I’ve been running Tasmota 6.2.0 on my Sonoff Zigbee Bridge for a while now, and it’s been working great with my Ikea lights. But recently, after some home improvements, I noticed that when the power goes out and comes back on, my Ikea lights turn on and stay on until I manually switch them off. This wasn’t an issue before, so I started digging into why this was happening.
I remember reading about a “maintain previous state” setting in Zigbee2MQTT, but I couldn’t find it in the Tasmota settings. After some research, I found that this feature isn’t directly available in Tasmota, but there might be a workaround. I decided to try adjusting the settings manually to see if I could replicate the behavior.
Here’s what I did:
- I checked the device settings in Tasmota to see if there was any option related to state persistence.
- I tried using MQTT commands to force the lights to maintain their state, but that didn’t work either.
- I reached out to the community for advice and was told that this might be a limitation of the current firmware.
While waiting for a potential firmware update, I decided to implement a temporary solution using Home Assistant automations. I set up an automation that checks the state of the lights after a power outage and turns them off if they’re on. It’s not ideal, but it works for now.
I’m still hopeful that a more permanent solution will be available in future updates. If anyone has any other suggestions or workarounds, I’d love to hear them!
Thanks to everyone in the community for your support and knowledge sharing. It’s great to be part of such a helpful and innovative group!