Newbie - HELP - what wall switches do I need

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With the 2 gang light switch, are you able to dim the switch one at the time OR just on/off option?

Also, do you need a special driver to connect the Nue smart touch to HE?

Thanks

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just on/off. No special driver needed, officially supported.

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Thanks for your reply; I suspect to make a dimmable light switch is to combine "smart light switch" and "smart in ceiling light dimmer"? If you don't know the answer about this, all good; I can get in touch with 3A Smart Home directly :slight_smile:

How's the reliability of Nue smart switch? so far so good for you?

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I've been using the 3A switches and then in-wall zigbee dimmers where I want dimming as well. Most of my lights are automated with motion and then different dimming levels based on luminance and time of day or mode.

Reliability is great but over time i've had to replace the 3M tape used to hold the glass on the front of each one, the QLD humidity perhaps caused every one of them to eventually fall off. With proper 3M tape they've been fine and i've got 30+ and have only had 1 replaced in 2 years so far.

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Don't forget Lutron Caseta. It looks like it's available in AU. I just dumped all of my zwave garbage for it and I am super happy. Way more reliable and higher quality.

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Caseta is great and very reliable.

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Hi Urban

with goals similar to mine, I'm also intersted in this topic.
I havent purchased the HE yet as i want to be sure its cmpatible with my currenty installs:

  • I already had an Arlo Pro 4 camera system installed for a few years now, and there is a promising thread on integration going.
  • 2 b-hyve taps on one b-hyve hub
  • trialling one Holman tap timer as b-hyve can be a nightmare to pair.
  • and most power points are the arlec grid style from Bunnings.
  • a 'brilliant plugs and outdoor flood lights aswell
  • 3 motorized outdoor blinds running off a neo smart hub
    So far the Grid app recognised all the powerpoints, plugs, lights, even the holeman tap
    and with IFTTT integrated some good scenes to turn on lights with arlo motion etc..
    open blinds in windspeed from weather undergound above 10km/h etc...
    I know wifi isn't the goal here, but my cloudmesh modem and one mesh repeater gives me good signal throughout...
    the reason for my change in interest is IFTTT is no longer free and lately been super glitchey and slow to run scenes..
    so a one hub that fits all sounds promising...

cheers
Addy

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edit: power points and switches are "Delta" branded not Arlec

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If I had to do it all over again I'd go with Lutron for lighting & zigbee for everything else. z-wave seems like it's a lot better with Hubitat now a days but I'd still avoid it if possible. Whenever there's an update for Hubitat I have to start messing with what's left of my z-wave network pretty annoying. No updates it runs fine for months just a little slow compared to zigbee. Especially Door locks!!!!

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I am looking at the Shelly relays for a tool shed that is about 120 feet away from my house, my WiFi access point and the Hubitat hub. I have a 80/20 z-wave to zigbee rock solid setup but I am afraid the distance will be to great to install a switch with either protocol. I have a mesh WiFi access point in the shed and was wondering if the Shelly relays will function locally on the network while still informing the Hubitat hub what their status is. I was also concerned by your statements regarding sensors and other devices. Are you saying that I can not include my current switches (from my home) in a rule to activate the Shelly switches and vice versa?

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Yes they will work as they are on the compatible devices list.

No I meant that they won't extend the zigbee/zwave networks if you wanted to add any sensors.