# Ikea Trådfri dimmer problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [June 4, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087 "2019-06-04T19:23:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/1 "2019-06-04T19:23:48Z")
Hi. I’ve had my trådfri devices running smoothly for a while. Then it stopped working. I can adjust the lights from the app. The flows work when I test them, but my dimmer doesn’t seem to work. So I tried adding it again. Everything went smoothly during pairing, but still nothing happens when I rotate it. So I made a flow reporting on rotating stopped. Nothing. So I checked the battery, which had a 2,97V charge. Should be fine. So I added it to my trådfri hub and it worked fine. Removed it from the hub thinking maybe it just needed some love, but when I add it to Homey again nothing happens. Anyone know what this could be? Doesn’t seem like the device is faulty and the battery charge seems fine. ---
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/3 "2019-06-04T20:23:26Z")
The Homey is about 3m away. I’ve even tried using it 5cm away from the homey. No dice. I’ve tried restarting the homey several times. What’s PTP? ---
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/5 "2019-06-04T20:38:48Z")
Can try that. Only left it for a couple of minutes while I moved it to be closer to the dimmer and lights. ---
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/6 "2019-06-04T20:58:47Z")
Unfortunately, that didn’t help. Got any other ideas? Seems strange as I can control the rest of my Ikea devices through the Homey - although this is the only one using Homey’s App. The other Ikea Trådfri Gateway app. ---
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/7 "2019-06-04T21:02:36Z")
Tried updating to the beta version of the trådfri app, but no luck. Unfortunately, the trådfri gateway app doesn’t seem to handle dimmer events well… ---
**Author:** ![Ton\_Meek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ton_meek/32/149_2.png) [@Ton\_Meek](https://community.homey.app/u/Ton_Meek)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/8 "2019-06-06T18:25:59Z")
Maybe try a fresh battery. To make sure it’s not the battery. ---
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/9 "2019-06-06T19:35:53Z")
Thanks. I checked the battery. Replaced it a couple of months back and it was still good. Working like a charm with the Trådfri Gateway. ---
**Author:** ![Rune\_Andreasen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rune_andreasen/32/9211_2.png) [@Rune\_Andreasen](https://community.homey.app/u/Rune_Andreasen)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/10 "2019-06-07T04:41:18Z")
What do you use the dimmer for? I’m having problems with mine as well! ---
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/11 "2019-06-07T04:57:26Z")
Please tell Athom at [support@athom.com](mailto:support@athom.com) . I’ve logged my problems as a ticket and they’re looking into it. I want to use my dimmer primarily to control the bedroom lights, but it can be used for pretty much anything. Since you can read the “value” from it, you can use it to dim lights, control power to devices and even temperature control. If it works, that is 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Swetsenegger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/swetsenegger/32/10038_2.png) [@Swetsenegger](https://community.homey.app/u/Swetsenegger)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/12 "2019-11-02T10:31:42Z")
Same issue. Got 2 ikea dimmers, they don’t do shit. Worked for like a week. I don’t have a tradfri bridge, so can’t test that ---
**Author:** ![Jonatan\_Forsell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jonatan_forsell/32/50557_2.png) [@Jonatan\_Forsell](https://community.homey.app/u/Jonatan_Forsell)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/13 "2022-01-23T13:09:59Z")
Anyone solved this problem? I ad my wireless dimmer but can’t work any flows with it. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/e/9ed5406dfc335f30bd5e7cd1bf1b77f35ee1cf82.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Calle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/calle/32/8741_2.png) [@Calle](https://community.homey.app/u/Calle)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/14 "2022-01-23T16:57:17Z")
I have the same experience, I thought I might have maxed out my zigbee devices… ---
**Author:** ![madtraxx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/madtraxx/32/48231_2.png) [@madtraxx](https://community.homey.app/u/madtraxx)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 9:02am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/15 "2022-01-24T09:02:58Z")
Seems to be working fine with a Bridge, can activate flows but the dimmer functionality is just shit… If you pair them directly to a smart light they ramp up and down when you keep the button pressed. When connected with Homey you need to release the button, so either short press it or long press it and release in between. (depends on your configuration) But there seems to be no way to have them slowly go up or down. ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/16 "2022-01-24T11:21:11Z")
> [@madtraxx](#): > > But there seems to be no way to have them slowly go up or down. I don’t think any Zigbee controller can support this, because it just receives button press events (“short”, “long”) from the device. However, with better featured Zigbee implementations, you can bind a remote directly to a light (or group of lights) so the dimming works on the Zigbee level and doesn’t have to pass through the controller. But Homey doesn’t support this. ---
**Author:** ![Veggbo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/veggbo/32/49082_2.png) [@Veggbo](https://community.homey.app/u/Veggbo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/17 "2022-01-24T14:47:49Z")
I just replied in another thread regarding this. Seems to be an issue with the Trådfri App on Homey’s side. > [@Trådfri on/off dimmer switch](https://community.homey.app/t/tradfri-on-off-dimmer-switch/58968/2): > > Hi Hege, I contacted Homey support about this, below is their response. In summary, the error seems to be on the Homey side. I had bridge but is now using Pro. I have experienced the same error on both devices, so not specific to bridge. Bas (Athom) Jan 21, 2022, 15:23 GMT+1 Good afternoon, Thank you for reporting this issue, and our apologies for your inconvenience! This issue is already reported by other users and Development is working hard to fix this issue. It seems Ikea has given s… ---
**Author:** ![Rasmus\_Schnefeld](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rasmus_schnefeld/32/48883_2.png) [@Rasmus\_Schnefeld](https://community.homey.app/u/Rasmus_Schnefeld)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-tradfri-dimmer-problems/14087/18 "2022-01-26T13:55:51Z")
I have the same problem, and have found out that it is the latest firmware, or at least a newer firmware issue. I had a dimmer that hasn’t been updtated in a while and it works fine. I haven’t connected it to my ikea bridge so i don’t know the firmware that works. I have reported this to Athom