I have several of these Zigbee button units. I like the layout and the price. I have one beside the bed to control fan, light, etc. The difficulty is in the dark it’s very difficult to feel which button is which. I have a ROKU remote that when you pick it up the buttons light up. Wish someone would make some sort of button device that lights up.
Shelly do a 4 button remote control that has raised dots on each of the buttons, one - four. It is not even necessary to count the number of raised dots as they are all on the right hand side of the unit so that tells you which way round it is although there price is probably not as good the unit you reference (Shelly BLU RC Button 4 ZB). I have some similar to the one you picture and as the buttons are grouped towards the top of the unit I find I can count the number of buttons down from the top by touch without having to look at the numbers and the feel of the “window” at one end is sufficient to tell which way round the unit is.
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Love that remote, hate the weirdo 12V battery. Too bad I couldn't find an AAA version
Use clear nail polish and make your own “bumps” on the buttons to tell them apart by feel. A dot on 1 and 3 maybe?
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I like that idea. I’ll give it a try.
Here you go. I have two of these. A little battery hungry but not too bad.
I have one of those Nexia ones, it has been fairly handy at times. I also have a couple Lightify 4 button switches. Each quarter of the overall rounded square is a different button. They do have a center line with a symbol dividing it in half, so you could know left/right in the dark… but that could still be a bit tough to know top/bottom if it got turned around.
That works great. Thanks.
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It's definitely a clunky hack, but it has worked pretty well for me a few times I've done it in the past.
I picked this up a few weeks ago, 2 AAA batteries. Paired right up with the Tuya Zigbee Scene Switch built-in driver.
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That’s actually very sophisticated compared to what I have done. I have drilled a small hole at one end, and use that to orient me when the lights are out.
I have a sensor that takes a 1/2 AA battery. You know how hard it is to cut one of those AA’s in half……
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That's perfect. I bought off aliexpress about 18 months ago, so this must be new.Mine has the horrible 12V "dog collar" battery Off to grab one with the AAA's
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