Which ikea was this? Need to get one as well. 
It was Coventry Ikea in the UK.
I’ll take a couple of photos later (although it basically looks like the Ansluta transformer).
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Great! Hoping they have released them here in Sweden as well.
Awesome, doesn’t look like they have this on their USA website yet.
The weird thing is, they’re not on the Ikea UK website yet either.
IKEA often releases new products in selected stores to test these in the wild. You can’t buy the RGB Lights online in Germany, but they are available in the shops for months now…
Maybe they also want you to check their local stores regularly to sell more candles and Hot Dogs on your way out 
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Googling for “ikea” “603.426.56”, I find it Google’s cache including price in local currency (NOK). So they’ve been published at one time (Google’s cache is from Feb 2nd) and then retracted.
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They have RGB lights!
Got my power cable this evening. Added it in, and it works straight away. Gives full 0%-100% dimming control rather than just the off-dim-bright settings that were available with the remote. Very impressed so far.
Only slight downside is that the old remote doesn’t work with the new transformer.
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Hope you can help! I got the TRÅDFRI transformers, swapped my old OMLOPP for controlling kitchen lights. Tried using Hue system to find and contol the transformers directly but no luck. I guess that was too optimistic. Suggestions? Should i use another control platform?
quick question - do I need an Arduino mega for this project? I’ve got all the parts here, but just an arduino uno - would that also work? Or even something smaller? Bascially just need the CC2500 to work.
The firmware for the RFLink Gateway is for the ATmega2560 (Mega), the Uno uses the ATmega328P. So no it will not work.
Most homes more then a few years old, are equipped with 12V G4 halogen downlights.
The IKEA TRADFRI driver (transformer) delivers 24Volt.
So, I guess it cannot be used to drive existing 12V halogen light rows.
Hey. I know this is a very old topic but would you be able to elaborate on this?
Ive got UTRUSTA lights, with i am controling with ANSULTA remote. Is it 433MHz or 2400MHz communication. Ive got RFLink 433.42MHz (not 433.92MHz) gateway and it doesnt see any commands sent by ANSULTA remote. This being said, ive been googling my lights and some sources say that my lights are being controlled by 433MHz, while others say that the lights are being controlled by 2400MHz. How can i found out? RFLink gateways are quite expensive so dont want to spend money on another two just to check if and which one will work.
Also assuming that UTRUSTA are controlled by 2.4GHz will not that interfere with my existing wifi and Zigbee networks?
PS. Ive seen online howtos how to upgrade UTRUSTA with Tradfri transformers, to be able to pair it with Trafdri - unfortunately this wont work for me, as im also using 230V sockets on my UTRUSTA strips
Hi!
Don’t you have any instructions on how to put everything together in one device.
What is better to buy?
- MEGA+WiFi R3 ATmega2560+ESP8266, flash 32MB, USB-TTL CH340G, Micro-USB - https://robotdyn.com/mega-wifi-r3-atmega2560-esp8266-flash-32mb-usb-ttl-ch340g-micro-usb.html
- CC2500 2.4GHZ Transceiver
- E.G. Resistor based logic level converter (For CC2500).
Or .
- UNO+WiFi R3 ATmega328P+ESP8266, 32Mb flash, USB-TTL CH340G, Micro-USB - https://robotdyn.com/uno-wifi-r3-atmega328p-esp8266-32mb-flash-usb-ttl-ch340g-micro-usb.html
- CC2500 2.4GHZ Transceiver
- E.G. Resistor based logic level converter (For CC2500). (whether it is needed for UNO)
How to connect?
What to stitch?
So you can use RFLink (Living Color) and Home Assistant.
Thank you in advance for your answer.
Interesting.
Well RFlink firmware only works on the ATmega2560, so so you would need to use the MEGA+WiFi. The UNO+WiFi would not work as it’s a different processor.
I think that would be fairly straightforward to wire up.
First you need to set those little dip switches into the mode that allows you to load the ESP-link firmware into the ESP-8266. Then set the dip switches to the the Arduino, programme in the RFLink firmware. then set the dip switches to allow serial communication between the two devices.
In my setup I have a separate esp8266 and Arduino mega.
I hope this helps.
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Found this https://github.com/ksjoberg/ikea-ansluta-bridge
Looks like simple and elegant solution.
It doesnt work with new NodeMCU firmwares, but it runs on 1.5.4.1-final.
Unfortunately doesnt seem to work, I don’t think it connects to wifi at all.
Hi. I have create an ESPHome custom component to convert the Ansluta controller into a dimmable light.
I have it working in my home assistant.
I know it’s an old topic, but if someone have this lights and controller installed (like me) maybe it can be helpfull…
https://github.com/adrianByv/ESPHome-Ikea-Ansluta-Control-light
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