Rotary dimmer and MQTT

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Does anybody knows a nice smart rotary dimmer that can integrate with MQTT?
i.e.

Or -even better- a simple rotary remot (don’t need the dimmer).
My ideal would be

  • rotary button
  • single click action (on button)
  • form factor: small plate with only few mm thickness, that’s has same form factor as standard nico covers. On top of that a rotary button.
  • zigbee protocol

Did not find any on the market, so second best: the dimmers, mentioned above.
Wifi instead of zigbee is acceptable.

Suggestions?
Can the dimmers above be flashed with tasmota or something like that, so I can use them in Home Assistant?

kind regards,

Bart

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Hey, did you ever find anything? Looking for the same…

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anyone? i have the same question.

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@Benjamin_De_Smet , @sodaclub112

This device works good for me:
IKEA Symfonisk (E1744)
https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/E1744.html#ikea-e1744

my setup:

  • hass
  • Zigbee2mqtt
  • AppDaemon + controllerx

for discussion and config, see

grtz
B

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Hey @bartplessers, this looks really cool! I’ve been struggling to find a way for reliable and smooth responses to the E1744 increase and decrease actions, and perhaps this is it. However, I’ve been reluctant to take the plunge into AppDaemon and have been trying to do everything I can with native HASS automations and scripts.

I’ve set up AppDaemon + ControllerX to control a Hue light group, however the default setup is really laggy, taking at least 1 second to respond to an input from the E1744, and still carrying out commands a few seconds after I’ve stopped moving the dial. Is there something I need to change with delays somewhere to reduce the lag? Maybe this is happening because my lights are still linked into Home Assistant by Hue’s own hub and not directly in MQTT?

config/appdaemon/apps/apps.yaml has an entry like this (I’ve tried removing the transition attribute):

symfonisk_light_controller:
  module: controllerx
  class: E1744LightController
  integration: z2m
  controller: sensor.symfonisk_light_controller_action
  light: light.dining_room
  transition: 1000
  smooth_power_on: true

And I have this in config/zigbee2mqtt/devices.yaml (having tried many different denounce settings from 0.1-0.8):

'0x680ae2fffe5c1fc9':
  friendly_name: symfonisk light controller
  debounce: 0.5
  debounce_ignore:
    - action
  optimistic: true
  legacy: false
  simulated_brightness: {}

Update: I followed the recommendations for this behaviour in the ControllerX FAQ, but don’t notice any improvement. See the relevant post here.

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A cp of years later I found myself also looking for something similar: I am after a 2G rotary dimmer (or 2 modular ones)ie, like this:

or 2 like this:

Either of these would work for me, if it wasn’t for the power method. I would like a device with neutral. The reason is because I am turning a 1G switch into a 2G switch, so the second device (or second knob) wouldn’t control any electrical load directly (and therefore won’t be getting any current from the electrical circuit unless it has a netural); it would be used only to send the commands on the relevant network.

has anyone come across anything like this ?