I had this bluetooth rotary dimmer switch knocking around in a drawer. 
Just waiting for someone enable support in HA. Now it happened Ernst79 made it work with the HACS custom component Passive BLE Monitor integration.
I have found the bind_key and I am receiving ‘Dimmer value’, ‘Last type of press’ and ‘Rssi’
Normally I would make an automation. But I can not make it work properly.
I received 2 of these today. I will play around with the over the weekend.
I was trying to see if there was a blueprint for an automation, but I couldn’t find one specific for them. I will try to reuse the Phillips HUE or something like that.
I’ll let you know how I go.
Hey,
Anyone have some news about this specific integration?
I am about to buy some of these dimmers, but still waiting for some successful integrations.
@Nick398 did you get it working?
Yes! They work ok, but they have a few downsides.
- range is not great, it drops with walls and when I connect a USB drive to my raspberry pi
- when you move the dinner, it reads a 1 step first, and then the actual steps that you moved the dial. This is inconvenient if you want to create an automation to dim a light based on the number of steps.
- the device will go to sleep after some time so it may not register immediately when you use it again.
How this helps.
I really wish that these kinds of devices were able to be used with ESP Home and an ESP32. This makes more sense than trying to get a signal to a home server stuck in a cupboard.
I know that there is a passive Bluetooth feature in ESP Home but it has limited coverage.
I have raised a feature request…
Could anyone make a blueprint for this automation? I’m kinda just starting out and i can’t figure it out how to make an automation for YLKG07YL dimmer to work with my lamp.
Hi for people who want to use the mi home mod application here the link provid by vevs:
https://mi.vevs.me/mihome/files/public/others/MiHome_6.5.700_63911_vevs_dimmer.apk
After use the mi token extractor:
How to get the bind_key of the dimmer?
I followed the instructions of the Bluetooth custom component here
If anyone still has a problem with the automation of these dimmers, I’m sharing my simple code:
short press - toggle
rotating - brightness 5% for step
alias: ble dimmer automation
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- sensor.ble_dimmer_scene_dimmer_ble
attribute: last_packet_id
condition: []
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.ble_dimmer_scene_dimmer_ble
attribute: last_type_of_press
state: short press
sequence:
- service: light.toggle
data: {}
target:
entity_id: light.light_livingroom_strip
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.ble_dimmer_scene_dimmer_ble
attribute: last_type_of_press
state: rotate right
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_step_pct: >-
{{ state_attr('sensor.ble_dimmer_scene_dimmer_ble',
'dimmer_value') | int*5 }}
target:
entity_id: light.light_livingroom_strip
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.ble_dimmer_scene_dimmer_ble
attribute: last_type_of_press
state: rotate left
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_step_pct: >-
{{ state_attr('sensor.ble_dimmer_scene_dimmer_ble',
'dimmer_value') | int*-5 }}
target:
entity_id: light.light_livingroom_strip
mode: single
Thank you! I’m a complete newbie to HA, was trying to use device actions over and over. Your code made it much easier for me to understand what does what and now i was able to automate it properly.
Hello, lpt2007
How did you solve the dimmer problem?
I have the same problem as you have in the picture…
Hi!
I’ve been struggling with the same problem for two days - nothing works)) Didn’t solve the problem?
it turns out that I have bluetooth 4.0, I need at least 4.2. I bought usb bluetooth 5.0 - everything worked.
I have the exact same problem. Did you find any solution?
Anyone succesfull with this one? I do see the device in Passive BLE monitor, including the bind key, but I only see the RSSI.
I ended up putting the ble config in my configuration.yaml.
Here I just put both the binding & token key’s - now it kind of works.
ble_monitor:
devices:
- mac: 'F8:24:41:C5:D6:69'
name: 'dimmer_yeelight'
encryption_key: 'f0d0b2bc3a8b5c3989b684c2'
reset_timer: 1
- mac: 'F8:24:41:C5:D6:69'
name: 'dimmer_yeelight'
encryption_key: 'e063ed801e5963fce97748dc'
reset_timer: 1
The automation I use, is a modified version that’s shared above by dameq1
alias: ble dimmer automation
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- sensor.ble_dimmer_dimmer_yeelight
attribute: last_packet_id
condition: []
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.ble_dimmer_dimmer_yeelight
attribute: last_type_of_press
state: short press
sequence:
- service: light.toggle
data: {}
target:
entity_id:
- light.meteor_ambient_light
- light.meteor_ceiling_light
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.ble_dimmer_dimmer_yeelight
attribute: last_type_of_press
state: rotate right
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_step_pct: 15
target:
entity_id: light.meteor_ceiling_light
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_step_pct: 15
target:
entity_id: light.meteor_ambient_light
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.ble_dimmer_dimmer_yeelight
attribute: last_type_of_press
state: rotate left
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_step_pct: -15
target:
entity_id: light.meteor_ceiling_light
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_step_pct: -15
target:
entity_id: light.meteor_ambient_light
mode: single
Hope it helps!
Hello! I would like to get some help 
I’m sorry, could you explain where should I put this?: (When I try to the entities card: I can’t save it. Or this one is goes too in the configuration.yaml?)
alias: ble dimmer automation
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- sensor.ble_dimmer_dimmer_yeelight
attribute: last_packet_id
condition: []
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.ble_dimmer_dimmer_yeelight
attribute: last_type_of_press
state: short press
sequence:
- service: light.toggle
data: {}
target:
entity_id: light.yeelink_ceiling5_41d0_light
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.ble_dimmer_dimmer_yeelight
attribute: last_type_of_press
state: rotate right
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_step_pct: >-
{{ state_attr('sensor.ble_dimmer_dimmer_yeelight',
'dimmer_value') | int*5 }}
target:
entity_id: light.yeelink_ceiling5_41d0_light
- conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.ble_dimmer_dimmer_yeelight
attribute: last_type_of_press
state: rotate left
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness_step_pct: >-
{{ state_attr('sensor.ble_dimmer_dimmer_yeelight',
'dimmer_value') | int*-5 }}
target:
entity_id: light.yeelink_ceiling5_41d0_light
mode: single
I changed the entity names for my setup.
