# Unwanted crosstalk Aqara Smart Plug (EU) and IKEA Tradfri devices
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/unwanted-crosstalk-aqara-smart-plug-eu-and-ikea-tradfri-devices/93413
**Category:** Questions & Help
**Tags:** zigbee, ikea, tradfri, homey-pro
**Created:** [November 1, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unwanted-crosstalk-aqara-smart-plug-eu-and-ikea-tradfri-devices/93413 "2023-11-01T16:13:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Talvas](https://community.homey.app/u/Talvas)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unwanted-crosstalk-aqara-smart-plug-eu-and-ikea-tradfri-devices/93413/1 "2023-11-01T16:13:40Z")
Hi Friends,
i am facing a very annoying problem and want to reach out to you, if someone has similar experience and how i can best solve this.
I am using a Homes Pro 2019 and installed a Aqara Smart Plug (EU) and several Ikea Tradfri products (shortcut, Styrbar, Rodret). I have the old Ikea Gateway (Tradfri) and use it only when i buy new Ikea products, to update their firmway. In everyday use, the Ikea Gateway is not on, and i control everything via Homey.
Unfortunately, several of the Ikea products are triggering my Aqara Smart Plug, without any flow involving the two of them. I have the feeling that it is quite random which ones trigger it, and it sometimes changes when i reset the Aqara Smart Plug. I also have the feeling that it got worse after i added more Ikea Tradfri Products (before only one of my 3 Styrbars triggered the Plug, now three are triggering it).
Aqara Support was not very helpful so far. My probllem (maybe) is that i dont have the Aqara Hub, and i dont know if the Smart Plug might have some firmware updates that i am missing. However, i wanted to reach out to others, before i buy the hub and it doesnt solve the problem.
There also was a period where this unwanted triggering stopped, and i was super happy, but i did not know what i changed, and now it is also back…
Thanks a lot for your help.
Best
Jan
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### Author:  [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unwanted-crosstalk-aqara-smart-plug-eu-and-ikea-tradfri-devices/93413/2 "2023-11-01T18:47:04Z")
> [@Talvas](#):
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> i am facing a very annoying problem and want to reach out to you, if someone has similar experience and how i can best solve this.
There are already a few posts about this on the forum.
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> Unfortunately, several of the Ikea products are triggering my Aqara Smart Plug
The issue (as far as I have understood from a thread on the zigbee2mqtt repository on Github) is that the IKEA devices, by default, send commands to group 0 whereas the Aqara devices, by default, listen to commands on group 0.
For zigbee2mqtt this was solved with a workaround (assign the Aqara device to a random group during pairing), but for Homey it hasn’t.
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### Author:  [@Talvas](https://community.homey.app/u/Talvas)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unwanted-crosstalk-aqara-smart-plug-eu-and-ikea-tradfri-devices/93413/3 "2023-11-01T20:47:53Z")
Hi Robert, thanks for your reply! Sorry, I could not find something related to those products in my searches so far. If you have a link to the forum articles at hand, I would be very thankful!
I am not familiar with zigbee2mqtt, but if I understand you correctly, there is no easy fix for this when using homey?
Thanks!
Jan
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unwanted-crosstalk-aqara-smart-plug-eu-and-ikea-tradfri-devices/93413/4 "2023-11-02T00:07:56Z")
> [@Talvas](#):
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> there is no easy fix for this when using homey?
Correct.
You can at best request for a solution @ Athom: homey.app/support
Or,
replace either the Ikea or the Aqara devices involved.
Or,
install zigbee2mqtt (or Home Assistant + zigbee2mqtt add-on) on a (old) Rpi, thin client, mini pc or the like, add a zigbee dongle (I can recommend [Sonoff zigbee usb dongle plus E](https://sonoff.tech/product/gateway-and-sensors/sonoff-zigbee-3-0-usb-dongle-plus-e/) ), and control zigbee with this setup, instead of with Homey.
With one of these Homey apps your zigbee devices then can be added to Homey: [zigbee2mqtt](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-zigbee2mqtt/83214) or [Home Assistant Community](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-home-assistant-community-app/71477)
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### Author:  [@TotalTronix](https://community.homey.app/u/TotalTronix)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unwanted-crosstalk-aqara-smart-plug-eu-and-ikea-tradfri-devices/93413/5 "2023-11-20T20:20:21Z")
Hey Talvas,
I have exactly the same problem. Thank god I have the Aqara Smart Plug not used for my Washing Machine. I wouldn’t want the washing machine turning of in the middle of a flush program 🤨
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### Author:  [@Rudi\_Pedersen](https://community.homey.app/u/Rudi_Pedersen)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unwanted-crosstalk-aqara-smart-plug-eu-and-ikea-tradfri-devices/93413/6 "2024-01-03T22:35:54Z")
Same problem here. Homey Pro 2023 and 6 Aqara Smart Plugs. Only three of them has this random behaviour?!
I have a Hue hub - no IKEA hub, but I do use a few IKEA remotes and buttons.
I’m about to throw the Aqara products in the sea, and maybe buy Nous or something like that…
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### Author:  [@Valentin\_Ciopei](https://community.homey.app/u/Valentin_Ciopei)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unwanted-crosstalk-aqara-smart-plug-eu-and-ikea-tradfri-devices/93413/7 "2024-02-09T22:37:37Z")
did anybody found a fix for this?
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### Author:  [@Bence\_Molnar](https://community.homey.app/u/Bence_Molnar)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unwanted-crosstalk-aqara-smart-plug-eu-and-ikea-tradfri-devices/93413/8 "2024-06-01T18:00:20Z")
same problem in here, sooo soo annoying…
I have to sell these items and buy a totally different brand 😕
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### Author:  [@Valentin\_Ciopei](https://community.homey.app/u/Valentin_Ciopei)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unwanted-crosstalk-aqara-smart-plug-eu-and-ikea-tradfri-devices/93413/9 "2024-06-01T18:29:29Z")
I “fixed” it by downgrading the Aqara firmware.