Hi! I am still have a beast of a time getting this shortcut button to pair. I’m at a loss here. I followed the directions from @Boamc007 as closely as possible, including adding it to the IKEA bridge first to update firmware (and it is up to date), but I’ve not had any success pairing it with the ST hub. Aside from the device handler issue and the battery drain issue, it does seem like people are able to pair this with the hub. So for those of you who have successfully paired it with the hub, can you give a detailed run down of your process? I would be very grateful. If you know of any problems or pitfalls to avoid (maybe I am doing something super wrong), I would be grateful for the insight!
If you have hub that supports new Edge drivers then there is a driver made by @iquix for this button. It can be tricky to pair but eventually it will pair and work. I haven’t have any issues after changing to Edge driver.
The actual pairing process is to wander to somewhere near to where you want to use the button and press the reset button thingy four times so that the LED flashes and you see a red LED through the front. Nothing else.
You probably want to do this just before or after putting the hub into pairing mode as they can be a bit sluggish and you might need to maximise the time available.
Handler wise, I use a modified IKEA Button handler simply because the Shortbut button has the same firmware as the On/Off button. What the app thinks it is doing with it is anybody’s guess as it ignores the presentation I created and has settled on something broken of its own invention. I gave up battling in the hope a stock integration would appear. I haven’t checked lately.
Battery drain. If your mesh is such that the button adopts a route and sticks to it then great. The day it changes is usually the day you need a new battery. I haven’t ruled out Tradfri Outlets as an aggravating or critical factor.
Hi Graham,
Thanks for the quick response! So I put the hub in pairing mode using the Ikea Button pairing function. Is there a generic way to pair this device with the hub? After putting it in the Ikea Button pair mode, I press the pairing button four times and I see the button flash red a few times, and I sit the button literally on top of the hub, but no device shows up in the app, and the app keeps saying that the pairing failed. So I can’t even get to a place where I can change the device handler. Is there anything specific that I could be doing different?
@Sakari Thanks! This sounds promising, but how do I determine if I have the appropriate hub for the drivers, and if I do have the right hub, how do I activate them?
@Sakari@Terri_Baker
Funny enough, @iquix sent me back here. LOL iquix has been helpful on their tread about Edge Drivers, but I thought I would come back here and see if anyone has any additional tips about pairing the button.
As I mentioned earlier, I followed @Boamc007’s instructions, added to the ikea hub (and removed it from the ikea hub, but still no success. I have not destroyed the button yet, but it is for sure trying my patience LOL thanks again for your help!
I haven’t signed up for the edge beta yet, but with the Zigbee button DTH, there were small stumbles getting the shortcut button to pair. I found it worked fairly reliably if I pushed the pairing button one more time a few seconds after after the LED started flashing.
I just picked up a bunch more and took me some trial and error but just do a “Scan Nearby” as opposed to adding a specific item, it might take a couple attempts and I ended up pressing the link button x4 on the tradfri device multiple times but eventually it finds it. I tried making sure it was in line of sight or near it, it didn’t make a difference, but can be tried.
If you just want the single press set it to a zigbee button, if you want press and hold it needs to be set to a tradfri button. Zigbee is local, tradfri is cloud (sadly), so zigbee is faster.
All of this has been my experience with this button (I only have one, until the battery issue is solved); I only need single-press to turn my espresso machine on and off outside of its normal (automated) routines.
I’ve tried two of these now. Multiple attempts (as in more than 10), both close to the hub and far away, even literally putting it on top of the hub and it’s just refusing to pair them. Rebooted the hub and tried pretty much everything.
Used the “Scan nearby” function, I can see the green LED flashing (Hub V2), 4 clicks on the pairing button inside by the battery, I can see the red LED flashing a few times, then it starts pulsing. Then… nothing.
Anyone have any clues or is it just a case of keep trying?
So after all that, it turns out the buttons pair silently. Once I assigned the DH to the Thing it worked a treat. Then it ate through the battery in about 12 hours. So goodbye Shortcut Button, hello Sonoff SNZB-01.
I have some sonoff devices, had far fewer issues with ikea. I have a single Amazon echo which announces when it finds new items so it helps with pairing items to SmartThings as SmartThings can often be slow in telling you something is paired.
