Unable to detect 'press' from remote reliably

[ohmstance]

Hello. I am using an ESP32-C3 paired with an NRF24L01. According to the serial monitor logs, I am able to send commands reliably and able to detect the following actions from the remote:

• turn_clockwise
• turn_counterclockwise
• press_turn_clockwise
• press_turn_counterclockwise

However, I am unable to reliably detect 'press' action. I have to spam presses on the remote for it to register. On the other hand, I was unable to detect any 'hold' action. The light bar does turn off and on with presses when paired with the remote, but on_off isn't detected.

I won't discount that it's probably a device wiring issue on my side. I'll look into an external power supply for the transceiver module. In the mean time, is there anybody facing the same issue?

[stats2909]

Hi - is this a new light?

I'll test to see what messages I'm picking up, i didn't go through them all once I discovered the on/off wasn't working just noted that SOME actions were being captured.

Does the ESP have the ability to dim/brighten the light once turned on by the physical remote in your set up?

[ohmstance]

I got the light bar in 2022. I recently began using HA and wanted to integrate it with my setup. The remote control works perfectly — I can turn the light on and off, adjust the brightness, and change the color temperature from HA. However, it’s having trouble detecting actions from the knob; 'press' and 'hold' is hard to detect.

My ESP32-C wired to an NRF24L01:

I don't have a 3.3V power supply to try and check if power to the NRF24 module is the problem. I soldered a 10uF capacitor but that doesn't help any. I'm suspecting it might be interference from WiFi, or not — I'm not sure.

[ebinf]

Hey there!

I'm indeed having the same trouble. Press actions seem to be recognized the worst while turn actions work quite well. When writing the code, I already discovered that for press actions sometimes no package was captured by the nRF24 at all. I therefore thought this might not be a problem with my code but some quirk of the remote. But I haven't looked deeper than that tbh. So when I find some free time, I'll run some tests on whether there is something I can improve code-wise to make the press actions more reliable.