I was wondering if there was a way to change the led light color on my Ultra Pro Jasco Switch. For instance, if the Mode changes from Home to Night the color of the led could change say to red. This way I will know for sure that mode changed. I can change the color in the device preferences manually but I want it to change automatically. Thanks for any info.
This would depend on the driver. What driver are you using for the device? This is shown in the "Type" dropdown on the "Device Info" tab of the device detail page/flyout for your device.
True. Depends on the driver. You want to change parameters on the fly in Rule Machine, and the driver has to have that capability.
Not sure what the built in driver is like nowadays, but Jeff, @jtp10181 , could help.
At one point I had a couple of 700 series Jascos, then wanted to go with 800 series LR Wave, but Jasco was calling them "Pro", and you had to be an installer to get them, expensive, etc. Plus Jasco isn't exactly forthcoming about its stuff. So I went with Zooz. Fewer colors though.
Don't know anything current about the Jascos. I felt build quality was good, and I took a toggle apart. Jasco toggle switches show the colors, where Zooz does not. I made a mod to make the Zooz led "pop".
I am using the Generic Z-Wave DT Multilevel Switch driver for this light switch.
The "DT" drivers are essentially generic drivers that aren't going to offer device-specific commands but are smart enough to read data about configuration parameters from the device (so they should work on most vaguely new Z-Wave devices) and offer device-specific preferences for each of the configuration parameters. The LED is one, so that's why you're seeing it there. But you'd need another driver if you want to change it on the fly with a command.
Looks like there might be on in the topic linked to in the post above yours if you wanted to try something custom.
Try this driver: [DRIVER] Universal Z-Wave Drivers (Switch/Dimmer)
Very similar to the "DT" driver in that it will scan for and present all the settings. But mine also has a Set Parameter command you could use in RM to change any settings on the fly with custom actions.
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I setup the driver as you instructed and it worked. I was able to change the LED color on the switch with Mode change exactly as I wanted. There was some learning curve with Rule Machine but I figured it out. Thank you so much.
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