I’m looking for a Thread button or rotary encoder to control my smart lights, preferable under $15. It can be battery powered or wired. I have a border router across the house, within wifi range. Does anyone have any recommendations?
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I use this - IKEA Bilresa scroll wheel. It also comes in a 3 pack for $28.
I’ve got it working in HomeAssistant, and they’re pretty neat. The knob has a click action, and the remote has a click action, too. Clicks on the remote allow you to select between 3 different ‘channels.’
In HA, you can set each channel so that the click and scroll does something different. (The blueprint I use has click, long press, double, triple, and quad click, as well as scroll wheel actions.)
I’m not that fancy - I’ve got each channel’s click action mapped to on/off toggle, and to brightness, color temp, and a hue scroller.@Monument @eddiereasoner I have one of the bilresa scroll wheel Buttons, too. With the blueprint I use the scrolling is not working properly. Could you share which blueprint you use? #homeassistant #ikea #matter
Sure – Ikea Bilresa scroll wheel blueprint (Matter) - The Original.
You do have to install the helper scripts and enable the disabled entities for full support, but so far, no complaints.
This uses Matter, not thread.
This is just a WiFi device using matter protocol
(It has very mixed reviews also)
Nah.
While they do use the Matter communication standard, these devices use the Thread protocol. The Venn diagram/conceptual model of how these interrelate is messy because Matter can run on both Thread or WiFi (depending on the hardware of the device), and Thread is a platform that supports multiple standards.
These remotes are Matter over Thread:
Oh good to know!
At least on my regional product page they don’t say Thread anywhere in the whole page.
I think I only knew that before I bought because I watched a review over them. I’m on the same page regarding IoT devices on WiFi. Needs must if I have to, but I keep a separate WiFi network for them, with different access rules.
Nice.
Would this work well as a volume controller?
We’ve got a complex setup and when guests come, they need something simple I can throw at them…
On a review of the blueprint I’m using in HA, it does appear so!
Not Matter but this one looks interesting : https://blog.prusa3d.com/a-cheap-smart-light-controller-thanks-to-3d-printing_136243/
I do have access to a 3d printer so I think ESPHome is the answer
The only one that I’m aware of is the new BILRESA from Ikea. It’s $9.99, so not much of a risk to try it out.
