Hello! I have several Inovelli Blue Series 2-1 smart dimmers that I would like to temporarily "disable" so kids and toddlers can’t keep turning the Hue overhead lights on and off. The Hue lights are connected to the Hue Bridge and brought into my C8 hub using the built-in Hue integration. I’ve set up Button Controller so that Button 1 push dims the lights to 100% and Button 1 hold dims them to 0%.
I found parameter 256 Local Protection on the switch and disabled it, but it doesn’t seem to stop the automations I have configured in Button Controller. I assume this would only work if the lights were directly Zigbee-bound to the switch.
Ideally, I’d like to create a "kid-proof" mode. For example, a virtual switch that, when turned on, disables the button automations until I toggle it back. Are there recommended approaches for doing this in HE, or a way to temporarily disable the automations entirely without deleting them? I could probably create a condition to stop actions when this "kid-proof" switch is on, but wanted to see if there is a better and more efficient way. Thanks!
It doesn't look like you can pause buttons configured via Button Controller but if you reprogrammed your switches using either Room Lighting or Rule Machine then you can create another rule that will disable whichever rules (buttons) you choose when a virtual device is on.
Another thing to try would be to create a rule that runs a custom action on your inovelli switches and see if disabling remoteControl kills the switch functions.
Consider moving the button controller logic into a new Rule Machine rule and define the virtual switch you mentioned as a required expression (ON or OFF depending upon how you name it/think about it), e.g.:
Something like above ^^^ using a required expression based on a virtual switch is also the way I'd go. Then set up the virtual switch so you can turn it on/off via voice command (if you use smart speakers). You could also toggle the virtual swith for the required expression on/off using a virtual button (i.e, double-tap another light switch that allows you to define that as a button press), or use a real button to toggle the required expression virtual switch. Hopefully that's somewhat clear...
