Eaton / Cooper RF9500 Battery Operated Switch / Dimmer

cgcalkins · October 6, 2020, 1:45pm

I am a new convert coming over from Wink / Cooper Aspire RF Controller. On Wink, I was able to use the Cooper Aspire RF controller as a secondary controller and that allowed me to add the RF9500 to the controller and through associations, it was able to control a relay. Now on Hubitat, I am trying not to use the RF controller as it seems Hubitat is way more capable of doing everything the RF controller could.

How do I setup the RF9500 switch / dimmer for it to work properly? I found code on SmartThings where they were able to get the 3 buttons to work, but I don't know how to convert that to Hubitat. Thanks.

scottbarton76 · May 30, 2021, 9:21pm

Bump. Anyone get this working?

scottbarton76 · June 3, 2021, 6:02pm

I found this ported device driver here:

github.com

lgkahn/hubitat/blob/master/CooperEatonRF9500

/**
 *  Copyright 2015 SmartThings
 *
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 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
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 *
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 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 */
metadata {
	definition (name: "Cooper RF9500 Stock new", namespace: "lgkapps", author: "juano23@gmail.com") {
		capability "Switch"
		capability "Switch Level"
		capability "PushableButton"
        capability "Actuator"

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I was able to successfully add the device. I see that it updates when pushed, but for some reason my automation apps (Basic Rules) don't get notified of the button presses.

Any help figuring out how to fix or debug this?
Thanks.

scottbarton76 · June 18, 2021, 2:57pm

Has anyone got this device to work?

scottbarton76 · June 18, 2021, 3:32pm

Looking at the code it seems they are trying to convert button events to switch events. Not sure why? Maybe because this was before Hubitat supported Buttons?
Hubitat's button implementation - Developers - Hubitat

Anyway I think the way to use this in Apps is not to look for button presses, but to look for when the switch changes. Do not try to keep this button controller in sync with the actual device you are controlling. On/Off for this device are meaningless. Just watch for when it changes.

cgcalkins · June 18, 2021, 4:09pm

Thanks Scott for helping look into this. I think you are on to a good idea with the "switch change". I don't have time to test this, but when I do, I will be sure to update you here.

scottbarton76 · June 18, 2021, 8:42pm

I was able to get it working using switch changes trigger in Rules Machine.

2ac16mo · July 5, 2021, 8:08pm

I also have one of these and would love to be able to get it working with Hubitat. My C7 won't add it and my C4 adds it but defines it as "Device" I change to selection to the custom device driver listed above and nothing happens.

scottbarton76 · July 7, 2021, 1:59pm

See above. The device driver posted makes this button work/act/look like a switch. You need to use RM to look for when the 'switch' changes instead of button presses.