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title: "Scenes"
description: "Instructions how to setup scenes within Home Assistant."
date: 2015-03-23 19:59
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You can create scenes that capture the states you want certain entities to be. For example a scene can specify that light A should be turned on and light B should be bright red.

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
scene:
  - name: Romantic
    entities:
      light.tv_back_light: on
      light.ceiling:
        state: on
        xy_color: [0.33, 0.66]
        brightness: 200
  - name: Movies
    entities:
      light.tv_back_light:
        state: on
        brightness: 100
      light.ceiling: off
      media_player.sony_bravia_tv:
        source: HDMI 1
```

Configuration variables:

- **name** (*Required*): Friendly name of scene.
- **entities** (*Required*): Entities to control.

Scenes can be activated using the service `scene.turn_on` (there is no 'scene.turn_off' service).

```yaml
# Example automation
...
automation:
  trigger:
    platform: state
    entity_id: device_tracker.sweetheart
    from: 'not_home'
    to: 'home'
  action:
    service: scene.turn_on
    entity_id: scene.romantic
```

<p class='note'>
Please note that the scene component currently only supports one service call per entity to achieve the state. Due to this limitation you cannot set states belonging to different services.
</p>