I have 2 Ikea Tradfri remotes connected to a gateway which I have then integrated into HA.
Each Remote controls a Zone in my house (consisting of 6 x GU10 light bulbs)
I also have a single E27 bulb connected to the gateway powering a front door light.
When it’s running, everything runs fantastically, my scenes, automations and control from the dashboard all work great. However I find I have to consistently reload the Ikea integration into HA at least every 1-2 days.
I’m just wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem and if you have any advice or learning you can share, it’s very frustrating!
NOTE: I also have a Zigbee controller running some Aqara and Xiaomi sensors which I was originally going to run the Ikea lights from, I spent 2 days trying to get them connected and then gave up, opting for the Integration instead.
It’s the Zigbee II Controller running with Phoscon, although I should point out, my post isn’t about the controller (I’m leaving the ZiggbeeII with Ikea battle for another day), it’s more about why the Ikea Tradfri HA integration continously drops out and why I need to re-load the integration every 1 or 2 days.
Yes, can confirm. The integration never ran flawlessly. At some point I got fed up and bought a tradfri gateway. The dropouts have become rarer since then, but can still be observed.
Some People use a keep-alive automation instead.
I have 20 Ikea shades and have the same issue. I have to reload the integration constantly. At first it was because the Ikea hub would update. I have noticed the ikea hub needs restarted more too which I now have on a smart outlet to control. I am looking to just move all my Zigbee off to get better stability at this point.
Don’t know . Live in UK so house sizes are not enormous. Have no issue. Have Zigbee devices in every room in the house. Zigbee is a mesh network so depends on how many powered devices you have
Is that a conbee 2 USB stick? I have that on a pi 4 and connected a bunch of ikea devices. It was frustrating until I read that it might help not to connect it to the pi directly, but with a usb cable away from the pi and other electronics. I did that and since then it works really, really well.