Automation with zha_event never triggers

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Hi,

I successfully paired a 3 button remote switch : LoraTap Remote 3 Button (SS600ZB) Zigbee compatibility
The short and double press are properly recognized in HA with ZHA, and the corresponding events are proposed when using this device as a trigger for an automation.

However, this remote switch has a long press, which is not proposed in the GUI. Not the long press start event but only the long end event.

But if I listen to zha_event, I have this:

{
    "event_type": "zha_event",
    "data": {
        "device_ieee": "84:fd:27:ff:fe:36:1a:25",
        "unique_id": "84:fd:27:ff:fe:36:1a:25:1:0x0006",
        "device_id": "6106734888b365d80c8eb252f9d10d7c",
        "endpoint_id": 1,
        "cluster_id": 6,
        "command": "remote_button_long_press",
        "args": []
    },
    "origin": "LOCAL",
    "time_fired": "2021-06-13T07:31:16.602005+00:00",
    "context": {
        "id": "f34f2413126fcd1fa6ef64d5c36993cc",
        "parent_id": null,
        "user_id": null
    }
}

My problem is that if I create an automation based on this event, it never gets triggered.

Here is the automation code:

alias: Test long press zha_event
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: zha_event
    event_data:
      device_ieee: 84:fd:27:ff:fe:36:1a:25,
      endpoint_id: 1,
      command: remote_button_long_press,
      args: []
condition: []
action:
  - service: cover.stop_cover
    target:
      device_id: 433aab9ab7fb1aee9c524091d0c782ab
mode: single

Any clue?
Thanks!

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c/p monster :slight_smile:
Remove the superfluous commas

3

:man_facepalming:

Many thanks, it works now!

4

Rather than creating a new post, this one aligns the closest to my requirements… so here goes.

I have the LoraTap Remote 3 Button SS600ZB and have been able to pair it with my Zigbee coordinator, however so far the only information I am seeing is the battery status for the LoraTap Remote. Have done a bit of digging around, but am unable to find anything relating to the buttons?

My use case is this… I installed some WS2812B LED’s connected to a Wemos Mini running esphome in my daughters bedroom. The setup has a motion sensor so acts as a night light when it detects movement.

This all works great… but my 7 year old daughter asked if I could add a button to make the LED’s do other light sequences. So of course Dad (me) said no problem, and here I am.

Basically looking for the remote buttons to be pressed, and the Wemos Mini to run different light sequences i.e. flash, strobe etc. So I am wondering, is this an automation via HA, or can the remote button press somehow be sent directly to the Wemos Mini?

As always, appreciate any advice/guidance.

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As you can see above, button presses come as events.
Don’t you get them, or don’t you know how to use events?

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Hi @koying I can see the button presses on zha_event so no problem there, the LoraTap is definitely working.

I am just wondering whether I can interface that ZHA event directly with the Wemos Mini or if I must go via HA? All I want to happen, is when my daighter presses a button, the Wemos Mini triggers the WS2812B LED’s to do a particular light/colour sequence.

Haven’t done this before, so am looking at options, and possibly experience from those that have done this previously.

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No. Zigbee and Wifi cannot talk to each other. You need a gateway in-between and HA is doing that.

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Hi Chris @koying let me clarify further… I wasn’t expecting the Zigbee and Wifi to interface as I understand the protocol differences. What I meant was… the button press is detected within Home Assistant and is somehow pushed to the Wemos Mini, via MQTT / API etc.

I figure if I can see the button press within zha_event then that event should be able to be ‘seen’ by other devices? So when I said interface that ZHA event directly with the Wemos mini, I didn’t mean directly from a Zigbee/Wifi perspective, more wanting to avoid a HA Automation doing the work.

Hope this helps explain.

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Not clear what magic you actually have in mind to instruct the wemo to react to the button press, but anyway automations is how you will “glue” the 2 devices in HA.