Create Scenes in Home Assistant
Learn how to create Scenes in Home Assistant for your Astrion Remote. This guide covers Movie Night, Normal TV, and All Off scenes using Philips Hue lights and a Samsung TV — the foundation for one-button automation.
What Are Scenes?
In Home Assistant, a Scene is a saved snapshot of how your devices should look at a specific moment. When you call a scene, Home Assistant automatically adjusts all included devices to match that saved state.
For your Astrion Remote, Scenes are the building blocks of automation. You'll create three scenes that will be triggered by your remote's buttons:
- 🎬 Movie Night — Dim lights, warm color, TV on
- 📺 Normal TV — Balanced lighting, neutral white, TV on
- 💤 All Off — Everything off
📌 What You'll Need:
• Home Assistant instance with Philips Hue integration installed
• Your Hue lights already added and working in Home Assistant
• (Optional) Samsung TV integration for the full experience
Step 1 — Open Scenes in Home Assistant
1.1 Navigate to Scenes
In Home Assistant, go to Settings → Devices & Services → Scenes. Alternatively, you can access Scenes from the Lovelace UI by adding a Scene card or using the Scenes dashboard.
1.2 Create New Scene
Click the + Add Scene button (or Create Scene depending on your Home Assistant version).
You'll be presented with a list of all available entities in your system. For this guide, we'll focus on:
- Your Hue lights (found under the
light.domain) - Optionally, your Samsung TV (found under
media_player.)
💡 Tip: If you don't see your Hue lights, make sure the Philips Hue integration is properly installed and configured. You should see individual bulbs and room/zone groups.
Step 2 — Create "Movie Night" Scene
This scene sets the perfect ambiance for watching movies — dim, warm lighting that reduces eye strain and creates a cinematic experience.
Scene Settings
2.1 Name Your Scene
Enter Movie Night as the scene name. Home Assistant will
create an entity ID like scene.movie_night.
Naming Tip: Use lowercase with underscores for the entity ID. The display name can be more friendly (e.g., "Movie Night").
2.2 Set Your Lights
Find your main Hue lights (or room group) and set them to:
- Brightness: 20–30%
- Color: Warm tone (around 2700K) or a cinematic color like deep orange or amber
- State: On
For the room group: If you have a Hue room group
(e.g., light.living_room), select that instead of individual bulbs.
This ensures all lights in the room change together.
2.3 (Optional) Set Additional Devices
If you want the scene to also turn on your TV or adjust other devices:
- Add your TV entity and set it to On
- Set a specific input/source if desired
- Optionally turn off other rooms' lights (e.g., kitchen, hallway)
2.4 Save the Scene
Click Save to create the scene. You should now see
scene.movie_night in your list of scenes.
✅ Scene Created! You've just created the foundation for your "Movie Night" automation. In the next guide, you'll map this scene to a button.
Step 3 — Create "Normal TV" Scene
This scene sets balanced lighting for regular TV watching — bright enough to see the remote, but dim enough to enjoy the content.
Scene Settings
3.1 Name Your Scene
Enter Normal TV as the scene name. Entity ID will be
scene.tv_normal.
3.2 Set Your Lights
Find your main Hue lights and set them to:
- Brightness: 50–60%
- Color temperature: Neutral white (around 4000K)
- State: On
3.3 (Optional) Set TV
Add your TV entity and set it to On, with a default source (e.g., HDMI 1, built-in apps, or cable).
3.4 Save the Scene
Click Save. You should now see scene.tv_normal
alongside your Movie Night scene.
Step 4 — Create "All Off" Scene
This scene turns everything off — perfect for when you're done watching and want to power down the room.
Scene Settings
4.1 Name Your Scene
Enter All Off as the scene name. Entity ID will be
scene.all_off.
Alternatively, name it scene.tv_off if you prefer to keep it
specific to the viewing area.
4.2 Set Your Lights
Find your main Hue lights and set them to:
- State: Off
Pro Tip: You can also turn off lights in other rooms (kitchen, hallway, etc.) for a true "all off" experience.
4.3 Set TV to Off
Add your TV entity and set it to Off.
4.4 Save the Scene
Click Save. You should now see scene.all_off
in your scenes list.
Step 5 — Test Your Scenes
Before moving on to Macros, verify that each scene works correctly in Home Assistant.
1 Open the Scenes Dashboard
In Home Assistant, go to the Scenes view or add a Scene card to your dashboard.
2 Test Each Scene
Click each scene card to activate it:
- 🎬 Movie Night — lights should dim to 20–30%, warm color
- 📺 Normal TV — lights should be at 50–60%, neutral white
- 💤 All Off — everything should turn off
3 Adjust if Needed
If something doesn't look right:
- Edit the scene and adjust the settings
- Click Save to update
- Test again
✅ All Set! Your scenes are now ready. You can proceed to the Create Macros guide to map these scenes to your Astrion Remote buttons.
Finding Your Entity IDs
To set up scenes correctly, you need the exact entity IDs for your devices. Here's how to find them:
Samsung TV
1 Go to Settings → Devices & Services → Integrations
2 Click your Samsung TV integration
3 Click the TV device → look at the Entities list
You'll see something like:
media_player.living_room_samsung_tvmedia_player.samsung_tv_qn65q80b
That full string is your TV entity ID.
Philips Hue Lights
1 Go to Settings → Devices & Services → Entities
2 Filter by Domain: light
3 Look for entries matching your room/zone names
You'll see entities like:
light.living_room(Hue room group)light.cinema_zone(Hue zone group)light.living_room_bulb_1(individual bulb)
For macros, use the group entity (room or zone), not individual bulbs.
💡 Hue Groups: Make sure "Allow Hue groups" / "Import rooms and zones" is enabled in your Hue integration settings. This makes room/zone groups available as single entities.