Some advice please?

[darlomrh]

I have been using Domoticz for a number of years and some of my LightwaveRF kit is starting to be less reliable. I'm looking to replace some of the LWRF devices with Zigbee. I have been looking at https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/tradfri-wi ... -00468432/ and i'm unsure if I need to pair to an ikea bulb or can I just pair via Zigate and into Domoticz to dim/control a light source of my choosing (innr,LiFX etc) in the Domoticz ecosystem.

Is that possible and do I need to go to the latest Beta of Domoticz to get the zigate web interface or is there another control panel I have to enable or order to use the dimmer/switch?

Many thanks

[pipiche]

You don't necessarly need the Zigate web interface. which is just and admin panel.

You can do everything from Domoticz UI to On/OFF and Dim your light.

[darlomrh]

Thanks for the quick reply. So stable release Domoticz users there is no control panel as such. You have to edit the config files. I have a couple of zigbee innr bulbs that are being controlled by Domtoicz etc... If I wanted to use the ikea dimmer to control the bulbs could I do that without the need to by an ikea bulb?

[pipiche]

From my end you don't need the Web Admin panel of the Zigate plugin , by default you can play only with Domoticz UI.

You'll need the Web Admin part if for instance you want to create groups (at the Zigate level), but you can do it at Domoticz side.

Now if you are use with ssh and ssh tuneling you can get the Web admin even with Domoticz stable release. You can have a look here https://github.com/pipiche38/Domoticz-Z ... terface.md

[darlomrh]

Thank you. I was able to powershell in to the control panel on my headless pi from windows. I have ordered a dimmer and some candle LEDs(since they are the cheapest) from ikea and lets see what happens .

Thanks again

[darlomrh]

I have following the wiki and (I think?) I have it working as expected. I followed this procedure.
1 Paired Ikea bulb one with Zigate
2 Paired E1743 Tradfri On/Off/Dimmer switch with Zigate
3 Paired switch and bulb
4 Repeated steps 1 and 3 for two other bulbs
5 Enabled groups in plugin. I had to use the web interface via ssh tunnel as I couldn't see a Conf/PluginConf.txt text file
6 Created a Conf/ZigateGroupsConfig-xx.txt and added the appropriate information.

Now I see that the switch widget updates when I press the button. I noted it wont show the dim level on the switch widget but I can live with that.

The question is If I were to buy another E1743 Tradfri On/Off/Dimmer switch, how can I configure the device to just talk to domoticz?
For example in another room I have a LIFX bulb and would like to be able to use a E1743 to control that. Is that possible?

Thanks again.

[Geitje]

If I understand it right, you ask wether you can use an Trädfri dimmer to control a non-Trädfri-light via Domoticz?

I think this is possible. I have not tried, but the procedure I think is to create a Tradfri group controlled by the dimmer, and then removing te lights from the group. Please refer to this:
https://github.com/pipiche38/Domoticz-Z ... -Remote.md

However I see the remote E1743 is not supported yet by ZIgate-Domoticz? See:
https://github.com/pipiche38/Domoticz-Z ... Devices.md

Maybe just try, or to be sure buy an E1524 remote?

[darlomrh]

I have had a look in DeviceConf.txt
I'm assuming the device below is.
TRADFRI on/off switch":{"Ep":{"01":{"0000":"","0001":"","0003":"","0004":"","0006":"","0008":"","Type":"SwitchIKEA"}},"Type":""}
I will buy another one and pair it on its own and see if I can use the input from the device with scripts to control other devices.