Wat zonde dat ik je kanaal zo laat heb ontdekt! Ik ga m'n HA-installatie opnieuw opbouwen om je tips te verwerken. Deze dim-manieren maken m'n systeem zoveel overzichtelijker en handiger! Dank!
Yet another impressive tutorial! Thank you, they're (3) working like a champ and the step by step is still good even after all of the recent UI changes 7 months after releasing this video. Please keep them coming.
Do you recommend separate automations for press and hold (single/restart mode)? or is it ok to put the single click operations in the hold/restart mode automation?
A1 video, been trying to get a sensible solution for a long time now. Funny this was my first planned automation, 2 years later I might have a sensible solution.
I am using Inovelli Blue dimmers, which has local control of some lights (different from the video use case). I used your method group these local lights and some LEDs controlled by a Shelly. I setup the light group and the automation configuration in this video,but had jitter and undesirable dimming/brightening results. The issue was that the Blue dimmer had local control yet of its lights, and HA would additionally send light action commands to the switch since they were configured in a HA light group. I solved the issue by disabling local control of the Blue (Enable LocalProtect feature) so the switch would ignore the physical pressing of the paddles and only acting on the commands sent to it via HA. Problem solved and lights working great as described in your video. This video was of great help. Thanks!
A really educational video. I came from reddit and decided to use the blueprint mentioned there. I still watched your video to learn something, as you wrote in your reddit post. And i learned a lot ! Thanks for that and keep up the work u put into those kind of videos.
Would it be possible to have a long-press up for "dim-up" and short press up for "on" (alternatively; long-press down for "dim-down" and short press down for "off")? I have a wall switch with 4 contact buttons so would like to use left up and down buttons for on-off + dimming of one light en the right two buttons for another.
Brilliant instructional video, I'd spent hours looking for a solution before I stumbled across your video. This is the only way I've found to do it outside of node-red or App Deamon. Great work, thank you
This is a great tutorial Wish I had found it a while ago. I ended up finding a blueprint that works with my Hue Dimmer's (also works with Ikea dimmers) and just used the blueprint, but I would rather have tried it on my own :). Not changing it now, but this video will be handy to refer to when I do the next one :) With the step value, some lights will not dim outside set values so you may still only see 10 steps from off to full, even if you use a smaller step value. Philips white dimmable (not the "ambience" ones) are an example that only move in steps of 10% at a time.
I have ambience bulb and I tried use this guide to get rid of my need of hue bridge, but ambience bulb flicker 10% at the time.. :/ so back to hue bridge :D
Realized I had two unused Hue dimmer controls (with buttons on/off dim up/down) and that they probably could be used with zigbee directly instead of the Hue controller (dumped the controller now that they soon want you to have an account to still use the stuff). Yes, I was right. Now I can: - Turn on / off lights - Dim up / down in single steps - Dim up / down continuously while button is pressed - Double click on or off for full or half brightness - triple-clicking on will toggle my girlfriend's bedside lamp on/off and triple-clicking off will toggle my bedside lamp on/off This was a very useful tutorial! Thanks a lot!
I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful! It's always great when you can repurpose unused devices for new purposes. Enjoy your newfound control over your lights!
@@SmartHomeJunkie Now I've also gone through the alarm tutorial. One thing I haven't figured out is how to override the vibration mode on my android so I actually get an audible notification. But I think that can wait for another day...
I really like your videos. Super clear, calm and with useful examples for real life. I have a challenge related to dimming lights. I wonder if using a symfonisk remote you could dim your lights. It would be quite useful under certain conditions where you need to dim lights faster or with more precision. Keep the good content going. I am sure you will be on 100k followers soon!
Thank you for your kind words Alberto 🙏🏻. I do not own a symfonisk remote, but if I do in the future I will definately try it! Let's hope I will get to 100.000 subscribers. That would be totally awesome 😍
Awesome video. Thank you. I also have the tradfri controllers and I’m just in the process of re-pairing my bulbs and controllers into HA. This video was exactly what I needed. Very informative and precise. In Australia they have announced the round 5 button tradfri controller is being discontinued. The replacement is the new square 4 button controller. I don’t like it as much. I went out the other day to Ikea and purchased four more of the round 5 button controllers while they are still in stock (and they are also on sale). Cheers!
For everyone who does not have the event type predefined called "Until released" and youre using ZHA: trigger: - platform: event event_type: zha_event event_data: device_id: 0df2a5b70c9e9d82750c7dd8929eee64 command: stop_with_on_off id: dim-up-release - platform: event event_type: zha_event event_data: device_id: 0df2a5b70c9e9d82750c7dd8929eee64 command: stop id: dim-down-release this will define the until release events within your automation.
I wasn't sure where to add this so I followed case 2, then chose "Edit in YAML" and in the last row I changed "mode: single" to "mode: restart" and it worked!
Thanks very much for this elaboration. I got button hold dimming working with this. I was dealing with a remote which doesn't have straigtforward actions which are selectable. To work around this I use an available blueprint for this remote which I then have adjusting the value(s) of helper(s) in HA as it's action(s). This change of the helper entity is then the trigger event for the implementation explained in this video.
This helped me configure an automation for dimming ikea bulbs with a shelly plus 1pm. since there's only one button on it, I created an input boolean that changes state every time the button is released. works fine for me
Had to go get a phillips hue switch to try this. Worked great! I hope there will be a way to get smooth dimming in the future, like when pairing directly to a bulb.
How did you connect the switch to the bulb? I’m looking to buy a hue dimmer switch but have no other hue products and don’t fancy paying £50 for a hub. Do I need to get a zigbee usb stick for my raspi?
@@jeffbob7219 the ikea stuff can work without any hubs. But with HA you get the option to add a lot of different zigbee devices. But if you just want to start simple just get the Ikea stuff and once you feel like using more zigbee devices and sensors then go for home assistant later.
The tl;dr or rather tl;dw is: Set the automation mode to Restart and trigger on hold and release, then the release will cancel the loop started by the hold.
Hi thanks for your video, really helpful! When a I dim down light while keep pressing, the light came to off (0%). How can I set the automation to stop at 1% ?
You could probably have another While condition that makes sure the brightness value is greater than 0. I haven't tried this, so you might need to do it in YAML
Yes I'd also like to know how I can prevent the lights to completely go off, but instead stop at a predefined value (e.g., 1%, 5% or 10%) -- we got used to how the Hue dimmer switches perform and this is the missing part!
Hello , Very well explained video . In my dimmer switch options (I have both hue and IKEA Styrbar Dimmers) I don't get an option for "continuously pressed button" , I only have "press action" and "press release action" for each 4 buttons . Is there a way to achive the continuously pressed dimming ? Thank you again
Perfect video, thanks! Is there a way to configure on a long press to dim up and dim down and dim up... until release? That would help zo much. Or dim op on long press and dim down on double press? Thanks in advance!
The problem I have with my "Tuya Smart Knob TS004F" is that the turns are a series of 'clicks' that only get sent every second or so. I can turn it slowly to get multiple triggers, but turning it quickly doesn't act any quicker. I just use it as a button now.
And again a great video! If I may make a video request: I would love to see a video about using multiple motion sensors for an area like the hallway/stairway. I have three floors, on each floor a motion sensor. each keeps turning different/mutiple groups. They shall act different for turning on/off lights, e.g. when entering the middle floor, every light turns on (where it is dark). When entering the bottom floor, just the lights of the bottom and middle floor turn on. If a motion sensor detects no motion for a period of time, it turns off the respective area. And all this just in case the brightness in the area is below xx lux. Mostly, the sensor in the bottom floor is always too dark (no window, no direct sunlight), it triggers always. But the one on the top floor only triggers after sunset, so the lights between middle and top floor only turn on when it is dark enough. This topic is still a challenge for me.
Thank you Saure. Actually, I wanted to create a video about grouping motion sensors this week, so your timing is perfect. I might use your example as use cases for this!
What is your problem? You could either group them or just use as separate triggers. If any of the sensors is on, the lights are on. If all the sensors are off, turn the lights off.
As always, great content! I managed to get my hands on a couple of the 5-button TRÅDFRI remotes. I absolutely love them. I'm in the process of trying to do some split configuration and packaging of my automations. While doing that, as much as possible, I'm trying to eliminate device id references in my automations. I'm not sure I'll be able to do that in this case. If I follow your example (an excellent one, by the way), then my automation trigger will be the TRÅDFRI device, so I'll end up with a Device ID. I tried to look at some entity state change options as alternatives, but I can't locate an entity that refers to the remote itself. Have you made any attempt to do this? Am I missing something?
Ok so you created 2 ids for the continuous mode which were needed “to stop the dimming” If we want to learn more about writing automations and using trigger IDs wouldn’t it be good to know why we had to create these two to stop the dimming or stop the part of the automations. To me, I enjoy creating solutions but in this case it feels like just told us of an undocumented feature or failure of the process of creating automations in home assistant. Perhaps work around might be a better choice. I would never have gotten this automation written on my own as I wouldn’t think to add two (seemingly) unused trigger IDs I am not asking for an answer in a reply here but hoping you will consider a intermediate level video where you brave to tell us of the black magic tricks of automations that need other modes besides “Single” Or Why use Restart and does the restart directly play into the need for the two extra trigger ids? Ed, you do great work and not everything should be your job, I did try searching, worse I tried reading the official HA documentation. I have gleaned more for watching this and the tag reader video about Restart and the when/why from your videos than other means. I hope others feel the same and it would help with the goal of getting us to not be dependent upon you and others.
Nice, I have been trying something in node red but my lights crashed, using a variation of this I have mine working with my Aqara Opple remotes, though I notice you have entities for your Ikea button as a "remote" where I have to listen for a zha event so I can't use the repeat "while" function, I have used repeat "until" and the condition of release. If only you could "step" light temperarture.
Very good, so easy to follow. I manged to set up a Zigbee RGB led strip (Namron) with an iKEA 4 button (Styrbar) dimmer. On / off and dimming. The 5 button is no longer sold. Is there a way to mabye use the left and right button to go through different colours? Can't find any relevant tutotrials. Again thanks for your videos, have learnt a lot.
Ha, didn't last long! First I followed your naming conventions and scenes, cold, green and cosy. It worked. Changed out names to mine, like livingroom red, green and blue, still working. Added 2 more scenes, orange and purple, stopped working. Have done re-boot etc but no go. Start again fresh! Will get it in the end.
Great tutorial. My new house has gu10 spots in the ceiling. Lot's of them. I want to replace my "dumb" turning knob dimmers that are in the wall with zigbee dimmers. Any recommendations? I don't need a button there. Just the brown wire and the black wire. (Netherlands)
Nice video! In a perfect world scenario I would just bind remote to light group and control it directly while have all the ikea devices paired to HA that way I’m not too dependent on HA being online or stable for that matter. Unfortunately, binding Ikea in ZHA is a huge pain in the ass so this method might be just as good (as long as HA is running ofc)
Great video, as always! Since we need around 4 automations to handle just one switch, I was wondering if you have any process to make this functionality centralized for all switches. Is there a way to make the switch-entity dynamic, so that only the switch which got pressed is running in the automation? Otherwise you need 40 automations just to handle your switches… Thanks!
This was super helpful! I was able to get a zwave remote switch to dim the lights so that my wife can control the lights without getting up or asking me to do it! My question would be how can I make this work so I can have the same remote dim different lights based on a device selection? i.e. if button A is pressed right before dimming than dim Light A, else dim Light B?
Thank you for a great video! I am actually using the same setup for controlling volume on one of my Sonos speakers. Eg. holding the 'dim up' button will increase the speaker volume. I have one issue. I also have a play/pause action on the 'dim up' botton, set to 'release after short press'. When I hold the 'dim up' button the volume increases, but when I release the 'dim up' button, the 'release after short press' action triggers and the music stops. The play/pause automation and the volume up automation are in two seperate automations. Is this the issue, or am I missing something else?
so why do you create the button release triggers then? after you created them you didnt seem to use them for anyhting, unless i missed somehting? thanks
Thank you for your great instructions =) It has been very usefull for me and I´m following your chanel with enthusiasm as a beginner i HA. Do you have a tutorial for dim lights up/down with one single button?
I have just (5 minutes ago) created an automation for the up/down version (E1743) based on this wonderfull video. The only big difference is the Release part, instead of two there is only one trigger and the button action is called: brightness_stop.
Thanks for an excellent video and explanation. I would also love to see a video on how to dim lights up/down with a single button, such as the Xiaomi mini wireless smart button. This momentary click button has 'action' states of 'single', 'double', 'hold' and 'release' so hopefully it would be possible. Keep up the good work :)
It’s working perfectly in my installation but I’ve had the same issues on the way. Please check if you’ve exactly followed the instructions. If there are any other automations including the same lights and switches, try to inactivate them.
Is there a way to have it setup as follows: Press up to turn on. press down to turn off. keep holding up to increase brightness, keep holding down to decrease brightness. knx works like that also. I am new with HA (your videos are very useful ) I have programming background, but i am trying to find out yet how everything works.
Nice Video! Is there a simple way to dim up lamps wich are turned on already? The only way what I know, is to check every lamp with an if condition. But I want use groups for dimming. :/
I find it so strange that when one connect a button and a dimmer/spot directly all these functions works automatically. But as soon as HA is in the middle there isnt a way to just "forward" the zigbee messages as normal. I understand the added possibilites it gives, but binding should have given a very similar result (which it doesn't I guess).
@@SmartHomeJunkie I was thinking more the controller that does the actual dimming like a Shelly Dimmer 2, I have some dimmable GU10s just connected to a standard on off switch, I'm wounding what I should used to be able to dim the bulbs ?
@@F1L3GIT Ah, now I get what you mean! The Shelly Dimmer 2 is a good choice for this indeed. I use it too for some led lights in my house. I created a video about this about a year ago: ruclips.net/video/EO8cT2KBzF0/видео.html
Hi, would like to know if there are also hard wired solution for this e.g. solution that are DIN rail based. I would prefer to use dumb switches but it seems to be very hard to find a good solution for this. Everything needs to be wireless apparently. Since you are very experienced with Home assistant, did you come across wired dimming solutions? For the switch and for the lamps. Thank you
I have 5 Spot lights in a Group Helper to form one entity so this doesn't show in Devices is it possible to do this with an entity ? thanks for all your hard work
Hello Thank you for great video again. I have problems because on "trigger" option tables missing "release after long press" function. How can add that function on selection tables? Dim up/down: pressed/continuously pressed selection can find. Basic dimming functions with single press works. Thanks
Is there maybe another trigger option to detect the release? You might want to use something like "Release". Not very switch supports the same triggers unfortunately.
exellent tutorial, just one question i lack in knocklegde to do: how can i smooth out the dimming steps while pressing. I want a smooth transition between the steps, how can i archive this? THX :=)
Hi, in your intro you show a picture of the Ecodim ED-10014 Zigbee wall switch. So far I configured it using Node-Red, but it doesn't work very well. Now I've seen your tutorial I want to give it a try using your method but I don't have any Home Assistant entity for the switch. If I'm not mistaken the Tradfri is also a Zigbee based switched so I was wondering how you get the states in Home Assistant. Could you help me about this?
Hi, I don't own that specific switch, but I did some research first of this switch would work and it should. You should be able to pair it with a zigbee stick like the Conbee 2 stick. After that it should be available in Home Assistant.
wait, shouldn't you really use a Blueprint for that remote, which does all of that in much easier and with more options (double click, long click, custom time outs,...) in one automation?
You can do that, but my videos are about understanding how Home Assistant works and doing it yourself so that you can create exactly what you want. And.... not for every switch a blueprint exists. I tried blueprints from other people and most of the time they miss things that I want to achieve, so I have to create an automation myself. I don't really like Blueprints because of the fact that they are difficult to edit for most people (you need to know yaml), also the blueprint functionality is still buggy when you create an automation with it. For instance, the Id of the automation is always the same (in my case).
Good video. Thanks. I have 2 HUE Dimmers that i configured. Then i bought a IKEA Styrbar, that i think replaced Trådfri). But i have not be able to add the device to my HUE Bridge. Cause of that i cant add it to Home Assistant. I have not find any information if i can add it to my HUE bridge at all. Do you have any idea if it works with HUE/Home Assistant or not?
@@SmartHomeJunkie Thanks for youre reply. All my smart lights are from HUE. And i use it together with my PC with HUE Sync and/or with Razer Synapse 3. My keyboard, mouse etc are from Razer. I dont know if all this will work if i use the Zigbee stick. Do you know if i can use the Zigbee stick and HUE Bridge at the same time? The HUE Dimmer are about double the price as the IKEA switch (Styrbar). HUE Dimmer switch cost about 20 USD and IKEA styrbar about 10 USD. I think i only need another one or two Dimmer switches. So i might just buy HUE switches instead.
@@Hasse-swe If you get a Zigbee stick you can make it work - though Hue's API is slow, I have a mix of Hue, Innr, Ikea and a few other devices and have them all working on a mix of Hue through the hub and with Zigbee2Mqtt though a Zigbee stick. It is best if all devices are connected to a single coordinator, but you can make it work with a mix using Home Assistant automations. I plan to completely remove hue from my system and am migrating all devices off my Hue Bridge onto the Zigbee stick
Might be. I don't know what that is. Basically the video shows how you can do it for every switch brand. I like to show how you can automate things using native HA functionalities.
I have a Fibaro dimmer 2 which I want to use as a remote for dimming a Philips Hue. With your tutorial I managed to brighten the hue smooth, but since the Fibaro has only 2 triggers, long press hold and long press released, dimming the light down is a little bit of a challenge. I want to achieve the following: When you press the button long the hue must brighten until releasing the button. The next time the button is pressed long the hue must dim down until released. Can you give me some hints to point me in the right direction on how to make this in automation?
Hi! I would say, use a toggle helper to store if the button was pressed the first time or the second time and based on the value of that helper (on or off) dim up or down. You can also use a text helper of you find that more convenient.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Please, can you elaborate better this situation? I'm under the same situation. How to use a toggle helper togheter your tutorial? Thank you
@@friedrichsinofzik5969 Hi, I am using Aqara opple and use the Until function rather than while fot the repeat type, and have set up a device ID for release, I am also using Yeelights which crash if they hit a brightness of 0, so I use an or function with the device ID for the release to stop it dimming or if my brightness gets below 6. I hope this helps
Thanks! got a question, I got a Xiaomi mijia button, is there a solution to use alternating long presses to raise and lower the brightness with the same button?
Thanks for this gread video! After reading some posts at the HA Community forum I didn't succeed, but with the help of this video it finally works. I still don't really get it tough... why do I need to set the automation on restart if there is a "Repeat until" in the automation itself? Do I always need to do that when using repeat while?
Yes, you do need the restart. Without restarting it, it can't be triggered again - it'll never stop. You need to restart it so to the automation to get to know that the trigger ID changed. It can't read it while running. @SmartHomeJunkie, it's strange you explain something you are not sure about.
@@DanielAhchiev Ho ho ho, I was sure at the time. This video is months old. I simply do not have the time to dive into everything again after months of not looking into it. It might even be the case that I explain why in the video.
So, here's the deal. When it comes to brightness steps, you gotta consider what works best for your project. Sometimes value is the way to go, and other times percentage is the answer. Experiment and see what gives you the best results!
Hi Sam, I think I can and will put it on the list. I moved away from a Raspberry Pi over a year ago, but still got one or two lying around. There are some videos and tutorials about it already. I used those in the past, but maybe there are new and better ways now.
Hello Sam, if the dutch language is not a problem, you can look at this video: ruclips.net/video/ouZ19sFksXQ/видео.html @smart home junkie, thanks for the greath video :)
It depends on the type of service and the Zigbee integration. I tested this on Deconz. It's definately possible that ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT will show different triggers
That might be indeed. Not sure what integration you use. I use Deconz. Maybe other integrations like ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT might not support it for your specific switch, but I'm not sure about that. If there's no trigger to detect if the button got released, it will be difficult to stop the dimming. The only way that I can think of is that you have to do a short press after a long press to circumvent that, but it's a sub-optimal solution imho.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Your videos have inspired me and led me to discover new things. For the IKEA 5 button, I can define a zha_event trigger for the "missing" release button event inside the native ZHA tool and then provide it a trigger id to handle it. This means I can now easily use the zha_event labeled with a trigger id to handle the release event. This is what I run for 8.1 HA. This would replace the device based reference in your video easily since ZHA does not provide a button for release. ... trigger type: event trigger id: dim-up-long-release // call this whatever you want event type: zha_event device_ieee: '90:fd:9f:ff:fe:16:c6:94' unique_id: '' device_id: '' command: 'stop_with_on_off' //this command is only "stop" for the dim-down-long-release ... You can find unique/device id details by going into Developer Tools > Events, subscribe to zha_events, and start listening.
I think it depends on the switch itself, not the integration. The hardware/firmware of the switch must provide the triggers (single click, double, long are the most common).
One of the best explained videos I've seen on a non-trivial problem. Definitely worth a donation!
Thank you so much for your support 🙏🏻
I’ve been searching for a solution like this for over 2 years!!! Thank you so much for coming up with an elegant option and clear option
I'm glad it helped!
So why not make a donation ?
Life saver... Just what I needed to quickly (as in, before the wife notices that the lights aren't working) setup my switches!
Keep up the good work!
Wat zonde dat ik je kanaal zo laat heb ontdekt! Ik ga m'n HA-installatie opnieuw opbouwen om je tips te verwerken. Deze dim-manieren maken m'n systeem zoveel overzichtelijker en handiger! Dank!
Dank je wel voor je support Friso!
Yet another impressive tutorial! Thank you, they're (3) working like a champ and the step by step is still good even after all of the recent UI changes 7 months after releasing this video. Please keep them coming.
Do you recommend separate automations for press and hold (single/restart mode)? or is it ok to put the single click operations in the hold/restart mode automation?
I just started Home Assistant. You seem to have a video for every single scenario I need, and you explain each one perfectly. Thank you!
I'm glad you like the videos!
Integrated Ikea in 20 Minutes. Thank you Junkie for your clear tutorial. It makes our life easier.
A1 video, been trying to get a sensible solution for a long time now. Funny this was my first planned automation, 2 years later I might have a sensible solution.
HAHA! Great that you could finally make it happen!
I am using Inovelli Blue dimmers, which has local control of some lights (different from the video use case). I used your method group these local lights and some LEDs controlled by a Shelly. I setup the light group and the automation configuration in this video,but had jitter and undesirable dimming/brightening results. The issue was that the Blue dimmer had local control yet of its lights, and HA would additionally send light action commands to the switch since they were configured in a HA light group. I solved the issue by disabling local control of the Blue (Enable LocalProtect feature) so the switch would ignore the physical pressing of the paddles and only acting on the commands sent to it via HA. Problem solved and lights working great as described in your video. This video was of great help. Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support!!!
A really educational video. I came from reddit and decided to use the blueprint mentioned there. I still watched your video to learn something, as you wrote in your reddit post. And i learned a lot ! Thanks for that and keep up the work u put into those kind of videos.
Thank you so much for the compliments and nice words. Comments like these make it worth it to create more and more videos. 👍🏻🙏🏻👍🏻
Dude,... lifesaver.... been looking for this for w while....!!!
Would it be possible to have a long-press up for "dim-up" and short press up for "on" (alternatively; long-press down for "dim-down" and short press down for "off")? I have a wall switch with 4 contact buttons so would like to use left up and down buttons for on-off + dimming of one light en the right two buttons for another.
Brilliant instructional video, I'd spent hours looking for a solution before I stumbled across your video. This is the only way I've found to do it outside of node-red or App Deamon.
Great work, thank you
This is a great tutorial Wish I had found it a while ago.
I ended up finding a blueprint that works with my Hue Dimmer's (also works with Ikea dimmers) and just used the blueprint, but I would rather have tried it on my own :). Not changing it now, but this video will be handy to refer to when I do the next one :) With the step value, some lights will not dim outside set values so you may still only see 10 steps from off to full, even if you use a smaller step value. Philips white dimmable (not the "ambience" ones) are an example that only move in steps of 10% at a time.
I have ambience bulb and I tried use this guide to get rid of my need of hue bridge, but ambience bulb flicker 10% at the time.. :/ so back to hue bridge :D
Realized I had two unused Hue dimmer controls (with buttons on/off dim up/down) and that they probably could be used with zigbee directly instead of the Hue controller (dumped the controller now that they soon want you to have an account to still use the stuff). Yes, I was right.
Now I can:
- Turn on / off lights
- Dim up / down in single steps
- Dim up / down continuously while button is pressed
- Double click on or off for full or half brightness
- triple-clicking on will toggle my girlfriend's bedside lamp on/off and triple-clicking off will toggle my bedside lamp on/off
This was a very useful tutorial! Thanks a lot!
I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful! It's always great when you can repurpose unused devices for new purposes. Enjoy your newfound control over your lights!
@@SmartHomeJunkie Now I've also gone through the alarm tutorial. One thing I haven't figured out is how to override the vibration mode on my android so I actually get an audible notification. But I think that can wait for another day...
Could you share how you achieved double click
I have tried everything but does not work
Great tutorial as usual. Thank you, this is very clear and that will be useful.
Congratulations on reaching 10K subscribers! 👍
Thank you Gildas! Much appreciated!
Did this with Hue dimmers. Thanks so much, great explanations!
Great to hear!
this is just what I was looking for, thank you
That's great to hear!
Thanks for a very informative video. I was able to get my Ikea Tradfri working better then it was before.
That's so cool to hear!!!
Got 20 dimmable KNX lights in HA. Once the first one worked, it was just copy 'n paste in the YAML.
Never had any issues, whatsoever!
That's awesome to hear!
Super helpful. Thank you very much for the tutorial.
Thank you so much for your support 🙏🏻
Thank you for the video! Much appreciated :)
You're very welcome Jane. Hope it helps!!!
I really like your videos. Super clear, calm and with useful examples for real life. I have a challenge related to dimming lights. I wonder if using a symfonisk remote you could dim your lights. It would be quite useful under certain conditions where you need to dim lights faster or with more precision. Keep the good content going. I am sure you will be on 100k followers soon!
Thank you for your kind words Alberto 🙏🏻. I do not own a symfonisk remote, but if I do in the future I will definately try it! Let's hope I will get to 100.000 subscribers. That would be totally awesome 😍
Awesome video. Thank you. I also have the tradfri controllers and I’m just in the process of re-pairing my bulbs and controllers into HA. This video was exactly what I needed. Very informative and precise. In Australia they have announced the round 5 button tradfri controller is being discontinued. The replacement is the new square 4 button controller. I don’t like it as much. I went out the other day to Ikea and purchased four more of the round 5 button controllers while they are still in stock (and they are also on sale). Cheers!
As always thank you for helping me solve a very concrete problem
You're welcome.
this was super helpful--thanks man!
You're welcome.
For everyone who does not have the event type predefined called "Until released" and youre using ZHA:
trigger:
- platform: event
event_type: zha_event
event_data:
device_id: 0df2a5b70c9e9d82750c7dd8929eee64
command: stop_with_on_off
id: dim-up-release
- platform: event
event_type: zha_event
event_data:
device_id: 0df2a5b70c9e9d82750c7dd8929eee64
command: stop
id: dim-down-release
this will define the until release events within your automation.
Thanks for the update!
@@SmartHomeJunkie No, thank you for the great content :)
I wasn't sure where to add this so I followed case 2, then chose "Edit in YAML" and in the last row I changed "mode: single" to "mode: restart" and it worked!
Hello can you please tell me where to put this trigger, many thanks !!
Thanks very much for this elaboration. I got button hold dimming working with this. I was dealing with a remote which doesn't have straigtforward actions which are selectable. To work around this I use an available blueprint for this remote which I then have adjusting the value(s) of helper(s) in HA as it's action(s). This change of the helper entity is then the trigger event for the implementation explained in this video.
Super usefull tutorial, thanks for this !
I'm glad you like it! 🙏🏻
Hello, I see to many HA content for automation but you describe it very good,
Thank 🙏
Thank you Sevag. Just trying to give something to the community.
@@SmartHomeJunkie actually you give more than something, you do a great job 👏🏻
I appreciate it lot 👌🏻
This helped me configure an automation for dimming ikea bulbs with a shelly plus 1pm. since there's only one button on it, I created an input boolean that changes state every time the button is released. works fine for me
That's a great idea!
Thanks. Please consider making this video again, but in the newest GUI interface of HA.
Thanks.
Thank you for your support! 🙏🏻
Had to go get a phillips hue switch to try this. Worked great! I hope there will be a way to get smooth dimming in the future, like when pairing directly to a bulb.
How did you connect the switch to the bulb? I’m looking to buy a hue dimmer switch but have no other hue products and don’t fancy paying £50 for a hub. Do I need to get a zigbee usb stick for my raspi?
@@jeffbob7219 I did exactly what the video shows
@@jeffbob7219 the ikea stuff can work without any hubs. But with HA you get the option to add a lot of different zigbee devices. But if you just want to start simple just get the Ikea stuff and once you feel like using more zigbee devices and sensors then go for home assistant later.
Thanks, finally I've can make my dimming very nice 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Brilliant!!!
Hi Ed, I know it's an old video, but still great information in it. Helped a lot. Thanks, Eddie
Thank you so much for this tutorial.
The tl;dr or rather tl;dw is: Set the automation mode to Restart and trigger on hold and release, then the release will cancel the loop started by the hold.
Thank you, I would like to add, the Tradfri ON/OFF Switch Model E1743 working as well!
Hi thanks for your video, really helpful! When a I dim down light while keep pressing, the light came to off (0%). How can I set the automation to stop at 1% ?
I'd also like to know this
Any idea? 😃 @Smart Home Junkie
You could probably have another While condition that makes sure the brightness value is greater than 0. I haven't tried this, so you might need to do it in YAML
Yes I'd also like to know how I can prevent the lights to completely go off, but instead stop at a predefined value (e.g., 1%, 5% or 10%) -- we got used to how the Hue dimmer switches perform and this is the missing part!
Thanks nice and easy to follow and it worked a treat
Great to hear!
Hello , Very well explained video . In my dimmer switch options (I have both hue and IKEA Styrbar Dimmers) I don't get an option for "continuously pressed button" , I only have "press action" and "press release action" for each 4 buttons . Is there a way to achive the continuously pressed dimming ? Thank you again
Nice video, thank you!
You're very welcome André
This is damn helpful, thank you buddy!
Great content! How to to stop dimming when % of brightness is 1%?
Perfect video, thanks!
Is there a way to configure on a long press to dim up and dim down and dim up... until release? That would help zo much. Or dim op on long press and dim down on double press? Thanks in advance!
This is so great. How about doing "change color" on the remote also? :)
Thank you!, now i have to see if can apply this to a zigbee knob.
The problem I have with my "Tuya Smart Knob TS004F" is that the turns are a series of 'clicks' that only get sent every second or so. I can turn it slowly to get multiple triggers, but turning it quickly doesn't act any quicker.
I just use it as a button now.
And again a great video!
If I may make a video request: I would love to see a video about using multiple motion sensors for an area like the hallway/stairway.
I have three floors, on each floor a motion sensor. each keeps turning different/mutiple groups. They shall act different for turning on/off lights, e.g. when entering the middle floor, every light turns on (where it is dark). When entering the bottom floor, just the lights of the bottom and middle floor turn on.
If a motion sensor detects no motion for a period of time, it turns off the respective area.
And all this just in case the brightness in the area is below xx lux. Mostly, the sensor in the bottom floor is always too dark (no window, no direct sunlight), it triggers always. But the one on the top floor only triggers after sunset, so the lights between middle and top floor only turn on when it is dark enough.
This topic is still a challenge for me.
Thank you Saure. Actually, I wanted to create a video about grouping motion sensors this week, so your timing is perfect. I might use your example as use cases for this!
What is your problem? You could either group them or just use as separate triggers. If any of the sensors is on, the lights are on. If all the sensors are off, turn the lights off.
perfect thank you for the great video
I'm glad you like it!
Thanks i had done something similar in scripts because i didnt know how to use trigger and choose functions in automations.
Great, now you can do this with automations and make it work perfectly!
Thank you, very helpful!
As always, great content!
I managed to get my hands on a couple of the 5-button TRÅDFRI remotes. I absolutely love them.
I'm in the process of trying to do some split configuration and packaging of my automations. While doing that, as much as possible, I'm trying to eliminate device id references in my automations. I'm not sure I'll be able to do that in this case. If I follow your example (an excellent one, by the way), then my automation trigger will be the TRÅDFRI device, so I'll end up with a Device ID. I tried to look at some entity state change options as alternatives, but I can't locate an entity that refers to the remote itself. Have you made any attempt to do this? Am I missing something?
Ok so you created 2 ids for the continuous mode which were needed “to stop the dimming”
If we want to learn more about writing automations and using trigger IDs wouldn’t it be good to know why we had to create these two to stop the dimming or stop the part of the automations.
To me, I enjoy creating solutions but in this case it feels like just told us of an undocumented feature or failure of the process of creating automations in home assistant. Perhaps work around might be a better choice.
I would never have gotten this automation written on my own as I wouldn’t think to add two (seemingly) unused trigger IDs
I am not asking for an answer in a reply here but hoping you will consider a intermediate level video where you brave to tell us of the black magic tricks of automations that need other modes besides “Single”
Or
Why use Restart and does the restart directly play into the need for the two extra trigger ids?
Ed, you do great work and not everything should be your job, I did try searching, worse I tried reading the official HA documentation.
I have gleaned more for watching this and the tag reader video about Restart and the when/why from your videos than other means.
I hope others feel the same and it would help with the goal of getting us to not be dependent upon you and others.
Nice, I have been trying something in node red but my lights crashed, using a variation of this I have mine working with my Aqara Opple remotes, though I notice you have entities for your Ikea button as a "remote" where I have to listen for a zha event so I can't use the repeat "while" function, I have used repeat "until" and the condition of release. If only you could "step" light temperarture.
Very good, so easy to follow.
I manged to set up a Zigbee RGB led strip (Namron) with an iKEA 4 button (Styrbar) dimmer. On / off and dimming. The 5 button is no longer sold.
Is there a way to mabye use the left and right button to go through different colours? Can't find any relevant tutotrials.
Again thanks for your videos, have learnt a lot.
Hi! Maybe this video might help you to set that up: ruclips.net/video/nBdDdC2jVUc/видео.html
@@SmartHomeJunkie Thank you. Think I grasp the consept. Made some scence with different colours on the rgb led strip. Will try the rest tomorrow.
@@SmartHomeJunkie tested and tried but will have to try some more, can't get it to work. back to the drawing board. :-)
@@SmartHomeJunkie Got it. had a small spelling mistake!
Again, thanks for the great videos.
Ha, didn't last long!
First I followed your naming conventions and scenes, cold, green and cosy. It worked. Changed out names to mine, like livingroom red, green and blue, still working. Added 2 more scenes, orange and purple, stopped working. Have done re-boot etc but no go.
Start again fresh! Will get it in the end.
Great tutorial. My new house has gu10 spots in the ceiling. Lot's of them. I want to replace my "dumb" turning knob dimmers that are in the wall with zigbee dimmers. Any recommendations?
I don't need a button there. Just the brown wire and the black wire. (Netherlands)
Nice video! In a perfect world scenario I would just bind remote to light group and control it directly while have all the ikea devices paired to HA that way I’m not too dependent on HA being online or stable for that matter. Unfortunately, binding Ikea in ZHA is a huge pain in the ass so this method might be just as good (as long as HA is running ofc)
Great video, as always! Since we need around 4 automations to handle just one switch, I was wondering if you have any process to make this functionality centralized for all switches. Is there a way to make the switch-entity dynamic, so that only the switch which got pressed is running in the automation? Otherwise you need 40 automations just to handle your switches…
Thanks!
Yes you can. Watch this video on how to do that: How to use Trigger IDs in Home Assistant - Tutorial
ruclips.net/video/fE_MYcXYwMI/видео.html
This was super helpful! I was able to get a zwave remote switch to dim the lights so that my wife can control the lights without getting up or asking me to do it! My question would be how can I make this work so I can have the same remote dim different lights based on a device selection? i.e. if button A is pressed right before dimming than dim Light A, else dim Light B?
Thank you for a great video!
I am actually using the same setup for controlling volume on one of my Sonos speakers. Eg. holding the 'dim up' button will increase the speaker volume.
I have one issue. I also have a play/pause action on the 'dim up' botton, set to 'release after short press'. When I hold the 'dim up' button the volume increases, but when I release the 'dim up' button, the 'release after short press' action triggers and the music stops.
The play/pause automation and the volume up automation are in two seperate automations. Is this the issue, or am I missing something else?
so why do you create the button release triggers then? after you created them you didnt seem to use them for anyhting, unless i missed somehting? thanks
thank you for the video
Thank you for your great instructions =) It has been very usefull for me and I´m following your chanel with enthusiasm as a beginner i HA. Do you have a tutorial for dim lights up/down with one single button?
Not yet... 😉
I have just (5 minutes ago) created an automation for the up/down version (E1743) based on this wonderfull video. The only big difference is the Release part, instead of two there is only one trigger and the button action is called: brightness_stop.
@@LonG-mt5iq thanks. I'm gonna gonna take a look at it 👍
Thanks for an excellent video and explanation. I would also love to see a video on how to dim lights up/down with a single button, such as the Xiaomi mini wireless smart button. This momentary click button has 'action' states of 'single', 'double', 'hold' and 'release' so hopefully it would be possible. Keep up the good work :)
Has something changed in newer versions of HA? My automatons just goes on forever. And I have set the mode to Restart
I have exactly the same issue
Same
@Shaq2k Any solution for this problem???
It’s working perfectly in my installation but I’ve had the same issues on the way. Please check if you’ve exactly followed the instructions. If there are any other automations including the same lights and switches, try to inactivate them.
Is there a way to have it setup as follows: Press up to turn on. press down to turn off. keep holding up to increase brightness, keep holding down to decrease brightness. knx works like that also. I am new with HA (your videos are very useful ) I have programming background, but i am trying to find out yet how everything works.
Yes, that is definately possible as long as your switch supports short and long press.
@@SmartHomeJunkie that's more challenging to find the switch :)
@@engineerfpv Indeed. Especially for wall switches 🙄
Great video. Can you share how create the card shown with the color temp dimmer at 23:48
Is this still the best way of doing this in 2024?
I believe so
Nice Video! Is there a simple way to dim up lamps wich are turned on already? The only way what I know, is to check every lamp with an if condition. But I want use groups for dimming. :/
I find it so strange that when one connect a button and a dimmer/spot directly all these functions works automatically. But as soon as HA is in the middle there isnt a way to just "forward" the zigbee messages as normal. I understand the added possibilites it gives, but binding should have given a very similar result (which it doesn't I guess).
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
Great video looking to do similar, what dimming controller are you using to actually dim the bulb ?
Thx! I use the Ikea tradfri remote, a Conbee 2 stick and Deconz.
@@SmartHomeJunkie I was thinking more the controller that does the actual dimming like a Shelly Dimmer 2, I have some dimmable GU10s just connected to a standard on off switch, I'm wounding what I should used to be able to dim the bulbs ?
@@F1L3GIT Ah, now I get what you mean! The Shelly Dimmer 2 is a good choice for this indeed. I use it too for some led lights in my house. I created a video about this about a year ago: ruclips.net/video/EO8cT2KBzF0/видео.html
Hi, would like to know if there are also hard wired solution for this e.g. solution that are DIN rail based. I would prefer to use dumb switches but it seems to be very hard to find a good solution for this. Everything needs to be wireless apparently. Since you are very experienced with Home assistant, did you come across wired dimming solutions? For the switch and for the lamps. Thank you
So the dim release trigger doesn't trigger an action? We put it there so that it restarts the automation and stops the dimming?
You could do the same not with a device but with events. Every press of the button fires an event.
I don't see the "wait for time to pass" option. Is this some older version? How can I do it now?
That option is still there. It's the last one on the list.
superb tutorial. you is God of HA😄😄😄
Amen 🙏🏻
Very interesting. My IKEA button really goes through the batteries quickly. Do you find the same?
What dongle do you use? I roeien the same with the Dongle-E. With Conbee 2 I did not have that issue.
@@SmartHomeJunkie hi I am using a Sonos flashed with Tasmota
thanks! it is that i need!
Glad I could help!
@@SmartHomeJunkie How would this work with a Zigbee Moes Knob Dimmer ?
I have 5 Spot lights in a Group Helper to form one entity so this doesn't show in Devices is it possible to do this with an entity ? thanks for all your hard work
A group is not a device, but an entity.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Yes I know that so presume it's not possible to dim/bright an entity? Thanks
@@stevenmorris5546 Yes you can if you use the light.turn_on service in the actions.
Hello
Thank you for great video again.
I have problems because on "trigger" option tables missing "release after long press" function.
How can add that function on selection tables?
Dim up/down: pressed/continuously pressed selection can find.
Basic dimming functions with single press works.
Thanks
Is there maybe another trigger option to detect the release? You might want to use something like "Release". Not very switch supports the same triggers unfortunately.
exellent tutorial, just one question i lack in knocklegde to do: how can i smooth out the dimming steps while pressing. I want a smooth transition between the steps, how can i archive this?
THX :=)
I was wondering the same. It's a bit choppy but still good
Hi, in your intro you show a picture of the Ecodim ED-10014 Zigbee wall switch. So far I configured it using Node-Red, but it doesn't work very well. Now I've seen your tutorial I want to give it a try using your method but I don't have any Home Assistant entity for the switch. If I'm not mistaken the Tradfri is also a Zigbee based switched so I was wondering how you get the states in Home Assistant. Could you help me about this?
Hi, I don't own that specific switch, but I did some research first of this switch would work and it should. You should be able to pair it with a zigbee stick like the Conbee 2 stick. After that it should be available in Home Assistant.
I have the Sunreacher switch from that picture and had some issues with detecting the actions from that switch.
@@SmartHomeJunkie I checked HA and indeed it was already there...
@@hjaltihjartarson If it doesn't support long pressing, you won't be able to create the continuous dimming automation unfortunately.
@@SmartHomeJunkie it does, and it works fine. Much better than with Node-Red
This is cool - but how to do it on one-button switch?
you helped me setup my xiaomi dimmer
That's great to hear!
wait, shouldn't you really use a Blueprint for that remote, which does all of that in much easier and with more options (double click, long click, custom time outs,...) in one automation?
You can do that, but my videos are about understanding how Home Assistant works and doing it yourself so that you can create exactly what you want. And.... not for every switch a blueprint exists.
I tried blueprints from other people and most of the time they miss things that I want to achieve, so I have to create an automation myself. I don't really like Blueprints because of the fact that they are difficult to edit for most people (you need to know yaml), also the blueprint functionality is still buggy when you create an automation with it. For instance, the Id of the automation is always the same (in my case).
Thanks for exelent vid
You're welcome!
Good video. Thanks. I have 2 HUE Dimmers that i configured. Then i bought a IKEA Styrbar, that i think replaced Trådfri). But i have not be able to add the device to my HUE Bridge. Cause of that i cant add it to Home Assistant. I have not find any information if i can add it to my HUE bridge at all. Do you have any idea if it works with HUE/Home Assistant or not?
It will work with Home Assistant if you use a Zigbee stick. I'm not due about the Hue bridge though.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Thanks for youre reply. All my smart lights are from HUE. And i use it together with my PC with HUE Sync and/or with Razer Synapse 3. My keyboard, mouse etc are from Razer. I dont know if all this will work if i use the Zigbee stick. Do you know if i can use the Zigbee stick and HUE Bridge at the same time?
The HUE Dimmer are about double the price as the IKEA switch (Styrbar). HUE Dimmer switch cost about 20 USD and IKEA styrbar about 10 USD. I think i only need another one or two Dimmer switches. So i might just buy HUE switches instead.
@@Hasse-swe If you get a Zigbee stick you can make it work - though Hue's API is slow, I have a mix of Hue, Innr, Ikea and a few other devices and have them all working on a mix of Hue through the hub and with Zigbee2Mqtt though a Zigbee stick. It is best if all devices are connected to a single coordinator, but you can make it work with a mix using Home Assistant automations. I plan to completely remove hue from my system and am migrating all devices off my Hue Bridge onto the Zigbee stick
Last week I bump at ControllerX for the Ikea remote. Is that not much easier?
Might be. I don't know what that is. Basically the video shows how you can do it for every switch brand. I like to show how you can automate things using native HA functionalities.
I have a Fibaro dimmer 2 which I want to use as a remote for dimming a Philips Hue. With your tutorial I managed to brighten the hue smooth, but since the Fibaro has only 2 triggers, long press hold and long press released, dimming the light down is a little bit of a challenge. I want to achieve the following: When you press the button long the hue must brighten until releasing the button. The next time the button is pressed long the hue must dim down until released. Can you give me some hints to point me in the right direction on how to make this in automation?
Hi! I would say, use a toggle helper to store if the button was pressed the first time or the second time and based on the value of that helper (on or off) dim up or down. You can also use a text helper of you find that more convenient.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Please, can you elaborate better this situation? I'm under the same situation. How to use a toggle helper togheter your tutorial? Thank you
@@friedrichsinofzik5969 Hi, I am using Aqara opple and use the Until function rather than while fot the repeat type, and have set up a device ID for release, I am also using Yeelights which crash if they hit a brightness of 0, so I use an or function with the device ID for the release to stop it dimming or if my brightness gets below 6. I hope this helps
wich camera.card are you using on your dashboard? it looks sick!
Is the picture entity card
What about the "Simulated brightness" (Delta & Interval) settings these IKEA remotes have in Zigbee2MQTT ?
Thanks! got a question, I got a Xiaomi mijia button, is there a solution to use alternating long presses to raise and lower the brightness with the same button?
Yes, you can do that. You will need to create a toggle helper to stiore the state if it was pressed already or not and add this to the automation.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Thank you for your quick answer ☺️ i will give it a try, new to this so videos etc really are helpful ☺️
@@erics836 Great to hear. It might take some time to investigate to set it up using the helper of you're just starting, but it should work.
Thanks for this gread video! After reading some posts at the HA Community forum I didn't succeed, but with the help of this video it finally works.
I still don't really get it tough... why do I need to set the automation on restart if there is a "Repeat until" in the automation itself? Do I always need to do that when using repeat while?
No, you don't need to do that always. I cannot recall exactly anymore why it was needed, unfortunately.
@@SmartHomeJunkie I assume you don't want to complete the 500ms delay if you release.
Yes, you do need the restart. Without restarting it, it can't be triggered again - it'll never stop. You need to restart it so to the automation to get to know that the trigger ID changed. It can't read it while running.
@SmartHomeJunkie, it's strange you explain something you are not sure about.
@@DanielAhchiev Ho ho ho, I was sure at the time. This video is months old. I simply do not have the time to dive into everything again after months of not looking into it. It might even be the case that I explain why in the video.
This is a very basic thing about the automation modes and how the automations workin general. 🙄
Does this work with the Ikea Bridge and a generic ZigBee stick?
Yes, it should. I use a Conbee stick, but it should work with the Idea bridge as well.
How do you decide when to choose brightness steps by VALUE vs PERCENTAGE ?
So, here's the deal. When it comes to brightness steps, you gotta consider what works best for your project. Sometimes value is the way to go, and other times percentage is the answer. Experiment and see what gives you the best results!
how can I accomplish this with a single button?
Can you make a tutorial how to boot a Raspberry pi 4 from a ssd with home assitant
Hi Sam,
I think I can and will put it on the list. I moved away from a Raspberry Pi over a year ago, but still got one or two lying around. There are some videos and tutorials about it already. I used those in the past, but maybe there are new and better ways now.
Hello Sam, if the dutch language is not a problem, you can look at this video: ruclips.net/video/ouZ19sFksXQ/видео.html
@smart home junkie, thanks for the greath video :)
Is it possible that Long-press is not working under zha? May need to switch to MQTT?
It depends on the type of service and the Zigbee integration. I tested this on Deconz. It's definately possible that ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT will show different triggers
I never create groups in HA, but create them in Zigbee instead. One Zigbee command will turn all light in the group instantly.
Hello Ed
Can it be not all switches have release after long press. I can only find single , double and hold by the way it's an moes switch not an ikea
That might be indeed. Not sure what integration you use. I use Deconz. Maybe other integrations like ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT might not support it for your specific switch, but I'm not sure about that. If there's no trigger to detect if the button got released, it will be difficult to stop the dimming. The only way that I can think of is that you have to do a short press after a long press to circumvent that, but it's a sub-optimal solution imho.
@@SmartHomeJunkie i use indeed Zigbee2MQTT i'm gone try to do with this short short press to stop dimming thanks again.
@@ernstrietbergen1876 Okay, hopefully the release trigger will be supported for your switch in the future. (If possible)
@@SmartHomeJunkie Your videos have inspired me and led me to discover new things. For the IKEA 5 button, I can define a zha_event trigger for the "missing" release button event inside the native ZHA tool and then provide it a trigger id to handle it. This means I can now easily use the zha_event labeled with a trigger id to handle the release event. This is what I run for 8.1 HA. This would replace the device based reference in your video easily since ZHA does not provide a button for release.
...
trigger type: event
trigger id: dim-up-long-release // call this whatever you want
event type: zha_event
device_ieee: '90:fd:9f:ff:fe:16:c6:94'
unique_id: ''
device_id: ''
command: 'stop_with_on_off' //this command is only "stop" for the dim-down-long-release
...
You can find unique/device id details by going into Developer Tools > Events, subscribe to zha_events, and start listening.
I think it depends on the switch itself, not the integration. The hardware/firmware of the switch must provide the triggers (single click, double, long are the most common).
How is battery life on your remote? Mine just keeps being drained. I'm using good battery's and never had this with other devices.
look for a Community thread on this. the solution is basically switch to Z2MQTT and upgrade firmwares.
@@antoniorodriguezolmos I must agree with you
No problem here. I use Deconz and didn't change the battery for over two years.