HowTo: Zigbee - Integrate Ikea TRADFRI outlet E1603/E1702/E1708 into Node Red via zigbee2mqtt - Nerdiy.de - Nerdy DIY HowTo's about electronic, 3D-printing and more.

The TRADFRI plug is a simple way to switch existing consumers such as lamps via your smart home system via Zigbee

The consumer can be switched on and off. At the same time, the socket also acts as a signal amplifier (repeater) for all other Zigbee devices.

How to integrate the TRADFRI plug into your Node Red instance is described in the following article.

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Requirements

Helpful articles:
Before you start this article, you should have prepared a Raspberry Pi so that it can be reached via the network and controlled via SSH. Of course, zigbee2mqtt and Node Red should also be installed and configured.

In the following lists you will find all the parts you need to implement this article.

Required tool:

Number	Link
1x	*Screwdriver set* Buy at Amazon
1x	*SD card reader* Buy at Amazon

Required material:

Number	Link
1x	Ikea TRADFRI outlet
1x	*SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus* Buy at Amazon
1x	*USB extension cable* Buy at Amazon
1x	*Raspberry Pi* Buy at Amazon
1x	*Raspberry Pi power supply* Buy at Amazon
1x	*Raspberry Pi case* Buy at Amazon
1x	*Micro SD card 64GB* Buy at Amazon

Enable Zigbee2mqtt Dashboard

In my opinion, the easiest way to add new devices to your Zigbee network is to use the zigbee2mqtt dashboard. In case you haven't activated this yet, you will find helpful hints in the article Zigbee – Administration of Zigbee2mqtt via the dashboard.

Register sensor to zigbee2mqtt

Before you can control the IKEA TRADFRI outlet using Node Red, you must first integrate it into your Zigbee network.

How to integrate devices into your own Zigbee network is described in more detail in the article Zigbee – register devices or sensors and actuators with zigbee2mqtt. The following two steps summarize this briefly.

View of the log tab of the zigbee2mqtt dashboard. The area marked in red contains the button with which access to the Zigbee network can be controlled. Click on this to unlock access to the Zigbee network.

To put the TRADFRI plug into pairing mode, you have to insert the battery and use a long object (e.g. a paper clip) to press the button in the small hole

hold down for 10 seconds

The LED on the front of the socket should then flash and the socket should connect to your Zigbee network shortly afterwards.

You can track the status of the connection process in the zigbee2mqtt log.

Log in to the NodeRed configuration interface

Before you can edit your NodeRed configuration you must - if activated - first log in to the NodeRed configuration interface.

View of the login screen. Here you have to enter the login details that you entered during the configuration of the login. Information about this can be found in the article **NodeRed - User Login Setup**.

Import node code

The dashboard node should already be installed and configured so that you can also control your Zigbee device via the NodeRed dashboard or display the values. You can find information about this in the following article.

Node Red - Build a user interface with dashboard nodes

After that, all you have to do is import the NodeCode linked below into your NodeRed environment. Information on how to import NodeRed code can be found in the article Node Red - import and export node code .

As always, you can find the NodeRed code in the Nerdiy Git repository under the following link:

https://github.com/Nerdiyde/NodeRedSnippets/blob/master/snippets/zigbee_ikea_tradfri_E1603_E1702_E1708_outlet.json

View of the Node Red code in the Node Red configuration view.

Of course you still have to adapt the code to your socket. In order for this to work correctly, you still have to enter the IEEE address or the "friendly name" in the Node Red code.

To do this, open the properties of the marked node and enter your IEEE address in the marked area under "Payload...". How to find out the IEEE address of your Zigbee device is described in the article Zigbee – register devices or sensors and actuators with zigbee2mqtt.

In order for the update function to work via the Node Red Dashboard, you must also enter the address here in the marked area.

In addition, the address must still be in this…

… and enter the marked area here.

If you would like to be automatically notified in the event that the socket has not been seen in the Zigbee network for a certain time, you can edit the corresponding message here.

You can of course also manage the newly registered Zigbee device via the Control or read the zigbee2m qtt dash board.

In the following category I have also listed other Zigbee devices which can be controlled or read with the Node Red code offered there.

https://nerdiy.de/en/category/zigbee-geraet/

Have fun with the project

I hope everything worked as described. If not or you have any other questions or suggestions, please let me know in the comments. Also, ideas for new projects are always welcome. 🙂

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