# Control lights remote and via lights witch

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/control-lights-remote-and-via-lights-witch/20644>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [November 13, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/control-lights-remote-and-via-lights-witch/20644 "2019-11-13T11:08:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dvk8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dvk8/32/17154_2.png) [@dvk8](https://community.homey.app/u/dvk8)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/control-lights-remote-and-via-lights-witch/20644/1 "2019-11-13T11:08:52Z")

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Hello,

I’m looking for a solution to control my lights remote but also via the light switch.

I now have IKEA tradfri lights which I can control remote but of course this doesn’t work when I turn off the light switch since the lamp doesn’t have any power anymore.

I want to use the existing light switches. Can anyone help me with possible solutions?

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**Author:** ![M\_a\_r\_c\_o](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/m_a_r_c_o/32/146_2.png) [@M\_a\_r\_c\_o](https://community.homey.app/u/M_a_r_c_o)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/control-lights-remote-and-via-lights-witch/20644/2 "2019-11-13T11:34:46Z")

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Add qubino units behind the light switches or in the ceiling wires. Or fibaro if there is no 0 (blue in NL) wire available.

Or replace the light switches with zigbee/z-wave units. I have one of these from neo coolcam with 2 buttons. But in this case you must have the 0 (blue in NL) also available.  
There are also available from busch-jaeger, [jung](https://www.jung.de/nl/5559/producten/techniek/verlichting/zigbee-wandzender/), and others.

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**Author:** ![dvk8](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dvk8/32/17154_2.png) [@dvk8](https://community.homey.app/u/dvk8)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/control-lights-remote-and-via-lights-witch/20644/3 "2019-11-13T16:17:29Z")

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Hi Marco,

Thanks for your reply. This seems like a solution that could work. Only I did not expect it to be so expensive. Do you know of any cheaper alternatives?

Edit:

I just found the Sonoff mini. Would that work?

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**Author:** ![Slof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/slof/32/1318_2.png) [@Slof](https://community.homey.app/u/Slof)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/control-lights-remote-and-via-lights-witch/20644/4 "2019-11-13T16:43:43Z")

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Yes the sonoff mini will do fine, you just need to flash them. And that’s the easy part 😉

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**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/control-lights-remote-and-via-lights-witch/20644/5 "2019-11-15T12:48:22Z")

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> [@dvk8](#):
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> I want to use the existing light switches. Can anyone help me with possible solutions?

I use my Hue Remote to control Fibaro switches