Beginner's question: The Matter lamp's "action: light.turn_on" command isn't working. "action: light.toggle" works

juergen-mueller · April 13, 2026, 8:06am

First off, hello to the community.

As a beginner, I have a question about a simple automation.

I want to turn on a Matter lamp (Ikea) using a remote control (“Philips Hue Dimmer v1” and “IKEA BILRESA E2489 Dual Button (Matter)”).

Unfortunately, “action: light.turn_on” doesn’t work.

“action: light.toggle” works.

I can turn on the Matter lamp via the dashboard.

Am I doing something wrong?

A Hue lamp connected via Z2M works with “action: light.turn_on” without any issues.

Is this a problem with Matter lamps or a mistake on my part?

Thanks in advance.

Juergen

jhol-byte · April 13, 2026, 6:20pm

The following YAML code works flawlessly for my IKEA matter bulb:

action: light.turn_on
data: {}
target:
  entity_id: light.lampe_mitte

Try restarting your Matter integration.

juergen-mueller · April 13, 2026, 10:29pm

Thx, I tried it and if the action has been reduced to simply “turning on,” the lamp will turn on as desired.

The “Turn on” action, duplicated with or without a “delay” but using the desired settings, subsequently worked to turn on the lamp.