Aeon Labs Minimote with SmartThings?

[marktheknife (Mark)]

No worries. Does anyone know if there is a way to check which version of the firmware the minimote is running?

[larry_augustin (Larry)]

I recently added an Aeon Labs Minimote and I am having what appear to be key bounce problems. I press a key once, and my SmartThings hub records multiple keypress events. This causes whatever action I’ve linked to that button to trigger multiple times.

Does anyone else have this problem? Any solutions?

Thank you.

[Jimxenus]

@larry_augustin

I recently added an Aeon Labs Minimote and I am having what appear to be key bounce problems. I press a key once, and my SmartThings hub records multiple keypress events. This causes whatever action I’ve linked to that button to trigger multiple times.

Does anyone else have this problem? Any solutions?

What device handler are you using? You might want to try out this new one. It’s been working great for me:

[OBSOLETE] Improved UI for Aeon Minimote

Decided to write out an updated Aeon Minimote device handler so I could do testing without having the remote in hand all the time. I’ve seen great ideas like the one that installs an individual virtual button per button device selected via Virtual Buttons SmartApp, but didn’t feel like having my device list spammed with each button as an additional device. So I went ahead and upgraded the tiles for the SmartThings Aeon Minimote device handler. Would be cool to get the main Aeon Minimote device handler updated with the UI, but haven’t had time to look through submitting pull requests and requirements/acceptable standards yet. You’re welcome to check it out at: https://github.com/kyse/SmartThingsPublic/tree/master/devicetypes/kyse/kyses-aeon-minimote.src

Also, check out this thread with a similar problem:

MiniMote doubling button press?

My Minimote starting acting odd last night. When I the button to turn lights on or off, it sends both commands. The lights will instantly come on, and then, they will go off. If you look at the activity logs, it shows that the light were sent the on command and then sent the off command, but I only pressed the button once. (If they are already on, the reverse happens.) Anyone else seeing this? Everything seems to work fine through the mobile app, and all my scheduled and presence events are working fine. It’s just the Minimote that’s giving me weirdness. (Oh, and I did power cycle my hub. It didn’t help.) Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks!

[larry_augustin (Larry)]

This sounds exactly like my problem. I will try installing my own button controller app as a workaround. Thank you!

[Sobpilot]

Once I use the Smartapp Button Controller to setup the MiniMote it seems to work, however I can’t find a way to get back and change any of the settings. Am I missing something?

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

@Sobpilot

Once I use the Smartapp Button Controller to setup the MiniMote it seems to work, however I can’t find a way to get back and change any of the settings. Am I missing something

Yep…

Tayyip on the three horizontal lines in the top right corner of your screen. (That’s called the hamburger… Cause it’s fun, that’s why). Now tap on smartapps and go down to the one you need.

[Sobpilot]

Thanks. Worked perfect. Now, if I have more than one MinImote do I have to install more than one button controller smartapp? If so, how do I name it?

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

@Sobpilot

Thanks. Worked perfect. Now, if I have more than one MinImote do I have to install more than one button controller smartapp? If so, how do I name it?

Yes, that so requires multiple installs… And you name them in accordance with the current oceanographic hurricane making system.

[JDRoberts]

BTW, I highly recommend marking each minimote on the back with a number or letter or colored dot sticker so you can tell which is which if they wander from room to room.

Then you can just name the button controller smartapp instance to match the minimote label.