Configuring scenes does not give expected results

[antamy]

I am trying to configure 2 scenes with 4 light bulbs and am going in circles with this, so hopefully someone can point out what I'm doing wrong.

The bulbs are in a group and I am creating the scene for the group. Scene # 1 is to turn on all the bulbs to a preset brightness and color temperature. I set the lights to the desired setting and have tried (1) creating the scene through the web UI, (2) using MQTT Explorer to scene_add, then scene_store using the same id and name but with no values and (3) using MQTT Explorer to scene_add with the brightness and color temperature specified. Whilst all of these methods create the scene, when I recall / activate it, the color temperature of the bulbs is not what I set, even though looking at each device it is correct! If I do the same in Home Assistant - configure the bulbs, add the scene - it works fine,

Scene # 2 is to have two bulbs on at a certain brightness and color, two bulbs off. In this scenario, I can't use the MQTT Explorer approach, so I try the UI. The bulbs are illuminated correctly and I add the scene. If I turn off the bulbs and then recall the scene, the UI responds accordingly. The bulbs do not - 2 turn off and then the other 2 are set to the brightness level but the color doesn't change. Again, in Home Assistant it works fine.

Finally, if I activate scene # 1, then # 2, then # 1, only 2 bulbs are lit, even though the logs say that ON messages are sent to all of them. The info log capture below is in this sequence.

What I am trying to achieve is a smooth activation of the scene - in Home Assistant the bulbs are not in sync. In Z2M, I get the smoothness but the scene doesn't work. I don't know how to go about debugging this. Do scenes in Z2M actually work? I feel like I've followed the documentation and using the UI correctly.

Thanks

 2024-09-22 17:00:44zhc:tz: Successfully recalled group scene
info 2024-09-22 17:00:44z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater - All', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:00:44z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater FL', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":29,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:00:44z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater FR', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":29,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:00:44z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater RR', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":21,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:00:44z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater RL', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":43,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:00:59z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater FL', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":29,"state":"OFF"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:00z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater RR', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":21,"state":"OFF"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:06z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater RL', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":43,"state":"OFF"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:07zhc:tz: Successfully recalled group scene
info 2024-09-22 17:01:07z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater - All', payload '{"brightness":10,"color":{"h":220.206,"hue":220.206,"s":76.078,"saturation":76.078},"color_mode":"hs","color_temp":22,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:07z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater FL', payload '{"brightness":10,"color":{"h":220.206,"hue":220.206,"s":76.078,"saturation":76.078},"color_mode":"hs","color_temp":22,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":29,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:07z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater FR', payload '{"brightness":10,"color":{"h":220.206,"hue":220.206,"s":76.078,"saturation":76.078},"color_mode":"hs","color_temp":22,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":29,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:07z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater RR', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":21,"state":"OFF"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:07z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater RL', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":43,"state":"OFF"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:19zhc:tz: Successfully recalled group scene
info 2024-09-22 17:01:19z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater - All', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:19z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater FL', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":29,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:19z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater FR', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":29,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:19z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater RR', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":21,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:19z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater RL', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":43,"state":"ON"}'
info 2024-09-22 17:01:36z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Theater RR', payload '{"brightness":177,"color":{"h":27,"hue":27,"s":92,"saturation":92},"color_mode":"color_temp","color_temp":454,"do_not_disturb":true,"linkquality":21,"state":"OFF"}'

[antamy]

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