Still learning, still experimenting.
I added my two Ikea Tradfri lights, and added a new group, “Upstairs” in groups.yaml. (See, I’m catching on).
It was pretty straightforward, and I can turn the Tradfri lights on and off from the UI.
So, I have a few new questions.
How do I hide the sensor badges at the top? Or at least fix the values. I assume they are the current light level setting, but light.kim is currently set to 10% and light.steve at 100%.
How do I hide the Light group in the lower-right? These items do not show in configuration.yaml or groups.yaml.
The lights from Ikea are the “LED bulb E26 980 lumen, wireless dimmable, white spectrum opal”. I can dim them and change the color (warm to cool) with the Ikea remote. Before I jump into the deep end, can I control the brightness and hue from Home Assistant?
Not sure what those sensors are, you can hide them with customize though.
Check your states page for the group name. See above using customize to hide.
The states tab is in the developer tools in the left menu
Yes, click the bulb name, it will pop up a window so you can change the brightness and temp. Note that the bulbs have to be on to change these features.
Many thanks.
I discovered, by looking at States, that the sensors are the battery level in the Ikea remotes. Working with sensors is on my list of things to learn…
The only thing I have done with customize.yaml was to make a switch icon into a light, since the switch is controlling lights. But your tip got me deeper into understanding.
