Adding Zigbee 5in1 controller(RGB) being added as GL-C-009P (Dimmer) - no color attributes?

[jdalke]

I’m just starting my journey down the Zigbee rabitt hole and for some reason when trying to add a gledopt 5-in-1 led controller its being configured as a GL-C-009P device which I believe is a dimmer switch. When added there is no color controls of the device. Turning on/off and dimming works.

Current config - HA on RP3 (software current), ZBDongle-E (USB Generic), using ZHA to manage Zigbee, Controller trying to add “Zigbee Pro 5 in 1 Smart LED Controller”

Any direction on how to resolve would be appreciated. Thanks

[WallyR (Wally)]

Check the events of the controller.

Where are the controller entities? Zigbee dimmer/switches (Ikea Rodret and Ledvance mini)

Entities show a state, but buttons do not really have a state for more than a moment. Button events ther fore often go to the event bus only. Go to the developer tools and select the events tab. Type * in the button field, which will capture everything. Since it will capture everything you need to do the next steps in a somewhat rapid succession to avoid too much extras. Click the start listening button. Press the button in the way you want it to work (single press, double press, long pres…

[jdalke]

Wally not sure why you posted your response is confusing. If I go to developer tools and put * in the “Listen to events” section and oress “START LISTENING” HA starts logging events that are going on in HA. Not sure how this helps with the issue of ZHA recognizing the LED controller as the wrong type?

[WallyR (Wally)]

It should still capture the events from the buttons.

[jdalke]

@jdalke

just starting my journey down the Zigbee rabitt hole and for some reason when trying to add a gledopt 5-in-1 led controller its being configured as a GL-C-009P device which I believe is a dimmer switch. When added there is no color controls of the device. Turning on/off and dimming works.

Current config - HA on RP3 (software current), ZBDongle-E (USB Generic), using ZHA to manage Zigbee, Controller trying to add “Zigbee Pro 5 in 1 Smart LED Controller”

Any direction on how to resolve would be appreciated. Thanks

I see the GL-C-009P entity in the logs so now what? here are some of the attributes and you see that the supported_color_modes = color_temp

attributes:
min_color_temp_kelvin: 2000
max_color_temp_kelvin: 6329
min_mireds: 158
max_mireds: 500
supported_color_modes:
- color_temp
color_mode: null
brightness: null
color_temp_kelvin: null
color_temp: null
hs_color: null
rgb_color: null
xy_color: null
off_with_transition: false
off_brightness: 66
friendly_name: LED STRIP
supported_features: 40

I think the device is recognized as the wrong entity type

[WallyR (Wally)]

Buttons are not really entities and the entity was just added as a half-baked solution to users that did not know how to use events.
Events are still the best way to use buttons, because you get all the events, where as entities are not updated if the state does not change. that means you can not get multiple hold events after each other, when an user holds down a button for a longer period of time.

Use your new information with an event trigger.

Automation Trigger

[jdalke]

I have found a similar issue @ [New device support]: Gledopto PRO GL-C-201P LED Controller · Issue #21531 · Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt · GitHub and this is a similar LED Controller except its a generic from IDEALED Model ZC95M-20

When pairing it recognizes it as GL-C-009P which when you research it translates to a dimmer switch