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I love knobs (rotary encoders mostly). I wish they were in everything where you need to adjust some range like brightness, contrast, volume, color warmth. For

by alin23 5y ago

I love knobs (rotary encoders mostly). I wish they were in everything where you need to adjust some range like brightness, contrast, volume, color warmth. For some time I really wanted a battery powered wireless rotary encoder that I can listen to in Home Assistant and hook it to whatever I want but I couldn’t find anything like that.

zimpenfish 5y ago
Dunno if you'd be able to find one these days but https://thedigitallifestyle.com/w/index.php/2017/06/23/microsoft-surface-dial-review-video/ https://thedigitallifestyle.com/w/index.php/2017/06/23/micro... "The Surface Dial is a [battery powered] Bluetooth rotary controller for controlling Windows"
GekkePrutser 5y ago
Ikea made a rotary encoder (dimmer) like that with Zigbee. It works well with Home Assistant. It actually had an accelerometer to determine its position, so it could be rotated within a passive magnetic mount. Unfortunately they stopped making them. They replaced it with a square one that doubled as an on/off button. But perhaps you can still find some second-hand. It was in their Tradfri range.
- alin23 5y ago
  I have about 5 or 6 of those square on/off ZigBee switches. They're perfect for automating through Home Assistant. Now I just have to find those encoders you're talking about. It's exactly what I wanted to buy.
  - GekkePrutser 5y ago
    Yeah they were pretty great but DeCONZ didn't support them. Which just happened to be the stack I chose. Apparently they were supported through the HA integration but not in the GUI. They also work with ZHA as far as I know. I still see some on Ebay, not sure if they can be shipped to Europe though: https://www.ebay.com/itm/133779313546?hash=item1f25de538a:g:5PMAAOSwhC5guNWx https://www.ebay.com/itm/133779313546?hash=item1f25de538a:g:... . This tends to be an issue.

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I love knobs (rotary encoders mostly). I wish they were in everything where you need to adjust some range like brightness, contrast, volume, color warmth. For

by alin23 5y ago

zimpenfish 5y ago
Dunno if you'd be able to find one these days but https://thedigitallifestyle.com/w/index.php/2017/06/23/microsoft-surface-dial-review-video/ https://thedigitallifestyle.com/w/index.php/2017/06/23/micro... "The Surface Dial is a [battery powered] Bluetooth rotary controller for controlling Windows"
GekkePrutser 5y ago
Ikea made a rotary encoder (dimmer) like that with Zigbee. It works well with Home Assistant. It actually had an accelerometer to determine its position, so it could be rotated within a passive magnetic mount. Unfortunately they stopped making them. They replaced it with a square one that doubled as an on/off button. But perhaps you can still find some second-hand. It was in their Tradfri range.
- alin23 5y ago
  I have about 5 or 6 of those square on/off ZigBee switches. They're perfect for automating through Home Assistant. Now I just have to find those encoders you're talking about. It's exactly what I wanted to buy.
  - GekkePrutser 5y ago
    Yeah they were pretty great but DeCONZ didn't support them. Which just happened to be the stack I chose. Apparently they were supported through the HA integration but not in the GUI. They also work with ZHA as far as I know. I still see some on Ebay, not sure if they can be shipped to Europe though: https://www.ebay.com/itm/133779313546?hash=item1f25de538a:g:5PMAAOSwhC5guNWx https://www.ebay.com/itm/133779313546?hash=item1f25de538a:g:... . This tends to be an issue.