lubosz
January 12, 2019, 12:18pm
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Not sure if any of you tried, but I want to use the remote without the Ikea Gateway, but with OpenHAB / my ZigBee controller directly.
opened 12:10PM - 12 Jan 19 UTC
device-specific
### Outline
Since I am on OpenHAB 2.4.0 Release Build, I guess I should have … this [related smarthome patch](https://github.com/eclipse/smarthome/pull/4373).
I don't have an Ikea gateway, I want to use the remote with my Qivicon ZigBee controller.
The controller works fine with controlling the Ikea Lamp and Osram smart plugs.
### Behaviour
To get the remote into paring mode you need to press the pair button 4 times relatively quickly. The red LED blinks red shortly if you are successful. This was the case for me on firmware `11115720`.
After that my Qivicon ZigBee controller lists the device as `IKEA of Sweden TRADFRI remote control`.
It shows it first as a generic ZigBee device, but if I wait a bit, I get the proper name.
The remote shows 4 channels in PaperUI. 3 for battery info and a switch.
### Problem
The problem is that the switch is recognized as Actor, not Sensor. So I can set a switch value, which does not do anything, and there are no triggers.
The battery sensors don't output anything though, but the thing is showed as online.
The four secondary buttons are apparently not recognized either.
Nothing shows up in the event log when I press the buttons.
The guy from [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCj34Q-0zfY) made it work with pimatic. Their implementation is documented [here](https://pimatic.org/plugins/pimatic-tradfri/). But it looks that this needs a Ikea Gateway, what I don't want.
The remote can be connected to third party gateways, as you can see here with the Phillips Hue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFq3xi2fmYY.
Can I make this work through configuration or needs anything to be implemented?
This is also discussed in the [forums](https://community.openhab.org/t/tradfri-remote-support/34695).
### Configuration
| Configuration | Description |
|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Coordinator used | Qivicon (telegesis) |
| openHAB version | 2.4.0 Release |
| Hardware | Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU J4205 @ 1.50GHz |
| Memory | 7634 MB |
| Java version | Java 8 (1.8.0_192, OpenJDK) |
| Devices | See log and json |
### Logs
This is how it looks in `org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.Thing.json`. I guess there should be a `"kind": "TRIGGER"` in there.
https://gist.github.com/lubosz/fd0f8c2d596a0282dd01952c83a57ee0
A rather long log, where you can see the discovery and addition of the Thing via PaperUI. (in the second half of the log)
https://gist.github.com/lubosz/cd285a0e120e1c11779f717cfc1f09ea
