I’ve setup RFLink with some KaKu devices and it works OK.
However I notice that all KaKu elements are only listed as entities, but not a devices.
The home page overview shows them and I can switch on and of from that page, but when I go to Configuration, the KaKu-s show only up in the Entity list, not in the Device list.
The consequence of this is that I cannot create automations for them, because the KaKu-s cannot be selected from the device list.
What am I missing?
Automations based on yaml files? Because I cannot select it from the UI.
Anyway, I’ll try.
What I want is to use Hue dimmer switch to control a KaKu light dimmer device.
My idea was to let the Hue dimmer switch trigger an automation (or multiple) that controls the KaKu dimmer device.
I’m not a novice in home automation, but I don’t fully grasp the concepts of hass yet.
No, (from the UI) you could not select a RFLink device because (as you as said) RFLink don’t create it, but you can make your automations from the entity state:
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: switch.aukey_02
Select ‘state’ as the trigger, then you can choose any entity.
Ok, but this means you’re not triggering on a RFlink entity but on the Hue dimmer which is connected to HA using a different integration (deConz, ZHA, etc.). In this case you need to trigger on an event as a remote control does not have a state like a for example a door sensor or a light. It’s in the docs of the Zigbee integration you are using.