IKEA Alpstuga: Turn on display and switch to CO2/PM2.5 if threshold is surpassed

[nschloe (Nico)]

I have an Alpstuga air quality monitor. I generally want to have it turned off to avoid distraction, but if the CO2 level raises above a particular threshold, I’d like the display to turn on and show the CO2 level. Likewise for PM2.5. If the two values are both below a certain other threshold, I’d like the display to turn off again.

Alpstuga has an action I can trigger that is “Press button”. This button toggles between the reasons (temp, hum, co2, pm2.5), but I don’t know how to select any of these specifically.

Any hints?

[wmaker (Tommy Long)]

@nschloe

Alpstuga has an action I can trigger that is “Press button”.

May I ask, where is this action?
The only button I see is for the device and it is only an “identity” button.

[nschloe (Nico)]

[wmaker (Tommy Long)]

Ah I see…that’s a Device Action.

@nschloe

toggles between the reasons (temp, hum, co2, pm2.5)

That’s nice , however in my case the Toggle just turns the ALPSTUGA display on/off.

[nschloe (Nico)]

Ah that’s right!

[marcusn (Marcus)]

I created a Blueprint for it: Blueprint to turn IKEA Alpustuga Air Quality Sensor display On/Off automatically based on air quality · GitHub

[nschloe (Nico)]

Does this turn on the display and switch from, say, time to PM2.5?

[marcusn (Marcus)]

It will only turn on the display.
It will show whatever the device decides to present.
I’m not sure if it will switch to PM2.5 automatically.

I know there is no way to force it from the home assistant side. At least not that I know of.