trying to make / find an automation for ikea tradfri button | Home Assistant | Page 1

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 2:59 AM

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hi, im trying to find an automation / blueprint to use my ikea tradfri button with full on / off and dimming capabilities. ive tried epmatt's blueprints but they arent working for some reason.

delicate ember Mar 21, 2025, 3:04 AM

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could you share the blueprint?

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:25 AM

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heres the controller: https://epmatt.github.io/awesome-ha-blueprints/docs/blueprints/controllers/ikea_e1743
heres the hook: https://epmatt.github.io/awesome-ha-blueprints/docs/blueprints/hooks/light

Controller - IKEA E1743 TRÅDFRI On/Off Switch & Dimmer | Awesome HA...

Controller automation for executing any kind of action triggered by the provided IKEA E1743 TRÅDFRI On/Off Switch & Dimmer. Supports Zigbee2MQTT, ZHA, deCONZ.

Hook - Light | Awesome HA Blueprints

This Hook blueprint allows to build a controller-based automation to control a light. Supports brightness and color control both for white temperature and rgb lights.

delicate ember Mar 21, 2025, 3:30 AM

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can you confirm whether or not there are any traces for the automation you set up with the controller blueprint?

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:31 AM

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yeah there are traces when i turn it off or on, and traces for the controller when i hold the button, but no traces or actions when i hold the button for the hook

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im trying controllerX at the moment and it seems to work better tho

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nvm its too slow LOL

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:34 AM

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I use epmatt's blueprints extensively with those Tradfri dimmers and they work flawlessly for me.

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:34 AM

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hmm, even for the hold press?

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:35 AM

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Yep. Are you using just the blueprint, or also the hooks?

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:35 AM

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hooks too

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yea im trying it again and holding it triggers the controller automation but not the hook automation

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:36 AM

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You can try setting up with just the blueprint. Eg. Under the long press action, just call the action light.turn_on and set the new brightness with a template.

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:36 AM

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quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:36 AM

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vital nest You can try setting up with just the blueprint. Eg. Under the long press action,...

sure

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so for the long press button i tell it to change brightness by 5% and then enable up button long press loop until release right?

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:41 AM

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Yep

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:41 AM

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nope doesnt seem to work

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:42 AM

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What's in the automation trace when you hold the button?

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:43 AM

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this

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seems to ignore everything lol

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i just learned about traces btw im really not good with them hahah

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:43 AM

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Ok. Are you using ZHA or Z2M?

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:43 AM

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ZHA

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:43 AM

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I've seen this behaviour before. Let's do some investigating.

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:44 AM

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sure

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:44 AM

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Go to Dev Tools > Events. Under Listen, enter zha_event and Start Listening.

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Then, hold down yr button. Then after a while, release. What do you see in terms of events being fired?

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:46 AM

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these 2

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bottom one is starting to hold, top one is release

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:47 AM

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Ok. Now open the blueprint yaml in a text editor.

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:47 AM

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sure

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:50 AM

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If you scroll down, you'll see a section under variables:. Find actions_mapping, under which you should see zha and button_up_long. What do you see after button_up_long?

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:51 AM

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i only have this in my yaml

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:51 AM

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This is your automation yaml. Can you find the raw blueprint yaml?

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:52 AM

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its on github, but i cant import it since it has the input field integration thing

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:52 AM

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Should be in your config folder, blueprints/automation/EPMatt/ikea_1743.yaml

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:52 AM

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sure let me check

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damn thats dumb they should just open that LOL

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okay im here then

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everything seems to be fine

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:56 AM

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Ok. Now we check sth else. You've defined a text helper where events for this device are stored right?

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:56 AM

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yup

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:56 AM

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In Logbook, display the last few states for this helper. Can you identify the states corresponding to those 2 ZHA events?

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 3:57 AM

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sure let me check

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vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 3:59 AM

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Ok. You see the bottom one, which says "a": "move_with_on_off_MoveMode.Up_83"?

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That's the value that the device is emitting for up button long press.

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Copy move_with_on_off_MoveMode.Up_83

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 4:00 AM

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sure

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 4:00 AM

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Now back in the blueprint yaml

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Under button_up_long:

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add - move_with...83. i.e. paste in what you copied as another list item under that key

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 4:01 AM

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sure

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 4:01 AM

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That says that this value in the text helper corresponds to up button long press.

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Once saved, go to Dev Tools > YAML and reload Automations to pick up these changes to the blueprint.

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Do you encounter any errors?

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 4:02 AM

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nope dont think so

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 4:02 AM

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Now try long pressing up.

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 4:02 AM

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damn seems to be working

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it just gets stuck at 50%

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 4:03 AM

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Ok. You may need to tweak the brightness change step and how many repeats are allowed for long press

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 4:03 AM

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wait that might be my fault when troubleshooting earlier lol

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anyway i think its working

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 4:03 AM

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But basically, the same workflow will apply to enable down button long press, and the releases.

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 4:04 AM

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yeah fair

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could this be fixed if i just used zigbee2mqtt instead?

vital nest Mar 21, 2025, 4:04 AM

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This is caused by some firmware on these switches being different from what epmatt programmed for.

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I'm not sure. But if I look at the blueprint logic, picking up the events through Z2M also relies on these event codes being correct under the actions_mapping, so theoretically such a desync between what the blueprint expects and what the device sends could still occur.

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 4:05 AM

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hmm alright

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well thanks a lot for your help :) i should be okay with figuring it out now

quiet lodge Mar 21, 2025, 8:05 PM

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just to finish this thread off, i installed zigbee2mqtt and i didnt have to touch the blueprints, it just worked :)

odd ridge Nov 5, 2025, 8:58 AM

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In the blueprint I don’t see anything under hold button on for dimming up or down just can’t find. It

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