Zigbee2mqtt: Added Philips Hue Dimmer Switch remote control

[Archive] Feature request
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I have a Philips Hue dimmer switch remote
this model: Philips 324131092621 control via MQTT | Zigbee2MQTT

Is it possible to add it to the Zigbee2mqtt integration or to the Philips Hue integration?

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Hello :slight_smile: It’s possible to add it to the Zigbee2mqtt integration (you just need to map the actions)

If someone can make a PR! @_Will_71 this is probably for you :slight_smile:

It’s exactly the same work as this PR:

If, however, you want to keep this remote in the Philips ecosystem, it won’t be possible to have information in Gladys, because on Philips’ side they only expose the « controllers Â» in the API (lights), but not the remotes

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Thank you for thinking of me.
As soon as I can, I’ll take a look.

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I suspected there was an issue on Philips’ side.

Thanks @_Will_71 :wink:

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Hi @Tlse-vins,
I started integrating the Philips remote and I’ve already added all the button states with the expose action.

It’s annoying actually — manufacturers could do common things instead of giving exposes names specific to each.

Then there’s the expose battery and linkquality which are already available.
There’s still the expose action_duration which indicates a time in seconds, do you want that too?

If I make a Docker image available to you, could you test it?

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It’s supposed to be used during a long press, right?

No problem for the test image, I have what I need.

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Yes, it must be to indicate how long the button was held down.

I’ll let you know when the image is available

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@Tlse-vins , here is the image. I’m waiting for your feedback.

willde71/gladys-test:zigbee2mqtt-philips-324131092621
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I have a doubt about the possibility of testing, I have a Raspberry Pi that I use for testing but I only have one Zigbee USB stick and I don’t remember, but if I remove it from my production instance to put it on my test instance, I think I’ll lose my devices.

Can someone confirm or deny?

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I don’t think so but I can’t confirm it 100%.

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I feel like there’s an inversion between the button press on the remote and the signal strength.

Remote control test screenshot
Remote control test screenshot1264×687 45.5 KB

Edit: I compared it with a plug and it reacts the same, so it must be fine.
Edit: I couldn’t control the plug over Zigbee via a scene.

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However, do you see anything displayed for the button click or the duration?

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In the Zigbee interface, yes, there is the press duration on the 4 buttons.

  • on
  • on-hold-release (long press) duration with the press time
  • off
  • off-hold-release (long press) duration with the press time
  • down-press
  • down-hold-release (long press) duration with the press time
  • up-press
  • up-hold-release (long press) duration with the press time
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I’m talking on the Gladys side

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I forgot some states:

  • on-hold (long press)
  • off-hold (long press)
  • down-hold (long press)
  • up-hold (long press)

On the Gladys side, I do see a change in signal intensity when pressing the buttons.
I tried to create a scene when I press ON or OFF, choosing « state change Â» → « remote (button click) Â» → « single click or ON or button on pressed or 
 Â»
But nothing, it doesn’t work.

However, if I make a scene with
« state change Â» → « remote (signal intensity) Â» → « equal to 3 Â».
That works for the ON for example, which is a bit strange.

Do you have the possibility to remove features like right arrow click, left arrow click, cube shaken, 
 which don’t belong to this remote.

From what I saw in Gladys you programmed 4 states:

  • on → ON button pressed
  • on-release → ON button released (I don’t have this in the Zigbee interface)
  • on-hold → ON button held down
  • on-hold-release → ON button released after being held

I would replace:

  • Button up pressed with Button plus pressed, 

  • Button down pressed with Button minus pressed, 


Note: « relĂąchĂ© Â» has a circumflex accent on the A.

Here is my first feedback.
Thanks for the work done.

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On my side I didn’t touch the signal intensity because it’s a feature already present and used by all Zigbee devices.

I think that pressing a button changes the signal intensity and that’s all, but under no circumstances do you get button feedback instead of the intensity.

For the available actions, I added all the actions indicated in the zigbee2mqtt doc, so all those you listed.
I’ll check tomorrow evening why other actions are showing up, I must have forgotten something. I’ll keep you posted.

For the duration, do you have a value showing in Gladys?

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No, I don’t have a duration, I couldn’t get the press-for-x-seconds to work.

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I’ve checked and at first glance I haven’t made any mistake.
Do you have a way (like MQTT Explorer) to check the exposes sent by your remote control?

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Okay, I’ll try to test tonight.

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@Tlse-vins, the modified image following our tests will be ready in about 40 min

willde71/gladys-test:zigbee2mqtt-philips-324131092621