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IKEA E1746 #
Model | E1746 |
Vendor | IKEA |
Description | TRADFRI signal repeater |
Exposes | linkquality |
Picture | ![]() |
Notes #
Pairing #
Push the reset button of the device with a paperclip for 5 seconds. While pairing the LED is flashing/dimming slowly. Once the pairing is finished, the LED stays on.
Tips for monitoring this device #
The device send a payload exactly 1 hours after the first pairing and a payload each exactly 4 hours after. You can track the activity of this device by observing the lastseen value. If now () - lastseen > 4 h, then your equipment has lost its connectivity
OTA updates #
This device supports OTA updates, for more information see OTA updates.
Exposes #
Linkquality (numeric) #
Link quality (signal strength).
Value can be found in the published state on the linkquality
property.
It’s not possible to read (/get
) or write (/set
) this value.
The minimal value is 0
and the maximum value is 255
.
The unit of this value is lqi
.
Manual Home Assistant configuration #
Although Home Assistant integration through MQTT discovery is preferred, manual integration is possible with the following configuration:
sensor:
- platform: "mqtt"
state_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/<FRIENDLY_NAME>"
availability_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/bridge/state"
value_template: "{{ value_json.linkquality }}"
unit_of_measurement: "lqi"
icon: "mdi:signal"
sensor:
- platform: "mqtt"
state_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/<FRIENDLY_NAME>"
availability_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/bridge/state"
icon: "mdi:update"
value_template: "{{ value_json['update']['state'] }}"
binary_sensor:
- platform: "mqtt"
state_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/<FRIENDLY_NAME>"
availability_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/bridge/state"
payload_on: true
payload_off: false
value_template: "{{ value_json.update_available}}"