Hi everyone, I’ve just installed some Ikea led bars in my kitchen and they are already connected to the Wireless driver. They are working pretty well with the Ikea round wireless button, but I wanted to connect both (driver and button) to my Smartthings system. I’ve tried with the reset button in the driver but the hub is not seeing it.
Has anyone instelled it and managed to pair with Smartthings ecosystem?
The Tradfri line bulbs, plug-in pocket socket, and driver all work well with SmartThings.
The handheld buttons, remotes, “dimmers“ and other control devices have only partial integration and most people have not bothered getting them.
(It’s a similar problem to the hue dimmer for those familiar with those issues.)
The problem is that the handheld devices keep stealing the Mains power devices away from the SmartThings network. Or they will stay on the same network, but the handheld devices don’t send their button presses to the hub.
There are some people who have been working on it, but different people report different levels of success.
SmartThings added support for the round wireless dimmer last week. Here’s a YouTube video I made about it. The 5 button remote doesn’t have official support yet.
Some of the few reviewers on IKEA’s website state that this “puck” dimmer is quite an imprecise steering device. What’s your experience with it been like so far?
“Added support” means its plug and play and ST will just recognize it. Or do I need to perform some sort of firmware upgrade on the puck?
Do we know if they are planning to add support for the 5 button remote too?
Added support means it’s plug and play. In ST it shows up as a dimmer switch. Not sure on the 5 button. In theory it could be added, but I don’t know what the priositiesmof the ST dev team are.
New smartthings app picked up ikea 5 button remote today and gives me option to add pushed and held functions. But when I try to add function the app crash. Any advise?
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Is the two button remote officially supported? My app only lists the bulbs and outlets. The dimming remote that spins is also, but not listed. I didn’t think the 2 or 5 button remotes had been added yet.
I also assigned the 5 button remote to bulb using ABC button manager. On/off toggle and brightness works, but not the temperature color. through virtual switch for temp color worked. But it would be great if nation options available in remote own options works direct without crashing the app