brightness, needed for some light types. 🔀 False bool
send_split_delay Delay (ms) between separate_turn_on_commands for lights that don't support simultaneous brightness and color setting. ⏲️ 0 int 0-10000
adapt_delay Wait time (seconds) between light turn on and Adaptive Lighting applying changes. Might help to avoid flickering. ⏲️ 0 float > 0
skip_redundant_commands Skip sending adaptation commands whose target state already equals the light's known state. Minimizes network traffic and improves the adaptation responsivity in some situations. 📉Disable if physical light states get out of sync with HA's recorded state. False bool
intercept Intercept and adapt light.turn_on calls to enabling instantaneous color and brightness adaptation. 🏎️ Disable for lights that do not support light.turn_on with color and brightness. True bool
multi_light_intercept Intercept and adapt light.turn_on calls that target multiple lights. ➗⚠️ This might result in splitting up a single light.turn_on call into multiple calls, e.g., when lights are in different switches. Requires intercept to be enabled. True bool
include_config_in_attributes Show all options as attributes on the switch in Home Assistant when set to true. 📝 False bool

Full Configuration Example

Full example:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
adaptive_lighting:
- name: "default"
  lights: []
  prefer_rgb_color: false
  transition: 45
  initial_transition: 1
  interval: 90
  min_brightness: 1
  max_brightness: 100
  min_color_temp: 2000
  max_color_temp: 5500
  sleep_brightness: 1
  sleep_color_temp: 1000
  sunrise_time: "08:00:00"  # override the sunrise time
  sunrise_offset:
  sunset_time:
  sunset_offset: 1800  # in seconds or '00:30:00'
  take_over_control: true
  detect_non_ha_changes: false
  only_once: false

Multiple Configurations

You can create multiple Adaptive Lighting configurations for different areas or use cases:

adaptive_lighting:
  - name: "Daytime Spaces"
    lights:
      - light.living_room
      - light.kitchen
      - light.office
    min_brightness: 30
    max_brightness: 100

  - name: "Bedroom"
    lights:
      - light.bedroom_ceiling
      - light.bedroom_lamp
    min_brightness: 5
    max_brightness: 80
    sleep_brightness: 1
    sleep_color_temp: 1000