Hi all, I've just recently got the HE C-5 Hub and moved all my smart devices from SmartThings V3 over to the HE hub. One of the first things I tried is to setup a ML app automation that uses motion sensors to turn on/off lights in the closet. I find that if i don't touch the light switches at all,…

[image] TiiDub: I've immediately changed the driver to the GE driver from the dropdown menu I believe that driver is for the newer switch that doesn't have the breakaway tabs on the sides. If that is your device, then great, but you need to hit configure when you change drivers for the device…

When you say you turn the light off manually, are you meaning you use the GE switch mentioned in your post? Might be worth posting a screenshot of the ML setupnifvyou can.

Was my issue similar to the issue you are having? [image] Motion Lighting App Bug 💡 Lighting Issue: When dimmer switches are configured as physical turn ons/offs for a motion lighting rule and they are the only switches being acted on in that rule, their brightness level …

On the device page does the light show it is off if manually switched off? I just tried this out with my rules and they were detecting that the lights were turned off manually.

Are you using the “generic z-wave smart dimmer” driver? If you are not using the smart driver, it may not report state change back to the hub. You might also try hitting “configure” on the device page.

Yes turning off the light manually means i physically tap the GE switch to turn it off. Here is the screen shot of the ML app. [Screen Shot 2020-07-28 at 10.12.19 PM]

Not really the same Im using the GE on/off switch, yours is the GE dimmer

Yes, on the device page it does in fact show it current state is OFF when i turn the switch off manually. I think the issue is that the ML app does not know that its OFF. For some reason ML app and the device list is not in sync with each other

When i first paired it to the hub it shows that its using the Generic Z-wave Smart Switch driver, but I've immediately changed the driver to the GE driver from the dropdown menu and hit the Save Device button. I have not tried using the switch with the Generic driver. I also have not tried hitting…

This may be a bug. I haven't tried this in a while since most of my lights are activated with button controllers, but remember having issues with it not working as expected when the light being controlled is the same as the on/off switch. Try creating a group with the lights you want to control, rep…

Sounds like there are people here more familiar with this than me and can offer a few suggestions that seem like they're worth checking out.

Motion Lighting App: How to switch off lights manually and have the ML app register light as off

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cjkeenan July 28, 2020, 7:56am 3

Was my issue similar to the issue you are having?