Hello,
my Philips RWL021 Hue dimmer is supposed to control other devices (I use CC2652P7 from cod.m as a ZigBee coordinator). I come from FHEM automation and am now impressed by the simplicity of Home Assistant.
Under FHEM I was able to evaluate all 4 buttons on the dimmer as well as long presses.
I simply tried automations. Of course I can also select the HUE dimmer as a device, but the automation just doesn’t work.
The whole thing also affects blueprints if I then specify the HUE device as a trigger for roller shutters, for example.
The HUE dimmer obviously doesn’t work so easily with non-lamps…
Oh, and I’m using RWL021 and RWL022. Thanks for the help!
I was able to use the Hue dimmer as a switch with other SmartHomeAutomations without any problems.
I would be happy if someone could help me to find out whether I can also link the HUE dimmer to other devices, such as switches or roller shutters (in my case, Homematic roller shutters). I have tried various blueprints. Unfortunately, without success.
There should be no problem using this device to control any other device in HA. Just create an automation for it (skip the blueprints). If you are having trouble creating an automation for this please show what you have tried (paste the yaml for the automation)
Thank you very much,
here is the yaml. The “On” button should simply raise a roller shutter (Homematic). Device IDs are used in the yaml… Not the correct names. Maybe that’s a problem.
I worked with the German solution Fhem for a long time… I’m still getting to grips with HA.
I think there is a difference in how HAT processes the events. Directly on the device, the incoming buttons are displayed like this: “Kitchen_HUE (Philips RWL021) On event was fired”.
As you know, the RWL021 has 4 buttons: on, dim+, dim- and off.
Each button has 4 modes: on_press, on_press_release, on_hold and on_hold_release.
Start the automation by ‘decoding’ the buttons that are pressed, so that you can use them later to control your lights, switches, screens, etc.
See the example below.