I actually didn't know that. Gonna have to give those a second look then.
Cheers! Merry Christmas!
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Noob here. I get that the simple button won't work with Hubitat as it won't pair. My problem is that if I get the bulbs into pairing mode the button doesn't work. I'd like the button to work locally and the hubitat to integrate with google. Has anyone gotten that to work?
Also the Ikea sound remote that does work, can it be re-purposed for lights and work as a dimmer? I like the design of it and would get them.
My end goal is to use these with the Google Home app as I still find the Hubitat interface clunky. My opinion may change but for now the simpler interface is better.
edit- it's really a shame that the Ikea simple dimmer doesn't work. I've ordered a Linkind that I fear may be the same. I hope not but if it is at least I know. I'll follow up when it arrives. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FDD99VD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Also, I get confused with the descriptions here. Puck versus wheel etc. Perhaps the line has changed. If I read correctly this remote should pair to a hub TRÅDFRI Remote control - IKEA
You still have to pair the button to Hubitat before you touch link it to the bulb. It will show as a device under Hubitat.
I don't think I can pair the button. The button isn't real zigbee according to people above.
I only goes into pair mode when a bulb is also in pair mode. The hub scanning doesn't trigger it.
Once the bulb is paired to either is seems to forget the other. I'll play more later and see.
If you are referring to this:
The paring instructions are there.
You can pair it with Hubitat, you just can't do anything with it in Hubitat. I don't have any of these, so I haven't tested it myself, but with touchlink devices, you can usually pair them with the hub, then follow the touchlink instructions to connect them to the bulbs you want to control. Since the button doesn't actually communicate directly with the hub, using it will make the bulb states out of sync with Hubitat. (Hubitat will not know the bulbs have been turned on or off by the button, and will still show the previous state.) That isn't a show-stopper, though.
Here's a link to an earlier thread where people talk about doing this:
If the bulb is properly configured by Hubitat it should send a message to the hub when you change the bulb state. I just checked some bulbs where I have a button that was touchlinked to some bulbs because Hubitat doesn't support the remote. The logs show the changes to the bulbs state.
Cool. I don't have any switches set up with Touchlink these days, so I'm just going off of what I've read.
I apreciate all the assistance but I still can't get them to work.
1- the button will not pair to both a bulb and the HE. After pairing it to the he then it loses the ability to pair to bulbs.
2- resetting the bulbs to get them to ask for button unpairs them from he. They are still in the device list but stop being controllable.
Also, do I need a driver for the on / off version. I assumed as it doesn't really do anything no to bother. I set it as a generic zigbee dimmer and left it alone. I'm not even sure how to install drivers yet.
Can someone confirm that the Ikea dimmer can work with bulbs that are also controlled by Hubitat? I've been fiddling with them on and off for a week now and can't get the bulbs to pair with both. If it's on the HE then the button can't find it. If I reset it to put it on the button then the HE can't find it, so I have to reset it for the button.
I've tried different drivers for the dimmer but I still suspect that's a red herring. Until HE updates to accept these and the Linkind style signal the button doesn't matter to the HE.
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I don't know about the bulb / dimmer linkages and that setup working with HE, but I do know I have been able to get my On/Off switches working through a Conbee2 dondgle on my raspberry pi, if you are interested in setting something like that up (I believe you can also do it on Windows).
I've read that, about the conbee. I bought the HE so I wouldn't need other devices. I'm not sure about the return period but I'm starting to wonder if I should have given in to the Alexa monster instead.
Hopefully HE will get new updates soon. Ikea and a few others seem to be doing something new. From the posts above I thought people had this working but I'm not sure how.
My button, just to be clear, is the square one with an up and down and holding either does dimming. It's a simple but effective design. I'm surprised others don't use it actually. Perhaps Ikea has designers that can do more than make furniture for the space station 
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I've got the same devices hooked into my Conbee, using them to control some roller blinds (not IKEA's) and working well, though Conbee / deConz can be a bit of a pain when you have to interact with it. I get your point about the integration between HE and some of the Ikea products, but I would suggest the benefits will hopefully outweigh the issues this causes. The scale of what you can do with a Hubitat hub and the way you can bend and shape it to do almost anything is something you don't see in the more mainstream products. Plus you have a vibrant community that can help and even write code to help expand what your hub can do.
If you're not technically minded then the rapsberry pi possibly isn't for you, but if you are that way inclined then I think a rpi opens up so many possibilities and alternatives when you face some kind of hurdle like this, so I would definitely recommend them to anyone with a technical background or who is willing to dabble in that space.
I'm somewhat inclined. I think some of the Hubitat settings are not intuitive to me but I'm sure I'll learn. The same with Linux as well. I'm not sure it's worth it to get a few lamps working though. Sometimes people just want to be the end user. I'll have to see if it becomes fun or stays frustrating like it is now.
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Hi there, im also trying to make this work. I have few of them lying at home (bought together with bulbs but i dont want to use them direct bulbs). Im able to connect them to HE, but im not getting any communication from it (to be able to convert it to events). Ive found some videos where it is working with zigbee2mqtt. Im wondering what is the technical difference between zigbee used in HE and in zigbee2mqtt (why it works there and not in HE).
Zigbee2mqtt adds the coordinator to the group of the button (or an existing group, not sure the exact details) and then passes into it's equivalent of a device driver, the message.
I always forget to mention zigbee2mqtt as an alternative to my conbee2. The technical reasons why they work I'm not sure.
I did look into that a little as it's the only way to check firmware. It still seems excessive.
I would prefer that if Hubitat can't do it then perhaps be able to add a Tradfri hub and slave it to the Hubitat. I think that's what people do with Hue. Although the real answer is figuring out how to make Hubitat better. It should trounce them all.
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It's always a hard balance to strike for someone like Hubitat, how much do you invest in slight variations to the norm, at least that's what I read into why they don't support these devices, I could be wrong. The request has been made in the past from what I have read and it was not taken up. Doesn't mean things haven't changed or it can't be asked again. In the end it is their call as to what they choose to support and include in their system. The Ikea hub would be a nice halfway point like they have done for Hue, particularly for those who already have one, though that would not have solved the issue in my case.
Hi,
I have the same experience. I have a Ikea FLOALT Led Panel. I was able to add it to HE as ' Generic Zigbee CT Bulb (dev)' and control it (worked also perfectly with Google Home).
When I paired the led panel with the Ikea TRÅDFRI remote control, it not possible to control teh led through HE.
Can a led panel only be connected to 1 control? ( HE or Remote?) It woud be nice to have both....
Thanks,
JW
