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Homey + Ikea Tradfri + Fibaro Dimmer 2 with double pulse switch

daangdaang Member
in Questions & Help
Hi guys, I am renovating my apartment and started working on making things smart in my home. First thing I bought is the Homey and some Ikea Tradfri lights.

I want to directly connect the light to the net and then be able to control them through the Homey. Another thing that I would like to do however is to make use of the Fibaro Dimmer 2 with double pulse switches on the wall to control light groups and make scenes.

Here it is explained how to use S2 of the Dimmer 2 to be able to control other Z-wave devices (Homey-->Ikea Tradfri).

http://www.vesternet.com/resources/application-notes/apnt-109

I however want to use both S1 and S2 to connect with Homey (pulse switch button 1 and button 2). Is it possible to use both S1 and S2 for Z-wave devices and thus not connecting any lights but making use of the Fibaro bypass 2 (the lights themselves being directly wired)? And if so, could anyone explain how to wire this setup?

Hope someone can help, thanks!

Comments

  • JPeJPe Member
    there is a problem with the second input (S2) of the Fibaro dimmer:
    https://github.com/athombv/homey/issues/2118
    For the Ikea Tradfri (that is not Z-Wave) you don't need a dimmer, but you probably want to use input S2 to control them via a flow?
  • daangdaang Member
    Thanks for the reply! Yes indeed, so basically the question is: Can I use a Fibaro Dimmer 2 along with a double momentary (pulse) switch to control 2 different groups of Ikea Tradfri lights (controlling meaning making flows and dim levels etc.) on the 2 switches through Homey. I know from the link I posted it is possible to have 1 of the switches do this, but I would like to know whether it is possible to have both switches not connected to any lights, but only connected to the Fibaro dimmer 2 that sends its inputs to Homey.
  • JPeJPe Member
    @daang ;  For the moment, the answer is no. The way you want to use the dimmer is possible when Athom has solved the mentioned problem. In that case, the status of both inputs is sent to Homey then.
    Actually, you don't have to use a dimmer for your purpose, you can use any device with two inputs for that function, because you don't use the dimmer function but only the inputs.
  • daangdaang Member
    edited January 2018
    @JPe thanks again for your comment. Indeed I won't necessarily need a dimmer. Instead of 'manually' dimming on the switch (through Homey) I could also use a device on the wall that you mention, but it should be able to give various commands ie 1 click/2 clicks/3 clicks or something like that to be able to set multiple dim levels. Which device instead of the dimmer 2 I have now would you guys recommend? Thanks again!

    Edit: I could use the double switch by Fibaro, but I don't think it has a multi function (for multiple dim levels) and only lets me turn the light on or off. https://www.fibaro.com/en/products/switches/
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