Hi all, first post here, new to HA (~1 week in!). Current setup is HA Green with ZBT-2 running as a Thread Border Router. Installation went fine, linked with various Matter and other devices and controlling those as expected.
I have an Ikea VARMBLIXT light linked to the system as a Matter device and can control it from the dashboard. The light came with a BILRESA dual button which I initially paired directly with the light and it worked well. Short presses for on/off, long presses for fade up/down, double presses for forwards/backwards through the colour presets. My kids enjoy changing the colour using the remote, so I was happy to keep it in use alongside HA for automations to control on/off at set times.
After a couple of days, the remote stopped controlling the light, as far as I could tell it wasn’t paired or had shut down. Light could still be controlled from HA. So to avoid having to reconnect the remote I added the remote to my HA network and went to recreate the original functionality using an automation. I imported this blueprint and have got single press for on/off set up. Hold for fade up/down works but is jerky as opposed to the original smooth fade. I can’t see a way to scroll through the “favourite” colours using the double clicks at all.
My quesiton - if something is not an entity associated with a device (in this case, the colour of the light), is there no way to include it in an automation? What determines those entities - is it the Ikea firmware or something I can work on myself?
Thanks for reading, and please feel free to point out if I’ve got the wrong end of the stick somewhere along the line!