How to control LEDs on HELTUN touch panel switches?

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Hi All,

I have multiple HELTUN touch panel switches. Currently, I'm using another software and a USB Z-Wave stick to manage everything. I would like to try Hubitat because it does not require a subscription. I added two HELTUN switches to Hubitat. One model with 4 buttons and one with one single button.

There is a possibility to decouple the relay and a button so you can control the LED status and relay from the hub. In another software, you can do it right from the GUI or by sending a special Z-Wave command (a list of commands is available in HELTUN manual). And this is something I already configured and want to use with Hubitat.

So after I added my 4 button switch Hubitat created 4 subdevices. I assume that those are relays. If I click on them - my switch changes the colour of LED and opens/closes the relay. But I have no idea how to control LEDs from Hubitat. It did not create them as devices. Could you please assist?

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Here is how it looks in my old software:

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And in Hubitat it looks only like this. LED devices are missing:
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Does it have to be like that or something is wrong?

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Tagging @bcopeland, who writes many of the z-wave drivers.

When a device is on the compatible list, it means it’s been tested by Hubitat engineers and works with a built-in driver.

But it’s possible a built-in driver doesn’t expose all possible features of a device.

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Thank you, @marktheknife !

@bcopeland :
in this topic I saw a community driver which exposes buttons, maybe that will help.

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Did you try the community driver you posted a link to? Is there something wrong with it or is it missing something still?

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Hi @jtp10181

As far as I understand you can't use devices running on community drivers in Homekit. So I did not try it. Shall I test it?

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AFAIK, that applies to virtual devices. Not zwave and zigbee devices.

Please try the community driver.

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Hi @aaiyar

I tried the community driver and I have an initial impression that it's working as expected. Will Hubitat merge it into an official one?

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Hi @aaiyar

With the community driver InfluxDB logger no longer can see Temperature, humidity and illuminance sensors. Is it possible to do something with that?

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Hi @aaiyar

Unfortunately, the community driver does not work with homekit :frowning:
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I think its because they are using a user component driver. The main device being zwave would be allowed but the child devices would need to use a system driver to be permitted with homekit sharing. Seems sort of silly but they are trying their best to accommodate the restrictions imposed by Apple so it can be a certified Homekit hub.

It might be able to be adapted to use a system (child) driver instead of a custom one.

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@jtp10181 What's the chance that the official driver will get the same functionality the custom driver has? I filed a feature request here.

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I don't work for Hubitat but my personal opinion is the chance is very low. Especially if there is not a large group of people who all want the same thing.

The system zwave drivers tend to support basic functionality only and very rarely get any updates.

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The best way to get what you want (homekit compatibility + button support) would be if the custom driver for the main device made use of built-in drivers for component devices.

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Do I need to develop some code to do this?

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The issue is still there. I found no workaround yet :frowning:

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There are not any restrictions on what you can share with HomeKit as of hub firmware 2.3.6
The current integration app will remain "uncertified" and has no restrictions.

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@aaiyar

how to achieve this?