# IKEA Dimmer/Remote (5 button) not pairing fix

**URL:** <https://community.smartthings.com/t/ikea-dimmer-remote-5-button-not-pairing-fix/223043>\
**Category:** Devices & Integrations\
**Created:** [March 19, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/ikea-dimmer-remote-5-button-not-pairing-fix/223043 "2021-03-19T08:14:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![jjjj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@jjjj](https://community.smartthings.com/u/jjjj)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/ikea-dimmer-remote-5-button-not-pairing-fix/223043/1 "2021-03-19T08:14:15Z")

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See bottom of post for solution that worked for me.

I recently spent an evening trying to pair 2x more [IKEA Remote Controls](https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tradfri-remote-control-00443130/) to my setup (Aeotec hub) with no success. I tried:

- Pair as IKEA dimmer, IKEA button, generic z-wave device - no luck
- Used my iPhone, my partners iPhone, my Android tablet with all combinations above - no luck

I would constantly get error 34-302 (error message which shows on Android tablet) and the normal error screen on iPhone (which has no error code shown).

 ![IMG_0767](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/original/3X/0/7/07b47f4ecb3a14f42ff32945debc41668dd12db6.png)

I googled and came across other pairing issue threads, none for the IKEA Remote Control, but a few did mention restarting the hub then trying again… to which my surprise worked first time 🤦‍♂️ my approach will now be to restart the hub as first action if I can ever not pair a device.

Hope this can help others.