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Keeps track which switches are in your environment, their state and allows you to control them.

• Maintains a state per switch and a combined state all_switches.
• Registers services switch/turn_on and switch/turn_off to control switches.

{% linkable_title Use the services %}

Go the the Developer Tools, then to Call Service in the frontend, and choose switch/turn_on or switch/turn_off from the list of available services (Available services: on the left). Enter something like the sample below into the Service Data field and hit CALL SERVICE.

{"entity_id":"livingroom_pin2"}

Service data attribute	Optional	Description
entity_id	yes	Only act on specific switch. Else targets all.