# Shelly in Detached Mode - Where is the input card? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [August 18, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/shelly-in-detached-mode-where-is-the-input-card/158439 "2026-08-18T09:33:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HolmanP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/holmanp/32/172625_2.png) [@HolmanP](https://community.homey.app/u/HolmanP)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/shelly-in-detached-mode-where-is-the-input-card/158439/1 "2026-08-18T09:33:39Z")
Hi - I’d like to use my Shelly 1PM Mini Gen4 which I’ve placed behind my wall switch to turn on a smart light bulb in another room (don’t ask 🙂 ). I’ve set the Shelly in detached mode so the lamp continuously has power due to it being a smart bulb. Now I want to build a flow for this, but from the Shelly card I cannot choose the ‘input’ action which is needed as the first trigger to eventually send a signal to turn the smart lamp on. The cards I can choose are ‘turned on, turned off, power changed’ and a bunch of energy variables. But where is the card that lets me use ‘input’ as a trigger, so when I flip the physical wall switch Homey recognizes this as an input to turn on the light. What am I doing wrong? Any help is appreciated.. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/shelly-in-detached-mode-where-is-the-input-card/158439/2 "2026-08-18T09:45:19Z")
No “Action Event” card? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/8/3812651ff58caeeba3f8dd6fc9da4f3a8cfe742f.png) ---
**Author:** ![HolmanP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/holmanp/32/172625_2.png) [@HolmanP](https://community.homey.app/u/HolmanP)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/shelly-in-detached-mode-where-is-the-input-card/158439/3 "2026-08-18T10:06:35Z")
Not in the cards presented to me. Surely I’m missing something.. but i found it based on your screenshot! Originally I’ve added the devices as Shelly 1PM Mini Gen4 devices **on Matter**. Your screenshot mentioned ‘any wifi device’ so I’ve readded the Shellys but now instead of the Matter connection as ‘any wifi device’ and now I get a bunch of extra action cards including input change! ![IMG_0999](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/a/5a7091707c212b464cc3eb84b012c4df20e51a90.png) ![IMG_1002](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/1/c15e518e186c7daf1809c2665f3bdb493bbfc8fa.png) ![IMG_1001](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/b/2b9bd2820aee224657576a08112dd2bbcdda104c.png) Oh Matter… you could have been so wonderful.. Thanks for your help! ---
**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:** [August 18, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/shelly-in-detached-mode-where-is-the-input-card/158439/4 "2026-08-18T10:39:38Z")
> [@HolmanP](#): > > Oh Matter Ah okay, Matter 🤷🏼‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![HolmanP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/holmanp/32/172625_2.png) [@HolmanP](https://community.homey.app/u/HolmanP)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/shelly-in-detached-mode-where-is-the-input-card/158439/5 "2026-08-18T10:45:59Z")
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