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Questions tagged [ikea-tradfri]

For questions about the IKEA Trådfri smart bulbs and gateway, which communicates through CoAP. Use this tag if asking about a feature of the bulbs, gateway or other accessories in the Trådfri range.

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How to connect IKEA Tradfri Gateway to a WiFI?

The IKEA Tradfri gateway comes with an Ethernet cable but everyone online talks about it being connected to a WiFi. I find teardowns of the hardware that it has WiFi chips and there is a "connect" button on it. But how to I actually connect to a…
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TRÅDFRI lights and multiple swiches

I have 3 TRÅDFRI 30W drivers in my kitchen, and succeeded in pairing all of them to the same remote. However, if I pair a lamp to a 2nd remote, it stops responding to the first one. I was hoping to use 2 remotes, to get 2-way control. From the…
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Ambient lighting with IKEA Tradfri and Apple HomeKit

I have the IKEA full color spectrum smart bulbs and I'm very happy with them. Technically they are regular zigbee bulbs. Today I control them with homekit, see "Today." What I want is to use the video out of my Mac Mini as input for the light's…
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Decrypt ZigBee traffic of IKEA Tradfri

I'm currently trying to decrypt the traffic in a IKEA Tradfri Network (some bulbs, a 5-button remote, a gateway). I use a CC2531 Sniffer with ZBOSS and Wireshark to sniff the traffic. This is working perfectly fine but I am having a hard time…
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IKEA Tradfri bulbs showing up as "other" in the Alexa App, instead of "light."

I have my IKEA Tradfri bulbs connected through the Tradfri Gateway. They are all showing version 1.2.214, which the app says is the latest version, as well as the gateway which is 1.3.14. Inside the Alexa app, I've installed the bulbs and they show…
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How to use Tradfri Lights with Ikea Tradfri Gateway within Alexa routines?

I am using Echo Dots and the Tradfri Gateway and have seven Ikea Tradfri bulbs in two rooms. These bulbs show up under devices and can be put into groups, which work perfectly with Alexa voice commands. I'm trying to create a routine using these…
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Ikea Tradfri: Need to hit each remote twice

I've been using an Ikea Tradfri setup in my apartment for about a year. I've got lights, remotes, shortcuts buttons, outlets, blinds, a gateway and an extender. It's been working mostly smoothly. A week ago something weird started happening. When I…
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Can't connect IKEA TRÅDFRI driver to TRÅDFRI app

I have a 30W TRÅDFRI driver for the kitchen top lights, and I want to control them with a TRÅDFRI dimmer. That works like a charm. What doesn't work, is to add the TRÅDFRI driver to the TRÅDFRI app so I could use my smartphone to control the kitchen…
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How do I open the blinds in this room?

I have the following rooms in my house Room A Room B Room C In those rooms, I have the following Ikea smart blinds. Room A: "Room A Blind" Room B: "Room B Blind" Room C: "Room C Blind" Each room also has an Amazon Echo Dot. All devices are in…
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Stream any audio from Android phone to multi-room speakers?

Is it possible to stream any audio from an Android phone to a multi-room speaker setup? I would like to invest in some multi-room speakers, but I do not use any streaming services. My media files, both audio and video, are scattered around locally…
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Ikea Tradfri Gateway don't connect to a network

I connect my Ikea Tradfri to a router. All three lights are on, but the App can't found the gateway. I use an IP scanner on my Mac, and I can't found Gateway. The app suggested that if I am sure that Gateway is connected to the same network (and it…
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How to connect these different smart home devices?

Somehow I ended up with a mix of smart home devices. What hub/bridge/connector device should I use to connect the ones below? My devices: Google Home Google Home - Mini Xiaomi (Mijia) Gateway v.2 EU-Version Osram smart socket Ikea TRÅDFRI remote…
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Ikea Tradfri Gateway still not found by app within the same network

I've connected the Tradfri Gateway (GW) to the LAN port of my router. The Internet light (middle) is already stable after some time, but the Network light (topmost) is always pulsing. Anyway, I proceeded to add the GW to the Ikea Home Smart app, but…
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Pair two drivers with one remote control IKEA TRÅDFRI

I am going to buy two TRÅDFRI Drivers, one 10w and a another 30w. Is it possible to pair the drivers and use one remote control to dim them at the same without the gateway? Or does it work to pair the remote control with both drivers? It's…
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How to factory reset non-colored IKEA Trådfri bulbs?

I have a couple of dimmable, but non-colored, IKEA lights. I have learned that the proper way to factory reset them is to turn them off and on again 6 times quickly. That worked for Trådfri lights I had of a different model. However, when I do this…
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