ZG-101L button "action" cannot be get (read)

[agak79]

Hi

I recently bought a zigbee button to control some devices that couldnt connect to a wired switch. The button was correctly connected to Z2MQTT and I is detected as ZG-101L

Loginovo ZG-101ZL control via MQTT | Zigbee2MQTT

It exposes 3 variables: battery, Operation mode and action. The problem is the action variable cannot be read or write and if I search the states with this device name, only battery and operation appears. “action” is the main variable for this devices as it shows when the button is pushed, but if it cannot be read I don’t know how to use the device.

Any advice?

[tom_l]

Using the new action events in Zigbee2MQTT 2.0

The new Zigbee2MQTT 2.0 introduces the new event based actions for things with buttons. And at the same time deprecates the old way of using action sensors. Note that you enable these new actions by setting the Zigbee2MQTT configuration “Home Assistant experimental event entities” to enabled (true) However, it seems the Zigbee2MQTT devs have pulled back on the plan to remove the legacy sensor based method, so for now users can start to play with the events but it may be best to keep things as …

For your device:

The possible values are: single , double , hold , brightness_move_to_level , color_temperature_move , brightness_step_up , brightness_step_down , on , off

[agak79]

Thanks

It’s I really strange that both options are deactivated so by default no action can be used in home assistant.

I activated the experimental option as I was not using any action previously so nothing can be broken but I’m getting an error.

What should I do to solve this error?

Despite this error, after restarting the add on the event variable now appears in the states so I guess I can use it now.

[LiQuid_cOOled (Not really a...)]

This button has been an issue as of late

Add Zigbee Smart button to Zigbee2MQTT

I got a Zigbee button from AliExpress where it’s advertised for working with Zigbee2MTQQ. Adding the button was no problem. When I go to the entities if the added button it doesn’t want to change the operating mode. In ‘Zigbee2MQTT Exposes’ I see as operation mode to select Command or Event, but clicking one of these doesn’t lock in the choice In Devices I see configuration pull down with the same options, but choosing on also doesn’t lock in this choice. I want to use this button that a push…

[agak79]

Yeah, that’s a known issue but not related with this one because it’s not related with the actions

[LiQuid_cOOled (Not really a...)]

I’d argue any integration issues are related and you just cross posted

Add Zigbee Smart button to Zigbee2MQTT

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It is apparent the device needs some work for Z2M

[agak79]

As I explained in the other post they are different problems.

The first one is related with not being able to use the actions. That is not a problem related with the integration of this device but with the configuration of Z2M itself as explained previously in this post by @tom_l . It is solved by configuring correctly the addon. After doing it, the action can be used but an error message appears in the Z2M addon, but not linked to this device but with the addon configuration. If you have any suggestion on how to avoid this problem it would be very helpful.

The other problem with the operation mode it’s related with the integration, but it’s a different problem. I didn’t know crossposting was a problem. It seems helpful to link to the post where the solution is shown , as done in this post by the moderator.

[tom_l]

@agak79

I activated the experimental option as I was not using any action previously so nothing can be broken but I’m getting an error.

You have to do it in YAML. config/zigbee2mqtt/configuration.yaml

See: https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/configuration/homeassistant.html

[LiQuid_cOOled (Not really a...)]

Unfortunately, the device availability is extremely limited
I

Not an expert, but know the actions has been a problem for a bit

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[agak79]

Thanks again

I tried to change it in the configuration.yaml but it seems that, despite the error appearing, the configuration was done after restarting the addon , as these options (enabling discovering and the experimental option) are already changed to true in the configuration.yaml. Maybe the error is appearing because the change was made with the addon running?

[tom_l]

You would not be able to visit the z2m webpage if the add-on was stopped

And yes restarting the add-on is required when you change the config.

Here’s an alternate version of the button automation that works for me:

- id: 23cd99f6-6054-43cc-9fbe-a89570fb0bfa
  alias: Master Bed Button Events
  triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: event.master_bed_button_action
    to: ~
  conditions:
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{trigger.from_state.state != 'unavailable'}}"
  actions:
  - choose:
    - conditions:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{trigger.to_state.attributes.event_type == 'single'}}"
      sequence:
      - action: light.toggle
        target:
          entity_id: 
          - light.lifx_mstr_bed_lamp_left
          - light.lifx_mstr_bed_lamp_right
      - action: lifx.set_state
        entity_id: 
        - light.lifx_mstr_bed_lamp_left
        - light.lifx_mstr_bed_lamp_right
        data:
          brightness: "{{ states('sensor.calculated_light_brightness_25pct_min')|int(0) }}"
          color_temp_kelvin: 2700
    - conditions:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{trigger.to_state.attributes.event_type == 'double'}}"
      sequence:
      - action: script.master_bed_close
    - conditions:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{trigger.to_state.attributes.event_type == 'triple'}}"
      sequence:
      - action: script.master_bed_east_open
    - conditions:
      - condition: template
        value_template: "{{trigger.to_state.attributes.event_type == 'hold'}}"
      sequence:
      - action: script.master_bed_favourite