🎮 ZHA, deCONZ, Zigbee2MQTT - Ikea E1744 SYMFONISK rotary remote Universal blueprint - all actions - control lights, media players and more with Hooks

jalada · May 28, 2022, 4:58pm

I had some luck updating my zha configuration variables as above. They are now:

    zha:
      rotate_left:
      - move_MoveMode.Down_195_bitmap8.0_bitmap8.0
      rotate_stop:
      - stop_bitmap8.0_bitmap8.0
      rotate_right:
      - move_MoveMode.Up_195_bitmap8.0_bitmap8.0
      click_short:
      - toggle
      click_double:
      - step_StepMode.Up_1_0_bitmap8.0_bitmap8.0
      click_triple:
      - step_StepMode.Down_1_0_bitmap8.0_bitmap8.0

These are now too long for the last command input text helper by default (default length is 100) so I had to recreate that in configuration.yml with a max of 255.

Hellis81 · May 28, 2022, 5:06pm

So this worked?
Strange that it didn’t fit with 100 characters since the string is less than 100 characters.

SandaleZ · May 29, 2022, 10:15am

Works for me ty

ILikeToDoThat · June 5, 2022, 1:27am

Just want to confirm that these changes got everything working again for me. I was working off the suggestions on github and can confirm that the 255 max character value on the helper is necessary; without it, the automation doesn’t seem to register stops, so it either goes full max or full min. Once i kept reading the thread and changed the value, everything functioned 100% again. Thanks everyone!

jalada · June 16, 2022, 8:05am

The last command input text helper has a whole bunch of stuff serialised as JSON in it. Together with the longer strings for the actual commands, it goes over 100 chars.

jellytotz · July 3, 2022, 8:09pm

Has anyone fixed the sensitivity when turning volume down/up?
You turn it slightly one directly and it jumps like mad turning it all the down or up (depending which way you turn it). I have a Hook Media setup and it’s still crazy and totally unusable.

I have read all of this thread and followed people debounce delay setups, I just can’t it to smoothly control the volume. It’s either 0 or 100% and then endless repeating.

EDIT: Got it paired on Z2MQTT btw. Not using ZHA or Node Red

Hellis81 · July 3, 2022, 8:14pm

I don’t use this or any other blueprint, I use Node red to handle the remote and it works fine.

hoffsta · July 8, 2022, 7:54am

For anyone just getting here because they updated Home Assistant from some thing prior to 2022.4 and their Symfonisk remote stopped working, here’s a simplified version of how to fix it. (Hoping to save you the time I spent learning this from the various sources needed).

Go into your code editor of choice and pull up /config/blueprints/automation/EPMatt/ikea_e1744.yaml

Find this around line 166:

    zha:
      rotate_left:
      - move_1_195
      rotate_stop: [stop]
      rotate_right:
      - move_0_195
      click_short:
      - toggle
      click_double:
      -step_0_1_0
      click_triple:
      -step_1_1_0

And replace it with this:

    zha:
      rotate_left:
      - move_MoveMode.Down_195_bitmap8.0_bitmap8.0
      rotate_stop:
      - stop_bitmap8.0_bitmap8.0
      rotate_right:
      - move_MoveMode.Up_195_bitmap8.0_bitmap8.0
      click_short:
      - toggle
      click_double:
      - step_StepMode.Up_1_0_bitmap8.0_bitmap8.0
      click_triple:
      - step_StepMode.Down_1_0_bitmap8.0_bitmap8.0

Next, in the Home Assistant UI, find the Helpers (Settings > Devices & Services > Helpers tab)
Clink on the helper(s) you defined for this blueprint (mine is called helper_last_controller_event
Under Settings tab, change Maximum Length from 100 to 255 and click Update.

Navigate to Developer Tools > Yaml > and reload your Input Texts and also Automations for good measure.

That should do it. It worked perfectly for me.

HVR88 · July 9, 2022, 5:08pm

Applied the event fixes when I first installed the device, but as someone else mentioned in another thread, an error still gets logged for this Blueprint:

Logger: homeassistant.components.automation
Source: components/automation/__init__.py:651
Integration: Automation ([documentation](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/automation), [issues](https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22integration%3A+automation%22))
First occurred: 10:56:06 AM (1 occurrences)
Last logged: 10:56:06 AM

Blueprint Controller - IKEA E1744 SYMFONISK Rotary Remote generated invalid automation with inputs OrderedDict([('integration', 'ZHA'), ('controller_device', 'd40b7a19923e2a045c7069ce3b55baa7'), ('helper_last_controller_event', 'input_text.ikea_rotary_helper'), ('action_rotate_left', [OrderedDict([('event', 'IkeaRotary'), ('event_data', 'Left')])]), ('rotate_left_loop', True), ('rotate_right_loop', True)]): expected dict for dictionary value @ data['action'][3]['choose'][0]['sequence'][1]['choose'][0]['sequence'][0]['repeat']['sequence'][0]['event_data']. Got None expected dict for dictionary value @ data['action'][3]['choose'][0]['sequence'][1]['default'][0]['event_data']. Got None

ssd · July 21, 2022, 2:47pm

worked for me, thank you for summarizing!

sparkydave · July 22, 2022, 9:34pm

Thanks for the info. I’ll give it a shot.

Something i noticed when changing the code is a bunch of syntax errors:

(had to use screen capture to display the errors rather than copy/paste…sorry)

J3ster · August 9, 2022, 5:45pm

Having the exact same problem, also zigbee2mqtt. It was fine a few HA updates back, have not found a solution yet.

Hellis81 · August 9, 2022, 5:51pm

Seen this?

ampersandru · August 27, 2022, 10:00pm

I recently installed zigbee2mqtt and use a sonoff ZBDongle-P. Successfully paired the ikea remote, updated the OTA, and I see it in Home Assistant. However, there are only 4 entities shown (Battery, Update Available, Update State, and Linkquality). There is no action entity in home assistant, but I see it in the Zigbee2Mqtt frontend (and I can see it update with actions I perform on the remote). I’ve tried un-pairing and re-pairing and same issue. Any ideas?

Hellis81 · August 28, 2022, 4:31am

You need to listen for events, or use device in automations.

ampersandru · August 28, 2022, 7:08am

wow never knew that was a thing, figured it out and its working now. Thanks

rickmat · October 18, 2022, 9:24am

Has anyone an idea to activate another scene or script outside of the instance ?

Would like to have the rotary handling the lights in the room but have the click options to do other functions ‘outside’ of the room (instance)…

Hellis81 · October 18, 2022, 10:12am

Not sure what you are actually asking.
But you can bind the button and spin to whatever you want.

rickmat · October 18, 2022, 1:08pm

I would like to control several things from one rotary button…

A simple example:

Rotary = dim light
Single click = toggle fan

Hellis81 · October 18, 2022, 5:00pm

You can just open the device and create automations from the automations field: