Easier way to find HomematicIP device address

[floeplala]

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About the section: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/homematic/#homematickeypress-events-for-homematic-ip-devices

The documentation mentions a way to retrieve the HomematicIP device-address and channel by looking up the device in the CCU. When I try that, the CCU tells me the device address is 'HmIP-RC8 0123456789abcd' but that is not the right format for HA. I found another way to determine the devicess address that worked better for me: make an new automation and use just a trigger on the homematic keypress event and nothing else, like this:

alias: Nieuwe automatisering description: test trigger:

• platform: event event_type: homematic.keypress condition: [] action: [] mode: single

In this way all keypresses will trigger the automation. Next step is to press a button on the remote and then go to the trace of the automation and look under 'Step details' -> 'Changed Variables'. The data in that section will tell you what address and channel is used:

trigger: id: '0' idx: '0' alias: null platform: event event: event_type: homematic.keypress data: name: 0123456789ABCD param: PRESS_SHORT channel: 5 origin: LOCAL

URL

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/homematic/

Version

2023.10.5

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