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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.
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!
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.