Deconz Switch Configuration

Configuration
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Hi all,

This might be a stupid question, but I have been trying to find a solution to this all weekend.

I have successfully set up my Dockerized HomeAssistant (not HASS.io) with the Deconz configuration but I am struggling to see how I can get switch and dimmer events…?

I have a Tradfri dimmer and a Tradfri switch connected to Deconz, and HomeAssistant correctly reports back their battery status however, there are no other entities attributed to the devices.

I can see from the configuration page that these are reported back as Deconz events however, I cannot see any mention of Deconz in my States pane…? Do I essentially have to code these up blind using automations? Is there any way that I can configure HomeAssistant to report back last / current value as a sensor apart from following the AppDaemon example?

Thanks,

Dan

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Have a look here, there is an example how to use it. I have the same and it works a treat

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This is where I have been looking but got confused when it comes to setting up switches as they aren’t set up in the same way as the rest of the component…

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Where the Examples are, copy and paste the YAML part into your automations.yaml and edit for the light you want to control and the name of your remote.

I also added the appdaemon helper to log the button presses and discover the name of the remote:

2019-01-21 14:11:09.819962 INFO deconz_helper: Deconz event received from tradfri_remote_control. Event was: 2002

This is mine copied from my automations.yaml:

- id: '1237846198764'
  alias: 'Toggle lamp from dimmer'
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    platform: event
    event_type: deconz_event
    event_data:
      id: tradfri_remote_control
      event: 1002
  action:
    service: light.toggle
    entity_id: light.office_lamp

- id: '12378464653465198764'
  alias: 'Increase brightness of lamp from dimmer'
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    platform: event
    event_type: deconz_event
    event_data:
      id: tradfri_remote_control
      event: 2002
  action:
    - service: light.turn_on
      data_template:
        entity_id: light.office_lamp
        brightness: >
          {% set bri = states.light.office_lamp.attributes.brightness | int %}
          {{ [bri+30, 249] | min }}

- id: '2345634643564356'
  alias: 'Decrease brightness of lamp from dimmer'
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    platform: event
    event_type: deconz_event
    event_data:
      id: tradfri_remote_control
      event: 3002
  action:
    - service: light.turn_on
      data_template:
        entity_id: light.office_lamp
        brightness: >
          {% set bri = states.light.office_lamp.attributes.brightness | int %}
          {{ [bri-30, 0] | max }}
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I just stumbled upon this post when also searching for how to most easily use TRADFRI dimmer from deconz. This is awesome simple automation! I would do the same thing much more overcomplicated haha. Thanks!

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No probs, it’s not mine though I found elsewhere on here.