IKEA matter bulbs and devices started to appear, where have you spotted them?

Devices & Integrations
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I think (don’t know because I don’t have that setup) when you onboard a thread device to using SmartThings app to a hub v2 it should ask you to pick the thread network and supply credentials. I’d hope the app remembers the credentials for subsequent devices.

The above is my working supposition, but I’m sure someone with a v2 hub and external tbr can confirm

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You are describing a TBR allowing others to use its Thread network. This requires a network passkey. The poster above you describes pairing one Thread device with another Thread network. This requires a device pairing code.

Everyone spot and get the difference now please.

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I never encountered that when I had my V2. I would get the pairing code from the TBR and enter it and was never asked for anything as far as Thread network. in ST > Add Device > Partner devices > Matter > Add without QR code > Enter Pairing code … bam! device pairs :slight_smile:

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correct … one at a time

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Thanks!

I guess I was expecting this to work more like Matter-over-Bridge such as my Aqara hub’s Matter connection to my SmartThings hub where all the Aqara Zigbee devices were bridged in one go.

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Just a quick note - last night’s Matter Switch driver update brought step-dim and step-colorTemperature features, so routines can now adjust these two parameters up and down by X amount. This will be useful for button controls, even more so once the rotary dial starts working.

[Zigbee and C2C lamps do not expose these controls as of today, even though the zigbee switch driver has updated too.]

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The normal scroll now works in stock drivers too, but since there is no user interface to link the scroll (knob capability) to the adjust brightness (statelessSwitchLevelStep) you need the Rule API used for my custom driver, at least for now.

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Confirmed - today I noticed the BILRESA dial now has a new capability “knob” with attributes “rotateAmount” and “heldRotateAmount”, but neither the UIs nor the Routines builder in the app expose it just yet.

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Stock drivers do not support heldRotateAmount though, onlyrotateAmount. To use the scroll-while-pressed feature you can use my custom driver, it’s useful to change the colour temperature (and a bit awkward until you get used to it).

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True - upon closer inspection, the attribute “heldRotateAmount” is there, but the “supportedAttributes” enumeration has “rotateAmount” only.