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: Itā€™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:

Itā€™s exactly the same work as this PR:

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

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

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I suspected there was an issue on Philipsā€™ side.

Thanks @_Will_71 :wink:

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

Itā€™s annoying actually ā€” manufacturers could do common things instead of giving exposes names specific to each.

Then thereā€™s the expose battery and linkquality which are already available.
Thereā€™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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Itā€™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.

Iā€™ll let you know when the image is available

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@Tlse-vins , here is the image. Iā€™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 donā€™t remember, but if I remove it from my production instance to put it on my test instance, I think Iā€™ll lose my devices.

Can someone confirm or deny?

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I donā€™t think so but I canā€™t confirm it 100%.

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I feel like thereā€™s an inversion between the button press on the remote and the signal strength.

Remote control test screenshot
Remote control test screenshot1264Ɨ687 45.5 KB

Edit: I compared it with a plug and it reacts the same, so it must be fine.
Edit: I couldnā€™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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Iā€™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 Ā« state change Ā» ā†’ Ā« remote (button click) Ā» ā†’ Ā« single click or ON or button on pressed or ā€¦ Ā»
But nothing, it doesnā€™t work.

However, if I make a scene with
Ā« state change Ā» ā†’ Ā« remote (signal intensity) Ā» ā†’ Ā« equal to 3 Ā».
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, ā€¦ which donā€™t belong to this remote.

From what I saw in Gladys you programmed 4 states:

  • on ā†’ ON button pressed
  • on-release ā†’ ON button released (I donā€™t have this in the Zigbee interface)
  • on-hold ā†’ ON button held down
  • on-hold-release ā†’ ON button released after being held

I would replace:

  • Button up pressed with Button plus pressed, ā€¦
  • Button down pressed with Button minus pressed, ā€¦

Note: Ā« relĆ¢chĆ© Ā» 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 didnā€™t touch the signal intensity because itā€™s a feature already present and used by all Zigbee devices.

I think that pressing a button changes the signal intensity and thatā€™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.
Iā€™ll check tomorrow evening why other actions are showing up, I must have forgotten something. Iā€™ll keep you posted.

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

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No, I donā€™t have a duration, I couldnā€™t get the press-for-x-seconds to work.

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Iā€™ve checked and at first glance I havenā€™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, Iā€™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