Situation:
HAOS with Sonoff Zigbee Dongle-E
Zigbee2mqtt version: 2.1.1
Coordinator Type: EmberZNet
Bedroom Lights: Two Philips Hue bulbs
- one named “Mikes” and other “Sarahs”
- both bulbs are grouped within Zigbee2mqtt called “Bedroom Lights”
- this group is bound to a Hue light switch within Zigbee2mqtt just for lvlCrtl, aka dimming (easier this way)
Dining room lights: IKEA Tradfri bulbs (also a group within Z2mqtt)
Within HA, I have an automation for the power button that runs a script that essentially turns it on to different brightness levels depending on time of day (why a script? Because I can point both the physical button, and the digital button on the dashboard to the same script so turning on the light will perform the same dynamic action)
Problem:
When I press the physical power button on the Hue dimmer switch to turn on my Bedroom Lights, my Dining Room lights toggle on/off. This does not occur when I turn on the bedroom lights via the digital button from the dashboard.
Additionally, when they do get toggled on, it’s like it’s in the “background” as the ON state is not reflected in the dashboard light tile.
EDIT: also might be worth mentioning, when the Dining Room Lights do get toggled on this way, they are always turned on to the dimmest setting. That is, they do not turn on to the same brightness values being sent to the intended Bedroom Light group.
Logs:
Below is Zigbee2mqtt when I press the switch button. I don’t see anything being sent to the dining room lights.
[2025-03-01 11:12:40] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Hue Dimmer Switch', payload '{"action":"on_press","battery":100,"linkquality":232,"update":{"installed_version":33574183,"latest_version":33574183,"state":"idle"}}'
[2025-03-01 11:12:40] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Hue Dimmer Switch/action', payload 'on_press'
[2025-03-01 11:12:40] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Hue Dimmer Switch', payload '{"action":"on_press_release","battery":100,"linkquality":236,"update":{"installed_version":33574183,"latest_version":33574183,"state":"idle"}}'
[2025-03-01 11:12:40] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Hue Dimmer Switch/action', payload 'on_press_release'
[2025-03-01 11:12:41] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Sarahs Bedside Light', payload '{"brightness":254,"effect":null,"linkquality":104,"power_on_behavior":"on","state":"ON","update":{"installed_version":-1,"latest_version":-1,"state":null}}'
[2025-03-01 11:12:41] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Bedroom Lights', payload '{"brightness":254,"state":"ON"}'
[2025-03-01 11:12:41] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Mikes Bedside Light', payload '{"brightness":254,"effect":null,"linkquality":76,"power_on_behavior":"on","state":"ON","update":{"installed_version":-1,"latest_version":-1,"state":null}}'
Below are the logs reported in HA, again I don’t see anything mentioning Dining Room lights.
When searching, I found a response in a somewhat similar thread here but the situation is slightly different as that person actually sees the light on action in the logs, where I don’t.
Thank you for taking the time to read and help me.
EDIT: visual formatting