# DIY Ikea Smart Bulb pairing assistance device **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Created:** [August 28, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/diy-ikea-smart-bulb-pairing-assistance-device/755 "2018-08-28T18:18:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cbh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/cbh/32/13668_2.png) [@cbh](https://community.homey.app/u/cbh)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/diy-ikea-smart-bulb-pairing-assistance-device/755/1 "2018-08-28T18:18:56Z")
Low-tech - but useful when caught in the hexatruple on/off nightmare šŸ˜‰ ![53](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/1X/ac20c87d7921b0b9f4ae29b55459fc054ab5c64b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TedTolboom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tedtolboom/32/12081_2.png) [@TedTolboom](https://community.homey.app/u/TedTolboom)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/diy-ikea-smart-bulb-pairing-assistance-device/755/2 "2018-08-28T18:20:49Z")
Nice idea @cbh! ---
**Author:** ![Rocodamelshekima](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rocodamelshekima/32/8209_2.png) [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/diy-ikea-smart-bulb-pairing-assistance-device/755/3 "2018-08-28T18:22:34Z")
And skip the buying of the E27 1000lm . Then , with this ā€œtoolā€ u can add a lot of IKEA bulbs! ---
**Author:** ![cbh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/cbh/32/13668_2.png) [@cbh](https://community.homey.app/u/cbh)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/diy-ikea-smart-bulb-pairing-assistance-device/755/4 "2018-08-28T18:31:44Z")
Could be enhanced further by changing the button to a bell-push type to increase speed - but this what was I had lying around - and think it will suffice for now šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![danone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/danone/32/115743_2.png) [@danone](https://community.homey.app/u/danone)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/diy-ikea-smart-bulb-pairing-assistance-device/755/5 "2018-08-29T11:56:54Z")
And you can open a business selling this to frustrated people! Nice one anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Coen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/coen/32/10851_2.png) [@Coen](https://community.homey.app/u/Coen)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/diy-ikea-smart-bulb-pairing-assistance-device/755/6 "2018-08-30T12:32:47Z")
I just want to add my ā€œ **solution** ā€ to speed up the pairing process of the **IKEA e27 1000lm bulb**. My idea was inspired by " **synegic"** who posted this @ [https://github.com/athombv/com.ikea.tradfri/issues/4](https://github.com/athombv/com.ikea.tradfri/issues/4) _I kept on trying to pair the remaining bulbs. Eventually all of them paired._ _You could try resetting them with following steps; pair to steering device, control bulb to see if paired, bulb off (2 sec), reset steering device by clicking pair 4 times in 5 sec, bulb off (5sec), bulb on (0.5sec), bulb off (2 sec), bulb on (0.5sec), bulb off (2 sec), bulb on (0.5sec), bulb off (2 sec), bulb on (0.5sec), bulb off (2 sec), bulb on (0.5sec), bulb off (2 sec), bulb on (0.5sec), bulb off (5 sec), start Homey add device wizard, bulb on._ _Apparently it is very picky accepting a reset. The trick in my case was to have the bulb off longer than on in the reset sequence. Hope thisā€™ll help anyone also battling with these bulbsā€¦_ My idea was to make a **timer** , that beeps when you have to press the button haha! Go to: [http://www.intervaltimer.com/create/custom-interval-timer](http://www.intervaltimer.com/create/custom-interval-timer) Create 13 intervals, the first and last one in RED, for 5 seconds. the intervals between that is 1 second GREEN and 2 seconds RED. Like so: > **[Screenshot](https://prnt.sc/konfce)** > > Captured with Lightshot Then just create the timer, press play, and press the light switch on te beep, starting with the light off. I tried pairing the damn light for hours and hours, with this trick all 3 lights where paired in 10 minutes. I hope this helps someone! Coen ---
**Author:** ![cbh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/cbh/32/13668_2.png) [@cbh](https://community.homey.app/u/cbh)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/diy-ikea-smart-bulb-pairing-assistance-device/755/7 "2018-08-30T20:29:49Z")
Updated - semiautomatic - version: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/1X/a672d4ca7c200222a2c19c014fbe703f702b6ced.jpeg) Hardware: - Ikea TrĆ„dfri bulb - Fibaro Wall Plug (or alike) Flows: - Make a ā€œBetter Logicā€ variable named ā€œtoggle-countā€ (call it whatever you fancy) ā€œAdd Ikea-bulb-1ā€ ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/1X/f81f4230de4f6ce00037e887916d1cf4447b4dcd.jpeg) Pay attention to the delay added to the flow card ā€œStart a flowā€ that triggers the next flow - this has to be sufficient to allow you to trigger this flow and then change to ā€œDevicesā€, choose ā€œAdd deviceā€ and (at the very least) choose ā€œZigBeeā€ā€¦ ā€œAdd Ikea-bulb-2ā€ ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/1X/b4a30b06f7e44dbe76cc007a4a6d05394b921fcb.jpeg) Concept: This setup will semi-automate the cumbersome process of toggling the bulb six timesā€¦ Absolutely no responsibility is taken regarding the wear of the plug, the load of your z-wave-mesh or anything else - but, hey, by doing this, itā€™s possible to take a rather simple procedure and technify it to something more complex including some kind of automation for no reason except for the fun of itā€¦ šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![danone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/danone/32/115743_2.png) [@danone](https://community.homey.app/u/danone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/diy-ikea-smart-bulb-pairing-assistance-device/755/8 "2018-08-30T21:00:52Z")
Yep, Iā€™ve told you @cbh you can open up a business. But you need a good sells man behind! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![cbh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/cbh/32/13668_2.png) [@cbh](https://community.homey.app/u/cbh)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/diy-ikea-smart-bulb-pairing-assistance-device/755/9 "2018-08-30T21:20:33Z")
Oh, no, think about all the really, really annoying customers that have all kind of opinions about how the product should look, feel, sound, work, whatever, who write about it on the internet, on-and-on-and-on about whether the product does what it is claimed to do, if it will be updated or not, not even happy when it is, but just nagging about it being too late, you know, all that kind of things you can experience out there on the internet - no specific products in mind or anything, just something I read about somewhere onceā€¦ šŸ˜‰ Wouldnā€™t place myself in that kind of stupid situationā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![danone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/danone/32/115743_2.png) [@danone](https://community.homey.app/u/danone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/diy-ikea-smart-bulb-pairing-assistance-device/755/10 "2018-08-30T21:32:48Z")
šŸ˜‚ I wonder if Athom thinks the same about usā€¦ oh! maybe they actually do! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Brandt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/richard_brandt/32/3874_2.png) [@Richard\_Brandt](https://community.homey.app/u/Richard_Brandt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 8:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/diy-ikea-smart-bulb-pairing-assistance-device/755/11 "2018-09-03T08:37:23Z")
Here Is another successful method, which includes the IKEA Gateway. Which I decided to buy to be able to update fw on the bulbs. And since it is not very pricyā€¦ You also need any of the controls which you get when you buy for example the RGB bulb. 1. Pair the bulb with IKEA GW 2. Check to see that you have the latest FW 3. Remove the device from IKEA GW (this resets the bulb pairing and no toggling is needed) 4. Turn the light off 5. Start the pairing in Homey 6. Turn on the bulb (just once). No toggling needed! 7. The bulb is successfully added Note, I have the bulb very close to the Homey