Trouble getting Automation to fire from Zigbee button

Configuration Zigbee
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Getting back into HomeAssistant after a few years - New house → New HA setup. I am running ZHA and all devices seem to pair nicely.

I have a simple automation to turn on a light relay, which should be triggered by a button press. Button is an Aqara Wireless Mini Switch T1.

When I press the button a Toggle event is fired in the activity log:

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But in the Automation I cannot select “Toggle” as the trigger - only short press or long press and none of these work as trigger:

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I am not sure if this is configuration issue or I simply messed up.
I was running zigbee2mqtt earlier and perhaps I should just switch back to that?
Hoping someone can help - This is pretty simple and should work
Any help / hint is appreciated!

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Hello
Could you possibly show us your YAML so we can get a better idea what is happening?

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If the Device trigger isn’t working, you can always use an Event trigger. You can get the details of the events the button posts to the event bus by using the Events tool. You will need to set it to listen for zha_event in the " Listen to events" field.

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Sure - Here is the yaml for the Automation:

alias: Workshop Remote Light
description: ""
triggers:
  - device_id: 2c1622a3601edddbfbbed92ceee56b69
    domain: zha
    type: remote_button_short_press
    subtype: remote_button_short_press
    trigger: device
    id: Toggle Event
conditions: []
actions:
  - type: toggle
    device_id: d3224c52612382a707e0fde86bef71d3
    entity_id: 9aa4e7b5ef695b618172e22547815954
    domain: light
mode: single
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Thanks @Didgeridrew!
Using the event tool I was able to capture the zha_event and create a manual event that works.

For others - in case you are new to HomeAssistant - may be trivial for most of you…:

  • Go to Developer Tools and select Events in the top bar
  • In the Listen to add “zha_event” and press Start Listening
  • Go press your button / other trigger you want to capture
  • You should get an “Event X fired” in the Events log
  • In the log copy the data portion, ie. the indented section after “data:”
  • Go to your Automation select “+ Add trigger” and then “… Other Triggers”
  • Select Manual Event - add a name for your trigger under Trigger ID (optional)
  • Set Event type to “zha_event” and paste the data portion copied earlier into the Event data code section
  • I left user empty.

Voila - Light turns on at the press of the button!
Thanks again for the help!