How Are You Using Zooz Switch Features?

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I'm getting a few ZEN73LR toggle switches.
The Zooz switches have more capabilities than I've been used to, in a switch.

Features I'm thinking I'll use:

-Power off after an electric outage; would save on rules
-Auto off after a set time for some switches; does a switch have to be on more than X hours, or whatever. Would also save on rules.
-The 4-color light around the toggle is barely visible, but I'll use that
-The blinking of the light on parameter changes is useful, to me
-Using the toggle as a button controller, eg, disable an associated motion rule, open a driveway gate-can go up to 5 "buttons", but that's a lot of tapping
-I don't currently have any SmartBulbs, but there is a mode for that

Do you owners of Zooz switches have any tips?

Thanks.

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I have a paddle version and LED is visible very well.
It is used for indicating Bathroom Fan status:

  • Off : Fan is Off;
  • Green : Fan is low speed;
  • Red : Fan is high speed;

Paddle in my case is used as a Button Controller for few fan related rules.

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I just never got used to the paddle design.

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I love zooz switches, I only have the decora. I use the LED colors for bathroom fan on (green)/off(red) at a glance cause once the water is on it's hard to hear, I also use the built in auto-off for turning the fans off. I use a smattering of scene control button presses for triggering other things. They are just so flexible. I have a zen30 in each room for the light and the ceiling fan, one room had outlets wired through the fan so I stopped using the relay and changed it into a "button" that controls a shelly relay up in the canopy so it works basically the same. I love how configurable the dimmers are. I set a default on level for each room, then you can set the "night light" level, the min and max. I love the double tap up for 100%. I have a couple zen32s for controlling lights and DC ceiling fans ( via Bond). They have great support and the prices are reasonable too. Nothing bad to say about Zooz.

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@dstutz and @vitaliy_kh , I currently have the bathroom fans react to button pushes on a Jasco switch, two taps for 10 minutes, three taps for 15 minutes. I've tried in the past to use the single tap for 5 minutes, but as I recall, was unsuccessful. Maybe I'll try again, disabling the physical relay connection and do it all with button pushes, but then if there's a hub outage, no fan would be available. Will also use colors there, dim as they are with the toggle.

I only have one dimmer, (not crazy about them in general), and that's on a three way. Can't adjust dimming on satellite switch, but that's no big deal.

I don't use associations, but it was brought to my attention that associations are not available for devices paired as long range. So, that's something to think about when rolling out LR.

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My Bathroom Fan is very nice and very quite Phillips Bathroom Fan with two user selectable speeds. Because it is ABSOLUTELY quite it runs non stop 24/7 at a low speed. Few rules are turning On high speed. The conditions for the high speed are:

  • Bathroom occupied for more than 5min, 10min delayed Off after bathroom is unoccupied;
  • Somebody is taking shower, Off when humidity returns back to the pre-shower level;
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