IKEA TRADFRI Remote (5 button version) through ZHA events

niro1987 · July 28, 2020, 8:00pm

Check out this automation to simulate the IKEA TRADFRI Remote (5 button version) through ZHA events.

Holding down the power button will reset the light to normal. Holding down the other buttons cycles through the same function and stops on release.

Button	Action
Power	Toggle the light
Dim-Up	Increase brightness
Dim-Down	Decrease brightness
Right	Change color
Left	Change saturation

seblu · September 21, 2020, 5:04pm

Big thanks for that code !

foltymat · February 4, 2021, 11:07am

This really should be a template my man. With the blueprints, this specific one is the best!

niro1987 · February 4, 2021, 12:51pm

Personally I don’t see the added value with Blueprints. I haven’t looked into it because Frenck already created on that looked similar to mine.

foltymat · February 4, 2021, 3:39pm

I care to disargee. I used that blueprint since it came out and even though it’s well established, it doesn’t do the color switching which drove me mad. I definitely think this could be a valuable blueprint going forward.

niro1987 · February 4, 2021, 4:19pm

That’s a nice compliment, thank you! I’ll have a look at converting it to a blueprint

niro1987 · February 4, 2021, 6:09pm

github.com

niro1987/homeassistant-config/blob/master/blueprints/automation/niro1987/zha_ikea_tradfri_5button_remote_color.yaml

---
# This automation simulates the use of the IKEA TRADFRI Remote control
# connected through ZHA.

# | Button   | Action              |
# | -------- | ------------------- |
# | Power    | Toggle the light    |
# | Dim-Up   | Increase brightness |
# | Dim-Down | Decrease brightness |
# | Right    | Change color        |
# | Left     | Change saturation   |

blueprint:
  source_url: https://github.com/niro1987/homeassistant-config/blob/master/blueprints/automation/niro1987/zha_ikea_tradfri_5button_remote_color.yaml

  name: ZHA - IKEA TRADFRI - 5 Button Remote - Color Lights

  description: >-
    This automation simulates the use of the IKEA TRADFRI remote control
    connected through ZHA.

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foltymat · February 5, 2021, 7:33am

Awesome. I suggest you put it in a new post in the Blueprint exchange as well. I guarantee you’ll get a thousand hits in a day Thanks, man!

niro1987 · February 5, 2021, 2:12pm

manjulapra · August 28, 2021, 2:35am

Has anybody got any idea why I am not seeing any events fired when I listen to zha_event?

niro1987 · August 29, 2021, 2:28pm

We’re not able to help you if you hold off all the usefull information. You’re not giving us much to work with…

manjulapra · August 30, 2021, 2:39am

Sorry.
HA Core Version: 2021.8.8
ZHA Integration using Sonoff Zigbee dongle CC2531.
I have the 5 button TRADFRI Remote connected and shown with only a battery entity.
When I listen to zha_event in developer tools while pressing buttons I am not getting any events fired!

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you.

niro1987 · August 30, 2021, 10:30am

Perhaps you can try re-connecting the device. Here is a screenshot of one of mine, for comparison.

When listening, this is what I got after I pressed the center button.

manjulapra · August 30, 2021, 10:47am

Thanks. I’ll try doing that. Mine looks almost exact:

niro1987 · August 30, 2021, 11:15am

LQI is very low. Is it far from the closest controller / router? RSSI is unknown.

manjulapra · August 30, 2021, 4:14pm

I don’t have a clue why! It is about a feet away from the router which it is connected to according the network below:

niro1987 · August 30, 2021, 5:47pm

I take it that reconnecting it didn’t work?

manjulapra · August 30, 2021, 6:56pm

So, I haven’t tried that yet. BUT, it worked ONCE. Then nothing. I am getting 74% battery now but when I first synced it there was only 37%. So I am going to replace the battery and see. I don’t know why it is working randomly. Maybe the remote sat on a shelf for a long time and the battery has drained. I will update you as soon as I do that. Thanks a lot.

niro1987 · August 30, 2021, 9:14pm

Best of luck

manjulapra · August 31, 2021, 12:27am

Thanks. That didn’t work. I really don’t know why it did work once but not again. Probably the Zigbee Dongle can’t handle the number of devices but I have two TRADFRI repeaters as well. Really don’t know what’s wrong now. Probably upgrading to Conbee or another type of a well-known Zigbee stick might be the solution.