shelly virtual set On this page shelly virtual set# Set a virtual component value
Synopsis# Set the value of a virtual component.
The key format is “type:id”, for example “boolean:200” or “number:201”.
For boolean components, use –toggle to flip the current value.
For button components, use “trigger” as the value to press the button.
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shelly virtual set <device> <key> <value> [flags]
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# Set a boolean to true
shelly virtual set kitchen boolean:200 true
# Toggle a boolean
shelly virtual set kitchen boolean:200 -- toggle
# Set a number
shelly virtual set kitchen number:201 25.5
# Set text
shelly virtual set kitchen text:202 "Hello World"
# Set enum value
shelly virtual set kitchen enum :203 "option1"
# Trigger a button
shelly virtual set kitchen button:204 trigger
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-h, --help help for set
-t, --toggle Toggle boolean value instead of setting
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--config string Config file (default $HOME/.config/shelly/config.yaml)
--log-categories string Filter logs by category (comma-separated: network,api,device,config,auth,plugin)
--log-json Output logs in JSON format
--no-color Disable colored output
--no-headers Hide table headers in output
--offline Only read from cache, error on cache miss
-o, --output string Output format (table, json, yaml, template) (default "table")
--plain Disable borders and colors (machine-readable output)
-q, --quiet Suppress non-essential output
--refresh Bypass cache and fetch fresh data from device
--template string Go template string for output (use with -o template)
-v, --verbose count Increase verbosity (-v=info, -vv=debug, -vvv=trace)
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