Insteon Fast on/off in Home Assistant?

[Blackbird]

Is there a way to use Insteon dimmer's Fast on/off for an automation in HA?  I want to double tap my dining room light on to temporarily disable my Aqara presence sensor.

Thanks

[larryllix]

If
..... XXX is switched Fast On
Then
.... do the deed
Else
   --

This is also sent by the non-Dimmer Insteon Wall switches

[Blackbird]

3 hours ago, larryllix said:

If
..... XXX is switched Fast On
Then
.... do the deed
Else
   --

This is also sent by the non-Dimmer Insteon Wall switches

I know how to use fast on/off on the isy.  I'm asking how to use it in Home Assistant.  In HA there is no option that I can see that detects when an Insteon dimmer is switched fast on/off.

[Guy Lavoie]

I know nothing about Home Assistant, but if there is no built-in way to detect that command, could you do through an alternate way, using a ISY program that detects it, changes a variable or something, and then Home Assistant detects that?

[Blackbird]

1 hour ago, Guy Lavoie said:

I know nothing about Home Assistant, but if there is no built-in way to detect that command, could you do through an alternate way, using a ISY program that detects it, changes a variable or something, and then Home Assistant detects that?

I was wondering about that also.

[IndyMike]

You are correct that there is no direct method to detect a "fast on" in home assistant.  @Guy Lavoie's technique is the best way of informing HA of a fast on event.    EDIT: Incorrect - See @shbatm response below

Fast on events will always send a device to 100%.  If your normal On/scene operation is less than 100%, you can trigger on the 100% level as a FAST ON.

Using the "entity" trigger, the following will interpret a 100% ON as a fast on.  The 100% level is 255, so you are testing for something above 254.

 

Yaml:

alias: Test Fast ON
description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: numeric_state
    entity_id:
      - light.bsmt_fam_cans
    attribute: brightness
    above: 254
conditions: []
actions: []
mode: single
 

Edited December 13 by IndyMike

[shbatm]

Use an event trigger to pick up specific commands (independently of the device state) 

triggers:
  - event_type: isy994_control
    event_data:
      entity_id: light.main_bathroom_recessed_left
      control: DFON
    trigger: event

Example Blueprint: https://gist.github.com/shbatm/5b48d2272fb136557ac9b77d2de1beb3

Docs: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/isy994/#handling-insteon-or-other-isy-control-events

Edited December 12 by shbatm

[Blackbird]

Thanks guys