As someone who’s been diving into the world of home automation, I’ve been experimenting with integrating my IKEA TRADFRI devices into my smart home setup. One of the challenges I’ve come across is replicating the functionality of the IKEA TRADFRI remote control (E1524/E1810) within Home Assistant. The remote allows for precise control of color temperature and brightness through short and long clicks, which I wanted to mirror in my automation setup.
I started by setting up Home Assistant with zigbee2mqtt and some IKEA devices. My goal was to create an automation that would adjust the color temperature and brightness just like the remote does. While I managed to implement some basic controls, I struggled with the gradual adjustments for brightness and color temperature. After some research and trial and error, I found that using MQTT triggers and templates was the way to go. Here’s a snippet of my configuration:
yaml
Example configuration for brightness adjustment
id: ‘0xd0cf5efffe307960_mqtt_dim_up’
alias: (R01) Remote IKEA MQTT dim UP
trigger:
platform: mqtt
topic: zigbee2mqtt/0xd0cf5efffe307960
condition:
condition: template
value_template: >
{% if ( “brightness_up_click” == trigger.payload_json.action) %}
True
{% else %}
False
{% endif %}
action:
data_template:
entity_id: light.0xd0cf5efffe0bb71a_light
brightness: “{{ state_attr(‘light.0xd0cf5efffe0bb71a_light’, ‘brightness’) + 50 | int }}”
transition: 1
service: light.turn_on
While this works for incremental adjustments, I’m still figuring out how to implement the gradual changes smoothly. I’ve discovered that using transition parameters and adjusting the brightness_pct can help achieve the desired effect. However, I’m still experimenting with the exact values to get the smooth dimming experience I’m aiming for.
This journey has been a great learning experience, and I’m excited to continue refining my setup. If anyone has tips or tricks for achieving smooth brightness and color temperature adjustments, I’d love to hear them! 