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Hello,

quite new to the world of HA, but I've successfully set up some Tradfri LEDs and integrated my Valetudo robot to.

I've got a RP4 with a Sonoff dongle, and use ZHA to integrate all my devices.

Now, whenever I try to add the IKEA Styrbar remote control, it does get added to the device list, but no information about battery, nor firmware is displayed. Also, ZHA does not registrate any infos sent from the device, when clicking a button on it, nor does the “identify” command does anything recognizable on the device itself.

I've searched the internet for a bit, and for some it has worked by switchting to zigbee2mqtt. I've tried adding the device there with the same result: It does get recognized, but no information is received by the remote or from the remote.

I'm currently in the process of trying to manually update the firmware, but there is only one link to one firmware version, so I've found, and it's from 2023, the newest firmware for the Styrbar should be from August 2024.

So, did you happen to also have similar trouble with this particular device? Is it a good idea to manually flash the firmware? Do you know where I can find the newest firmware?

Thank you all! :-)

Edit: This comment by @swizzlestick@lemmy.zip led me to update my Sonoff ZBDongle-P from its 2021 firmware. After removing the remote from ZHA and adding it back again, everything works like a charm. Sometimes it's the easy thing you miss, so never get annoyed by questions like: "Did you try turning it off and on again?" 😁