ZigBee Fan Switch | Project Zephyr (Blue Series)

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Wow this is awesome. I had no idea. I don’t see the option in the UI either, so I tried using the YAML instructions in the ZHA documentation you linked to. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to convert it to a fan.

Here’s what I tried:

zha:
   device_config:
     84:71:27:ff:fe:93:17:24-1:    # format: {ieee}-{endpoint_id}
       type: "fan"              # corrected device type

In the meantime, I created a second entity that takes the fan switch “light” and creates a new dedicated fan entity. I wish I didn’t have to have a second entity, but it works well in the interim. Here’s what I did in case anyone else wants to do it too:

fan:
- platform: template
  fans:
    living_room_fan:
      friendly_name: "Bedroom Fan"
      value_template: "{{ states('light.bedroom_fan_switch') }}"
      percentage_template: >
        {{ (state_attr('light.bedroom_fan_switch', 'brightness') / 255 * 100) | int }}
      turn_on:
        service: homeassistant.turn_on
        entity_id: light.bedroom_fan_switch
      turn_off:
        service: homeassistant.turn_off
        entity_id: light.bedroom_fan_switch
      set_percentage:
        service: light.turn_on
        entity_id: light.bedroom_fan_switch
        data_template:
          brightness: >
            {{ ( percentage / 100 * 255) | int }}
      speed_count: 3
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