Comments on: How to add IKEA Trådfri to Philips Hue

By: AndrewFG

AndrewFG — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:05:03 +0000

Unfortunately, it seems that the IKEA remote controllers can no longer be used. They can neither a) be imported into the Philips Bridge, nor b) be bound to the Ikea lights (since binding them to the lights, causes the lights to become unbound from the Philips Bridge)..

By: Pavel

Pavel — Sun, 06 May 2018 19:05:19 +0000

Hi everybody, please, your advice.

I successfully added ikea bulbs to Philips hue system and I can remote them via Philips Hue app.

Now I try to connect Ikea controller to remote all (Philips + Ikea) bulbs. I can remote all bulbs with ikea remote indeed but at this moment I loose remote via Philips hue app. I know there was written I need to pair Ikea remote controller with Philips Hue bridge via Touchlink (that I paired). The process of pairing was exactly as described, so I suppose it was successful. In final, when I make next step – pair Ikea remote controller with bulbs directly, at that moment they are “unavailable” in Philips Hue app for removing.

What do I make wrong? Any suggestions?

By: Henry McLean-Low

Henry McLean-Low — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 08:13:06 +0000

In reply to AJ. Thanks for the comment, funnily enough we have just written an article about that. They are in store in the UK now.

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:14:26 +0000

I thought you might like to know that Ikea have released some LED drivers for the Tradfri range, and they work with Hue out of the box:
http://www.redsilico.com/blog/ikea-tradfri-transformers-hue

By: Lukas

Lukas — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:35:23 +0000

You can connect Ikea Remote to the Hue Hub and Ikea Bulb.

In this step, you must reset the remote, and then pair to the Hue hub via TouchLink. This joins the remote to the Hue’s ZigBee network. There are a few different ways to do a a TouchLink search, which is not the same as a regular search. You can use the Hue Lights iOS app, Hue and Me Android app, LampFinder Mac/PC/Linux app, or Hue Developers’ API.
1. Reset the remote or dimmer by pressing the pair button 4 times quickly.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Hold the remote directly next to the Hue hub (as close as possible).
4. Hold the pair button.
5. Immediately initiate a TouchLink search.

The light (on the front for Tradfri remote and next to the button for a Tradfri dimmer) will glow a steady red, then turn out after a couple of seconds when paired.

Step 2 – pair the Tradfri remote/dimmer with the lights
Note that this works with any lights that are already connected to the Hue hub – I have done it with both Hue bulbs and Tradfri bulbs.

1. Turn on the bulb at the mains.
2. Position the remote immediately next to the bulb.
3. Hold the pair button on the remote. The red light will come on and the bulb will start flashing.
4. Keep the remote next to the bulb until it stops flashing, then release the button.
5. Repeat this process for any more lights you want the remote to control.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 02:21:13 +0000

In reply to Silverweb. If you don’t want to buy the base I found a way to get mine working. If you have one hue light bulb, which I assume you do if you have a bridge, delete it from you bridge. Then go and stick both the IKEA light bulb in and that one in. Add a light bulb and input the serial number of the hue bulb and search. When I did this it found this bulb and the IKEA one. Hope this helps you or anyone else.

By: Silverweb

Silverweb — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 19:19:24 +0000

In reply to Jacco.

Well, once again me here. 🙂

I DID IT! 🙂

I thought the batch number is not enough, but it worked!
I used HUE Essentials App and touchlink method to find the bulb, and here it is! I’ve got the E27 white 1000lm IKEA Tradfrii (batch number 1746) bulb connected to my Hue Bridge and configured to home automation by OpenHAB.

Hope it helps for someone! 🙂

By: Silverweb

Silverweb — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 18:33:56 +0000

In reply to Jacco.

Hi. I just bought TRADFRI LED 1000lm, batch number 1746 (I live in Poland), but unfortunately it didn’t connect – I reset the bulb (6x ON-OFF), then turned it ON (all other bulbs disconnected from power, HUE Bridge touching the IKEA bulb) and tried for about 15 minutes to search the bulb, but with no success…

So I think the batch number does not guarantee, the bulbs will have correct firmware… 🙁

Seems, that I need to buy the IKEA Base for few days (thankfully we have 365 days to get it back, as it is quite expensive according to polish average salary)… 😐

By: Sasch

Sasch — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 22:42:27 +0000

Thanks for the guide. I just followed this to pair a Tradfri remote with a Hue bulb. It works for on/off and dimming but can’t change colour with the remote.

It didn’t remove it from the Hue hub though and that still works perfectly. Maybe firmware has improved?

By: Chris H

Chris H — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:38:44 +0000

I have bought bulbs manufactured with both the old and new firmware. The visible differences between them are on the newer packaging there is a sticker placed over one of the codes on the rear of the box, changing the box printed “1744-1” into “1744”. This occurs in two places on the back of the box.

On the bulb itself the laser printed text and logo’s are different, the newer (hue compatible) bulb has an additional IKEA style dimmable logo and additional text saying: “tradfri WS 1744” whereas the older (doesn’t work with hue) bulb had just the number “1722”. Obviously this doesn’t appear to relate to the version number of the onboard firmware but it is a revision to the product which will give you a clue as to how old the stock is.

No idea if all the early firmware bulbs have been flushed through the supply chain by now (making this a useless comment), but thought someone might benefit from the info.

Not sure if its worth getting a Tradfri hub just to reprogram the two old bulbs or not, hub costs the same as the bulbs!!