[QUESTION] How to increase brightness when light is initially off?

[bakeromso]

Question

I have an ikea remote (E2201) and I things are working except for one modification I'm trying to make. When the light is off, and I hold the up button (sending brightness increase) I would like the light to be set to brightness 1 and increase from there. I've tried it by making a merge_mapping calling a script, in which I do the logic stuff (if the light is off, set brightness to 1, turn on and proceed, else do nothing). After the script, I manually call the action hold_brightness_up. I had hoped this would set the brightness to 1 and by holding the button, gradually increase. However, the only effect is that the light is turned on, but holding has no effect. Only after I release and hold again, the brightness increases.

Additional information

• Devices involved:
  • Model: IKEA E2201 button
• Integration: z2m
• AppDaemon version: v4.4.2
• ControllerX version: v2.28.0
• HACS version: v2.0.2
• Home Assistant Core version: v2025.1.0

AppDaemon app configuration

remote_bedroom:
  module: controllerx
  class: E1743Controller
  integration:
     name: z2m
     listen_to: mqtt
  controller: Remote bedroom
  light: light.dimmer_bed_room_light
  min_brightness: 1
  merge_mapping:
    brightness_move_up:
      - service: script.brightness_hold_on
        data:
          light_entity: light.dimmer_bed_room_light
      - action: hold_brightness_up

script

brightness_hold_on:
  fields:
    light_entity:
      selector:
        entity: {}
      name: light_entity
      description: The light entity to control
      required: true
      default: light.bedroom_main_synth
  alias: Brightness hold on
  description: ''
  sequence:
  - condition: template
    value_template: '{{ is_state(light_entity, ''off'') }}'
  - action: light.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: '{{ light_entity }}'
      brightness: 10
  - delay: 00:00:01

Logs

2025-01-07 16:08:52.202128 INFO remote_bedroom: 🎮 Button event triggered: `off`
2025-01-07 16:08:52.222073 INFO remote_bedroom: 🏃 Running `Predefined (off)` now
2025-01-07 16:08:52.233064 INFO remote_bedroom: 
🤖 Service: light.turn_off
  - entity_id: light.dimmer_bed_room_light
2025-01-07 16:08:57.381747 INFO remote_bedroom: 🎮 Button event triggered: `brightness_move_up`
2025-01-07 16:08:57.401920 INFO remote_bedroom: 🏃 Running `Service (script.brightness_hold_on)` now
2025-01-07 16:08:57.408416 INFO remote_bedroom: 
🤖 Service: script.brightness_hold_on
  - light_entity: light.dimmer_bed_room_light
2025-01-07 16:08:57.417693 INFO remote_bedroom: 🏃 Running `Predefined (hold_brightness_up)` now
2025-01-07 16:09:02.542176 INFO remote_bedroom: 🎮 Button event triggered: `brightness_stop`
2025-01-07 16:09:02.548268 INFO remote_bedroom: 🏃 Running `Predefined (release)` now
2025-01-07 16:09:05.093945 INFO remote_bedroom: 🎮 Button event triggered: `brightness_move_up`
2025-01-07 16:09:05.113453 INFO remote_bedroom: 🏃 Running `Service (script.brightness_hold_on)` now
2025-01-07 16:09:05.120525 INFO remote_bedroom: 
🤖 Service: script.brightness_hold_on
  - light_entity: light.dimmer_bed_room_light
2025-01-07 16:09:05.130055 INFO remote_bedroom: 🏃 Running `Predefined (hold_brightness_up)` now
2025-01-07 16:09:05.163966 INFO remote_bedroom: 
🤖 Service: light.turn_on
  - entity_id: light.dimmer_bed_room_light
  - transition: 0.35
  - brightness: 26
2025-01-07 16:09:05.519850 INFO remote_bedroom: 
🤖 Service: light.turn_on
  - entity_id: light.dimmer_bed_room_light
  - transition: 0.35
  - brightness: 51
2025-01-07 16:09:05.882454 INFO remote_bedroom: 
🤖 Service: light.turn_on
  - entity_id: light.dimmer_bed_room_light
  - transition: 0.35
  - brightness: 76
2025-01-07 16:09:06.247380 INFO remote_bedroom: 
🤖 Service: light.turn_on
  - entity_id: light.dimmer_bed_room_light
  - transition: 0.35
  - brightness: 101
2025-01-07 16:09:06.538159 INFO remote_bedroom: 🏃 Running `Predefined (release)` now

Additional Context

Note that I'm purposely using E1743 class, due to the absence of E2201 class.