Connecting the New Ikea button directly to HA and Homey give different results, which is super weird being it a Matter device. (I dont have the Ikea Hub) In HA i can only set the button press (9 total) and in Homey I can only set up the movement of the scroll wheel (up or down).
The scroll wheel is pretty unusable as it is very slippery, no idea if it is actually moving or not. The button press in HA is also not consistent, sometimes it works, sometimes not.
The idea is great but its poorly executed. Not recommended
The scroll wheel is indeed a bit weird, however you can set it to higher or lower the brightness of a lamp for example. You can set it if you scroll it once but also if you scroll it more times. So it is quite multifunctional and new, maybe we just dont know how to use it in a good way ;). I also have the Timmerflotte temp/hum sensor which looks ok to me, I am waiting for the power plug. Ikea Netherlands is getting then in the shops these days, several sensors already available.
You said it’s working well right now. So, do you recommend it? I’m thinking of converting the Zigbee devices in my house to these Ikea Matter devices soon.
The scroll wheel is also mapped to button presses in Homey, it’s simply how IKEA exposed it. In their own app it has a custom interface and mapping. In Homey the button presses are available through Flow as triggers
