README.md

Idasen Desk Controller Integration

Home Assistant integration to control the IKEA IDÅSEN standing desk. This integration might also work with other tables/controllers (DENCON). I tested this integration on MacOS and Linux.

This project is work in progress. It is also my first python and open source project.

Features

• Connect
• Device selection in configuration
• Monitors current height and speed
• Move up/down/position

Pending features and known issues

• Pairing on Linux.
  • The used bluetooth library "bleak" doesnt allow to pair before connecting.
  • On MacOS and Windows pairing happens automatically.
  • I will try to add a workaround (bluetoothctl wrapper)
• The bluetooth connection is sometimes a little bit flaky. The integration will try to reconnect (sometimes this fails)
  • Will hopefully be improved with the next "bleak" version
• Doesnt play well with other bluetooth integrations (Switchbot)
• Code quality needs to be improved (help wanted)

Installation

Installation with hacs

1. Make sure the HACS component is installed and working.
2. Add https://github.com/Xilinx64/idasen-desk-controller as a custom repository
3. Install component and reboot

Manual Installation

Upload the custom component to Home Assistant's custom_components directory and restart the service.

Configuration

Pairing

Pairing needs to be done via terminal for now.
Instuctions:

1. Start bluetoothctl: bluetoothctl
2. Start scan: scan on
3. Wait until you see the mac address of the desk
4. Pair desk: pair 00:00:00:00:00:00
5. Disconnect: disconnect 00:00:00:00:00:00

Home Assistant configuration

Add the integration through the Home Assistant interface.

Awesome projects

• idasen-controller from rhyst (https://github.com/rhyst/idasen-controller)
  I use a stripped down and heavily modified version of this library.
• hass-linak-dpg from Laeborg (https://github.com/Laeborg/hass-linak-dpg)
  I used this project as a starting point.
• bleak from hbldh (https://github.com/hbldh/bleak)
  Bluetooth library