“One Remote To Rule 'Em All”
Introdution
Using a single IKEA five button remote, the round one, to :
- choose a light, or a group of lights, with short press on the arrows
- toggle the selected light on/off, with short press on Power
- in- or decrease the brightness with a given value when short pressing the dim up or down
- in- or decrease the brightness seamlessly, with maximum time on the dimming, when long pressing the dim up or down
- turn on all lights in the group with 100% brigthness, when long pressing Power
- long pressing the arrows is customizable with userdefined actions
Requirements
Firstly, we are going to use a IKEA five button remote paired up with deCONZ but unassigned of any deCONZ groups.
Since we need to store the current light choosen between each activation af the automation, we are in need af of placeholder. For this we are using a counter. This can be configured in the or YAML.
Example:
counter:
idx_livingroom:
The counter only needs a enity_id - the rest is handled by the blueprint.
Creation of the automation
The Blueprint offers the following parameters to be used in the automation:
- Step, a percentage value which the brightness should be alter when short pressing the dim buttons.
- Transition short, the time used when doing a short press
- Transition long, the time used when doing a long press (0 - 100%)
- Long press left (optional), action(s) to perform when long pressing left button
- Long press right (optional), action(s) to perform when right pressing left button
Using the blueprint in YAML mode
If you decide to make the automation directly in YAML it would look like this:
automation:
- alias: Kitchen and Livingroom
description: The All-in-One remote formuse in the kitchen and the livingroom.
use_blueprint:
path: J-Lindvig/all_in_one_remote.yaml
input:
long_press_transition: '30'
remote: c08819d98af8b341299ea47c702e9a37
counter: counter.all_in_one_test_id
short_press_transition: '0.5'
dim_step_pct: '20'
lights:
entity_id:
- light.dining_table
- light.kitchen_sink
- light.livingroom
The blueprint
blueprint:
name: deCONZ - IKEA remote All-In-One remote with actions
description: |
This blueprint utilize a IKEA five button (puck) remote to control a group of lights individually.
REQUIREMENTS:
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Since we need to store the current light choosen between each activation af the automation, we are in need af of placeholder.
For this we are using a counter. This can be configured in the or YAML.
Example:
counter:
idx_livingroom:
The counter only needs a enity_id - the rest is handled by the blueprint.
HOW THE REMOTE WORKS:
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LEFT AND RIGHT:
With a short press on either the left/right arrow, you will be able to switch between the light in the group. The current selected light give a short flash indicating your selection.
Long press is assignable to any action(s).
DIM UP OR DOWN:
Short press will in/decrease brightness with the specified step in percent and short transition time.
Long pres will in/decrease brightness continuesly using a transition time stating how long a dim from 0 to 100% shoiuld take.
POWER:
Short press toggles the selected light
Long press turns on ALL lights in the group at 100%
HOW THE AUTOMATION WORKS:
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We listen on "deconz_event" and extract the numeric representation of the pressed button and duration.
The counter is updated with the ID of the current light.
Secondly we choose the appropriate action from the given event.
USING THE BLUEPRINT IN YAML MODE:
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If you decide to make the automation directly in YAML it would look like this:
automation:
- alias: Kitchen and Livingroom
description: The All-in-One remote formuse in the kitchen and the livingroom.
use_blueprint:
path: J-Lindvig/all_in_one_remote.yaml
input:
long_press_transition: '30'
remote: c08819d98af8b341299ea47c702e9a37
counter: counter.all_in_one_test_id
short_press_transition: '0.5'
dim_step_pct: '20'
lights:
entity_id:
- light.dining_table
- light.kitchen_sink
- light.livingroom
source_url: https://github.com/J-Lindvig/HomeAssistant/blob/master/blueprints/automation/J-Lindvig/all_in_one_remote.yaml
domain: automation
input:
lights:
name: Light(s)
description: Choose the lights you wish to control
selector:
target:
entity:
domain: light
remote:
name: Remote
description: IKEA five button remote to use
selector:
device:
integration: deconz
manufacturer: IKEA of Sweden
model: TRADFRI remote control
counter:
name: ID holder
description: "The counter holding the ID of the current light"
selector:
entity:
domain: counter
dim_step_pct:
name: Step
description: Step, in percent, to de- or increase brightness
default: 20
selector:
number:
min: 5.0
max: 100.0
mode: slider
step: 5.0
unit_of_measurement: "%"
short_press_transition:
name: Transition short
description: Transtion time used when doing a short press
default: 0.5
selector:
number:
min: 0.0
max: 2.0
mode: slider
step: 0.1
unit_of_measurement: "seconds"
long_press_transition:
name: Transition long
description: Transtion time used when doing a long press (0 - 100%)
default: 30
selector:
number:
min: 5.0
max: 50.0
mode: slider
step: 1.0
unit_of_measurement: "seconds"
button_left_long:
name: Left button - long press
description: Action to run on long left button press
default: []
selector:
action: {}
button_right_long:
name: Right button - long press
description: Action to run on long right button press
default: []
selector:
action: {}
mode: restart
max_exceeded: silent
variables:
lights: !input lights
counter: !input counter
idx: 0
dim_step_pct: !input dim_step_pct
dim_step: 0
prev_state: ""
prev_brightness: 0
short_press_transition: !input short_press_transition
long_press_transition: !input long_press_transition
trigger:
- platform: event
event_type: deconz_event
event_data:
device_id: !input remote
action:
# EXTRACT OR CALCULATE SOME OF THE VARIABLES
- variables:
event: "{{ trigger.event.data.event }}"
lights: "{{ lights['entity_id'] }}"
idx: "{{ states(counter) }}"
dim_step: "{{ (254 / (long_press_transition | int)) | round(0, 'floor') }}"
# SET THE MAXIMUM OF THE COUNTER TO THE LENGTH OF THE LIGHTS
- service: counter.configure
data:
entity_id: "{{ counter}}"
maximum: "{{ lights | length - 1 }}"
# PERFORM A ACTION BASED ON THE EVENT
- choose:
# LEFT OR RIGHT
# Find the previous or next light and give it a short flash
- conditions: "{{ event in (4002, 5002) }}"
sequence:
- variables:
idx: >-
{%- if event == 4002 -%}
{{ (idx - 1) if idx > 0 else state_attr(counter, 'maximum') }}
{%- else -%}
{{ (idx + 1) if idx < state_attr(counter, 'maximum') else 0 }}
{%- endif %}
prev_state: "{{ states(lights[idx]) }}"
- service: counter.configure
data:
entity_id: "{{ counter }}"
value: "{{ idx }}"
initial: "{{ idx }}"
# Turn on the light and save the brightness of the light
- service: light.turn_on
data:
entity_id: "{{ lights[idx] }}"
- variables:
prev_brightness: "{{ state_attr(lights[idx], 'brightness') | int }}"
# Flash the light - HA style
- repeat:
count: 2
sequence:
- delay:
milliseconds: 500
- service: light.turn_off
data:
entity_id: "{{ lights[idx] }}"
- delay:
milliseconds: 500
- service: light.turn_on
data:
entity_id: "{{ lights[idx] }}"
brightness_pct: 100
# Restore previous brightness
- service: light.turn_on
data:
entity_id: "{{ lights[idx] }}"
brightness: "{{ prev_brightness | int }}"
# Take a second and restore previous state
- delay: 1
- service: "light.turn_{{ prev_state }}"
data:
entity_id: "{{ lights[idx] }}"
# SHORT PRESS POWER
# Toggle the choosen light
- conditions: "{{ event == 1002 }}"
sequence:
- service: light.toggle
data:
entity_id: "{{ lights[idx] }}"
# LONG PRESS POWER
# Turn on all lights at 100%
- conditions: "{{ event == 1001 }}"
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
target: !input lights
data:
brightness_pct: 100
# SHORT PRESS UP OG DOWN (DIMMING IN STEPS)
# Dim the choosen light up or down
- conditions: "{{ event in (2002, 3002) }}"
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
entity_id: "{{ lights[idx] }}"
brightness_step_pct: "{{ ( dim_step_pct | int ) if event == 2002 else (0 - ( dim_step_pct | int )) }}"
transition: "{{ short_press_transition }}"
# LONG PRESS UP OR DOWN (FLOW DIMMING) - HA STYLE...!!!
- conditions: "{{ event in (2001, 3001) }}"
sequence:
# Turn on the light
- service: light.turn_on
data:
entity_id: "{{ lights[idx] }}"
# While pressing the button in/decrease the brightness with the calculated dim_step
- repeat:
while: []
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
entity_id: "{{ lights[idx] }}"
brightness: "{{ state_attr(lights[idx], 'brightness') + (0 - dim_step if event == 3001 else dim_step) }}"
- delay: 1
# LONG PRESS LEFT
- conditions: "{{ event == 4001 }}"
sequence: !input button_left_long
# LONG PRESS RIGHT
- conditions: "{{ event == 5001 }}"
sequence: !input button_right_long
