New Zooz ZEN35 Dimmer & Scene Controller

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Zooz has tested this with my Universal Dimmer driver and it works well with that for now, all settings are discovered and configurable: [DRIVER] Universal Z-Wave Drivers (Switch/Dimmer)

I will be developing a customized driver for it as soon as I can, mimicking the features available with the ZEN32 community driver.

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Like that this is a dimmer VS the zen32 switch. I'll be curious if the hardware supports enhanced led color control. I have a zen32 of unknown hardware version and while I like the functionality I would like the button feel to be more premium. Looks like zen32 got a button hardware rev so this should get any improvements.

Thanks for doing these drivers.

I have one right here, its the same as the newest ZEN32 but with dimming ability.
Same LED colors and options as the ZEN32 with updated firmware.

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I would have preferred they make the top button a rocker style (albeit smaller) to operate like the ZEN77 so dimmers all behave the same way. Top dim up, bottom dim down...

Other than this it looks like a great product. I am a big fan of the ZEN32

I would love to see a Zooz 8 button scene controller where there is just "ZEN32 like" bottom half buttons on the whole face.

Excited to see this. I wonder if the replacement color panels for the ZEN32 also fit this - I expect so?

I think I saw somewhere that the color panels did not work on the new models of both devices. Not sure if they came out with new ones yet.

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This. Inovelli has one coming. Hopefully, that works out.

I sent an email query and will share here if I hear back.

There was a design problem on the ZEN32 whereby the main switch can get stuck depressed if pressed off center. Zooz said a new version was coming that fixes this but that the new front plate wasn't interchangeable with the original ZEN32. Perhaps this improved ZEN32 is the same cover plate as the ZEN35?? Just a guess on my part but given tooling and setup costs I expect they would desire sub assembly commonality as much as possible.

Oh yes, I have experienced this occasionally with my ZEN32s.

Zooz (or smartest home) replied and offered to add me to a waitlist for the new panels, which will work with both the new ZEN32 and ZEN35.

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Thanks for the info. Just purchased (1) from your provided link :wink:
. . . hmm, now let's find a spot for it . . . :smile: :smile: :smile:

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So excited for this device to finally be out. They announced this about a year ago in an email and I’ve been on the lookout ever since.

However, without a light almond faceplate I will just have to continue to wait.

Jeff may be able to find out more, but I'd be cautious about getting your hopes up... In the FAQ for the new Z32, they say they're only going to be releasing black and white faces and that almond has been discontinued / won't be restocked.

I don't know if that will be true going forward for all new/different designs (like the Z35 and Z75), but hopefully they'll clarify eventually. I'd someday like to get a light almod plate for my Z75, but I'm currently not optimistic.

That’s a shame. Wonder if it would be possible to make a 3D printed version. Would likely require a 0.2 mm nozzle. Clearly some challenges in doing that not the least would be find the best material and color along with allowing the LED light to shine through. However the version 1 cover wasn’t great at transmitting lots of the light through either.

If you are desperate for almond or light almond and can only get white you could try getting some spare button sets and try dying then with Rit dye. Getting the mix right would take some trial and error. If you also dye a wall plate you might not notice a difference with other walls.

Whoever long ago dreamed up that almond color idea, anyway?

I realize this thread is several months old.

I just got a zen35 after mastering the config and ops on a zen32. I must say the driver is disappointing. I tried using the setLED() the same as the zen32. No work. Also, param 40 has to be changed so you can dim. I tried using the universal zwave dimmer driver which allows access to param 40, but again the setLED() doesn’t work like the zen32 driver. I am currently in some lala land where I switched the driver to the zen32. It works and I can still set the dim level, but it’s worrisome.

It’s a shame the drivers are not synched. I mean all they have to do is add dimmer capability to the zen32 for a zen35, but I guess that’s too hard.

Has anyone adapted the zen32 driver to work with a zen35?

NVM. Found it done already thanks to @ bertabcd1234 here [RELEASE] Zooz ZEN32 Scene Controller (community driver)

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That's pretty much exactly what happened, plus different parameters.

What specific problems did you have with setLED()?

I think this was backwards in an early Zooz manual the driver was based on, and I think really just the UI description is what is backwards (0 is enabled and 1 is disabled, but a manual I just looked up shows the other way around, with 0 as the default in both cases -- and where what is being "enabled" is on/off-only mode).

In the ZEN32, setLED() was setLED(LEDNum, 'color', level). When I did this with the in-built ZEN35 driver or the universal zwave dimmer driver, I got an error stating no method, etc. I tried several things and when I switched back to the ZEN32 driver, it worked. Your ZEN35 driver also worked like the ZEN32 so, I am happy.

As for param 40, out of the box, it would not dim. I would only turn on/off regardless of me trying to set the level. Digging in and after I tried the universal driver, I changed param 40 to allow dimming and was able to set the level.