IKEA TRÅDFRI
THIS PROTOCOL IS DISABLED BY DEFAULT AS IT IS NOT MAINTAINED, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PROTOCOL THEN PLEASE GET IN TOUCH developers[at]openremote.io
.
You can connect an IKEA TRÅDFRI Gateway to the manager. The manager will import all assets automatically. Here we describe the steps you need to take.
Docker configuration
If you are using Docker (and docker-compose) to run OpenRemote, you need to change the configuration of docker-compose in order to use the IKEA TRÅDFRI protocol.
In the profile/deploy.yml
file, uncomment the lines below the following line: "# Uncomment to support the IKEA TRÅDFRI protocol. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.".
This line occurs 6 times in the profile/deploy.yml
file. Make sure to find all of them.
Examples:
# Uncomment to support the IKEA TRÅDFRI protocol. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
network_mode: host
# Uncomment to support the IKEA TRÅDFRI protocol. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
# Also remove (or comment) the already existing variables with the same name.
KEYCLOAK_HOST: 127.0.0.1
KEYCLOAK_PORT: 8081
DATABASE_CONNECTION_URL: jdbc:postgresql://localhost/openremote
Connect an IKEA TRÅDFRI Gateway
In the following example, you link your existing IKEA TRÅDFRI Gateway by using its IP address, e.g. 192.163.1.2
.
- Login to the manager UI (
https://localhost/manager
asadmin/secret
) - Select the Assets tab and click
Create asset
at the top of the Asset list on the left - Set the following:
- Asset name:
Tradfri Agent
- Asset Type:
Agent
- Asset name:
- Click
Create asset
at the bottom of the screen and then clickEdit asset
in the top right - Add a new attribute:
- Name:
Gateway
- Type:
IKEA TRÅDFRI
- Name:
- Click
Add attribute
and then expand the new attribute (using the button on the right of the attribute) then configure the Attribute configuration by setting/adding configuration items as follows:- Gateway host:
192.163.1.2
- Gateway security code: Fill in the security code of the IKEA TRÅDFRI Gateway (This can be found on the bottom of the gateway)
- Gateway host:
- Click
Save asset
at the bottom of the screen
You now have an IKEA TRÅDFRI Agent to communicate with your own IKEA TRÅDFRI Gateway.
The protocol connection status changes to CONNECTED
as soon as an IKEA TRÅDFRI Gateway is available on the provided host and the correct security code is provided.