Im trying a “Mission Impossible” I have a working HA with Ikea Tradfri hub and lights.I ordered some cheap door sensors (tuya based zigbee), and i was able to pair them with the gateway.
But in HA it only shows up as a sensor with only battery level measurement.
Any idea how I can configure this to be a door-sensor? (Yes I know its not the best to mix with Ikea and other Zigbee, but thats what i want to try for now)
Here is the State Attr. if needed:
state_class: measurementunit_of_measurement: %
device_class: battery icon:
mdi:door
friendly_name: Sensor 2
As you might have noticed, you can’t “configure” or even see much info(i.e. in regards to network) on the Ikea-tradfri-hub … And Ikea have chosen to make their devices communicate on zigbee-channel 10, where as many other brands choses zigbee-channel 15 as default
For most (small) devices you can’t do anything, and you can’t (for what i know) change Ikea to use another channel
Thank you so much for you quick reply.
Yes I have been doing a couple of days looking all over the place. I thought that I had read some place that it did not show as a recognize device in Ikea hub, and it would be very limited control, but it could be reconfigured in HA… Maybe it has been in my dream I have read this Just would be fun to be able to use Ikea gateway for everything and see if it was possible
The First i can agree upon, The Second … hmmmm, there are a bunch of tp-wired Zigbee coordinators out there( Which are far much better than Ikea-hub, And any USB-Controllers, USB is more prone to disturbance, and depending upon which Hardware HA is hosted on, i would say ( to many ) USB devices can can cause to much internal “interrupts” ( i.e if you both have a disk, and a zigbee-controller, on your hosts USB )
Thats why I use a Tubeszb coordinator. PoE. Placed where is has the best coverage, in the middle of the house. Using ethernet means no interference problems
Just would be fun to be able to use Ikea gateway for everything and see if it was possible