Hello. I'm having a fun time with my C-8 and exploring what home automation really is. I bought a GE (Jasco) Enbrighten Zigbee on/off switch and have noticed that it doesn't seem to expose any button press events for rules to be made. It only seems to send an "on" or "off" in response to a change in state. What if I want to know that the "on" button was pressed even when the light is already on? I'd be able to do automation rules with that information, but the switch doesn't seem to report that event.
It seems the Zwave version does support this. Is this a limitation of the driver or the switch, itself?
I'm aware of the Inovelli Blue switches. I have one and it is great. Finding more in stock is tough right now.
Is there a community driver or an update to provide button press events from the switch, regardless of the current state of the power being on or off?
I've pressed the buttons multiple times and no second event is sent. The switch only seems to send an event on the state change. Do others see this behavior?
Sorry, just noticed the Zigbee part of your OP, and yes I am using the Z-wave version. I would have assumed the Zigbee switches had the same capability, but maybe not.
Surprising they would not extend the same functionality that the Zwave models have... I wonder if they will ever publish a firmware update to enable that.
The switch hardware is good, but the firmware makes it really useless.
Jasco has published their Zwave firmware but Zigbee is still “coming soon” for many months. Three model reports power wattage where Zwave does not so a completely different switch and not just radio.
I've had Jasco/GE Z-wave switches through my whole house for years now, and they've been great. Has the equivalent of 6 buttons with @JasonJoel 's excellent driver, and I use them.
