New pimatic tradfri plugin / IKEA Smart Lights

thex

Thanks for the plug-in!
Just made a pull request to make the lights ready for pimatic-hap integration.
I also created a pull request for the needed pimatic-hap changes. works fine here.

In general I found that the Tradfri system is still less stable and slower than HUE although they are based on the same technology. I hope this will be improved with future updates.

kosta

@thex Yeah. I will merge the pullrequest, thanks for that. I have also some bugfixes in work… New version will come tomorrow.

I think with the next firmware releases the Tradfrigateway will become better and better.

Rutger

There is a thing with the plug-in that when you dim the light to 0% the light goes out. After that, when you turn on the light with the on/off toggle it goes back to 0% (because it sets to the latest dim level)
Is this something that can be set in the plugin ?

If not, then I can off course fix this with a rule, but is would be nice to have this in the plugin itself!

kosta

That’s a bug. I’m currently working on this. Today I will release a new update.

kosta

hey pimatic crowd,

new version is published. v0.1.11
This should fix the exception errors and some other bugs.
Clear cache after the update.

There is now a new device class for remotes/motion sensors available.
Status and battery can be observed now.

@Rutger: Please check if the problem with the 0% dim and on/off toggle is fixed.
I couldn’t reproduce it.

Rutger

@kosta Yes! It works, thanks.

Felix Haverkamp

the exception at pimatic start is gone now! good work

the problem with brightness at switch on, is i think too solved!

good work @kosta

will monitor this both problems and give a final feedback if there are still problems.

whatson

@thex said in New pimatic tradfri plugin / IKEA Smart Lights:

Thanks for the plug-in!
Just made a pull request to make the lights ready for pimatic-hap integration.
I also created a pull request for the needed pimatic-hap changes. works fine here.

In general I found that the Tradfri system is still less stable and slower than HUE although they are based on the same technology. I hope this will be improved with future updates.

Is this working already? When I try to switch a group (the only thing that shows up in the Home app), pimatic crashes. The bulbs don’t show up in Home app despite the HAP properties are set for them.

17:46:19.229 [pimatic] An uncaught exception occurred: TypeError: promise.then(...).catch(...).done is not a function
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at PowerSwitchAccessory.BaseAccessory.handleVoidPromise (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-hap/accessories/base.coffee:46:10)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at PowerSwitchAccessory.handleVoidPromise (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-hap/accessories/base.coffee:1:1)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at null.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-hap/accessories/switch.coffee:35:12)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at emitMany (events.js:108:13)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at null.emit (events.js:182:7)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at null.Characteristic.setValue (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-hap/node_modules/hap-nodejs/lib/Characteristic.js:155:10)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at Bridge.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-hap/node_modules/hap-nodejs/lib/Accessory.js:740:22)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at Array.forEach (native)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at Bridge.Accessory._handleSetCharacteristics (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-hap/node_modules/hap-nodejs/lib/Accessory.js:685:8)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at emitMany (events.js:108:13)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at HAPServer.emit (events.js:182:7)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at HAPServer._handleCharacteristics (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-hap/node_modules/hap-nodejs/lib/HAPServer.js:972:10)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at HAPServer.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-hap/node_modules/hap-nodejs/lib/HAPServer.js:209:39)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at emitNone (events.js:67:13)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:166:7)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:913:12)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at nextTickCallbackWith2Args (node.js:442:9)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]>    at process._tickCallback (node.js:356:17)
17:46:19.229 [pimatic]> This is most probably a bug in pimatic or in a module, please report it!
17:46:19.247 [pimatic] shutting pimatic down...
/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/startup.coffee:98
          return framework.destroy().then(function() {
                 ^

ReferenceError: framework is not defined
    at process.uncaughtException (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/startup.coffee:85:9)
    at emitOne (events.js:77:13)
    at process.emit (events.js:169:7)
    at process._fatalException (node.js:224:26)

EDIT: following this pull request, by adding these two lines you can see the bulbs in the Homekit app, they work fine

Also: It would be nice if it is be possible to flash the bulbs once, e.g. when a presence sensor is triggered.

whatson

One other thing: when setting a rule that includes a dim level and a color temperature for the bulb, it changes it both inside pimatic, but the bulb only changes color.

kosta

@whatson i can’t test the homekit interface because i don’t have an apple device,
but nice to hear that it works with the upcoming pull request for the hap-plugin.
I will check the problem with the group device.

The problem with the rule is a bug. I have the same problem, but i see that the
plugin send the new dim value and the gateway also responds the new value.
It needs some test to fix that.

The flashing feature is a good idea. Now it would be possible over a rule.
But i will pick it up for the next release.

whatson

@kosta I kinda fixed it by delaying the dim commands by 1 second (also tried 100ms and 500ms but those seem to fast) I fixed the all lights situation by creating a dummy switch that keeps in sync with the all lights switch. I now switch the dummy switch in Homekit instead. That works fine, but ofc not ideal.

eStadhouders

Hello guys! I try to connect the ikea tradfri with my pimatic system. But i get a connection error en dont know what i’m doing rong… Can anyone help me pls?

This is my config:

Thanks!

kosta

@eStadhouders
Please double check the secret key. Maybe a typo with O / 0 or 1 / l.
And the devices don’t need to be created manually. You can discover it.

eStadhouders

How do you get the SEC key? Thats not clear for me… I just copied one from the forum. I think thats the problem I have

kosta

@eStadhouders
On your tradfri gateway backside there is a sticker with the pre shared key under the Mac address.
In the tradfri app it is called securitycode.

eStadhouders

I see! Now its working
Thanks!

kosta

you are welcome

leader21

@kosta thx again for your nice plugin!
just wanted to let you know, i’m having two tradfri bulbs now, working fine with pimatic!
loving it

Revo

Hi,
Is it possible to use the ikea motion detector to switch non ikea lamps with rules?

Thanx
Revo

Andi Tudor

I did not know about the rgb bulbs.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tradfri/comments/6uy18q/rgb_bulbs_are_here_ikea_nl/