Ryan780
December 11, 2019, 6:05am
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That is incorrect. You want to search the forum for the dozens of posts on this topic. Please don't insult my intelligence. This is not an opinion this is a fact.
If you have an older GE Z-Wave dimmer or switch that does not report manual activation, there is a fix for this. The fix is a built-in app called Z-Wave Poller. You can read about it in our documentation .
To figure out if you have this problem, here are the keys:
The device paired as Generic Z-Wave Dimmer or Generic Z-Wave Switch.
When you turn it on manually with the switch, its state is not updated on the device page, and there is no Logs entry (be sure logging is on for the device).
If …
Yes, there are actions available in Rule Machine to control Z-Wave Poller. Stop the polling in Z-Wave Poller if you're going to do that, and just use RM to start/stop it for the devices you intend to use that way. You can have a mix, some controlled from RM and some from the app always polling.
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Again, the central question is: Is the switch reporting that it's off? If not, the behavior you are seeing is the result.
What kind of switch is it? If older Z-Wave, put it on Z-Wave Poller. That should make it work.
Meanwhile, I think I will make a small change to Motion Lighting that will also fix this. The change would result in switches being told to turn on even when they are already on. That's a bit wasteful, but it would overcome the problem of a switch that doesn't report off in …
