Help with smart bulb mode and scenes

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So i have Hue BR30 bulbs binded to my Blue Series Dimmers and the dimmers are in smart bulb mode. It works well, but I’m running into an issue with scenes and wondering if I should be doing this differently.

I have two scenes in HA; one changes all the bulbs to a soft white color and the other changes the bulbs to bright white color. I have all the bulbs grouped into a HA light group and that’s what the scene goes off of.

It works well except when the scene is activated, all the bulbs turn on (even ones that were off) and change color but the switch itself doesn’t register that. So in my dashboard view, it looks like none of the lights are on.

My immediate solution is have the scene first turn all the light switches on and THEN change the bulb color. But it feels like there’s probably a better way to do this. Any suggestions?

I can send my scene YAML or any other info needed. Thanks!

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I’ve had luck with a couple of things in similar situations, but I don’t have color changing bulbs.

Try enabling BindingOffToOnSyncLevel on the switch.

I have tended to put my smart bulbs and the associated switch in a Zigbee group, and then perform operations against that group, rather than just the bulbs. But that might still leave you having to change the color as a second step.

Hope that helps.