Sengled Smart Light Switch

If anybody want this I modified the ST driver to added in buttons for double tapped and hold of the on and off buttons. I made them all pushable button events as I find these more useful in automatons.

I also added in an option to turn off the debug logs as well as the ability to change the dimming levels in the device page.

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i could have...but i don't use mirror for any other devices whereas i use RM anyway, and this way i expect it would be lighter hub footprint (i.e. no unneeded code/features).

nice one...i shall update my driver to what you just posted and have play with it. thanks for sharing @at9 i think its a neat little dimmer switch, just clunky (so far at least) to use in HE.

Driver updated...i like the "WIP" addendum :slight_smile: will let you know once I have a chance to play with it. not now though, now bedtime methinks.

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i appreciate the work on this. I had it working in St then moved platform, no joy. Glad to see the switch has support here.

@at9 thanks so much for the driver. Have you noticed that the remote will stop functioning after a few days? At first I thought that the battery was dead because the indicator LED was dim on button press. This has now happened on at least 3 different occasions on 2 different remotes. I have to pull the battery for about 20 minutes, replace it, and everything is back to normal. I have 2 zigbee repeaters (IRIS v2 wall plugs) and all Sengled bulbs (non repeating). Do you have any idea on why the remotes maybe acting this way? Thanks.

I had this happen once one of mine and swapped the battery with another remote fixed it straight away. I left the battery out for a while and put it back in and haven't had an issue since.

If I haven't used it for a while it and might take a couple of pushes to wake the remote up so it might be an issue with reconnecting to the mesh again that is doing it.

@at9 Thanks for the quick response. When it starts acting up, I can see the green LED rapidly blinking on button press. The LED is very dim also (reconnecting to mesh?). The only fix so far has been to pull the battery for at least 20 minutes.

Did you update the firmware on yours?

I replaced the batteries on both my remotes yesterday with brand new batteries. We'll see if that helps. Thank you.

I haven't updated the firmware on mine.

Any updates on the weird 'low battery' issues? I just got 2 remotes over the weekend. One worked great for a day, and it started acting up. Couldn't get the second one paired with the stock battery. I ordered some new batteries and swapped them in. First one was working fine. Second one I was able to get paired and working fine as well. This was on Sunday I believe. Used the first one a bit the next couple days just fine.

I just noticed the second one wasn't working and was showing the same symptoms. Removed the battery and going to let it sit for a while. Just checked the first one and its doing the same thing.

I really like these remotes, but if this is a reoccurring issue, I'm going to have to return them and find another solution. Just wanted to get some more recent feelers out to see if others are seeing the same issues. I would assume the new batteries are not dead already, guess I'll have to go find the multimeter.

I've returned mine as the longest I got was about a month before they needed a new battery.

Good to know. I think mine are about to do the same. I let them sit overnight with no battery and now they are working. Though I do not expect for long. I'll see how long they hold out, otherwise they are going back.

Its a shame, when they work its a great experience. I like the responsiveness, but I need reliability as well.

Any advice to improve stability of these? I'm using them as mirrored because setting up three different apps seemed excessive. I don't think that's the issue. It does get them out of sync but I can live with that. The problem is the remote doesn't always work. I have to hit the button for almost a solid minute, then suddenly it works.

I tried changing the zigbee channel to 23 so it would be further from my wifi, then changed it back to 20 as I thought maybe it didn't like the change.

My network should be fairly strong as the HE isn't far and there is an outlet near the remote as well. I could stand at the HE and see if it makes it respond faster but I think that's not the issue. I'll try next time it goes out though.

Also, is there a better remote that has a similar layout or even better the Ikea layout with just two buttons that are held for dimming? I hope a future update will get the Ikea stuff working as the design of it is among the best.

I gave up on these and returned them. I decided to get a hue remote dimmer and am using that instead. It does pair directly to Hubitat, no Hue bridge required. Have had really good luck with it working as intended. For $5 more the reliability is totally worth it.

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I ordered one of these, along with another type of switch to see which I liked better. I accidentally unpaired it from the hubitat, and now I can't get it to pair back again.. Well technically I can't get the stupid switch to go back into pairing mode (factory reset.) Sengleds own support site offers no help with this device, and a google search says to hold ON + OFF for 3 seconds, but that doesn't do anything.. the light is always blinking, or so it looks to be, its so darn small its hard to tell..

Buttons feel cheap though, like you have to press on the exact center to get them to actuate the button.. and there's hardly any travel in the button.. Anyways I've opted to return it, as the other switch I got is a few dollars cheaper, and works well, and will reduce the number of Zigbee device on the network (which I guess is a good thing)

I got a bunch of these stupid remotes and I am getting angry with them. I have tried pairing them again and I am using the Sengled Button Controller driver. They work and respond but these things are chewing through batteries like nobody's business. I put a brand new Sony battery in one on Thursday, the thing sat on the counter all weekend. Got home from a little vacation and on Tuesday I was going to play with it and the battery is dead again.

Another one I have seems to not eat batteries but I haven't really used them at all yet I just paired them up. I am guessing there might be some firmware update that needs to hapen. These remotes came with light strips that I am going to use directly with the Hubitat instead of the starter kit hub they came with, it was cheaper to get the starter kit with a hub and remote for some reason. These remotes do feel really cheap like others have said I just was thinking hey free remotes to play with.

I guess I see why these remotes seem like they are junk and they want to get rid of them so they are just giving them away. Does anyone have any experience with these things that would lead me to keep trying to use them in a positive way?

I got one as part of a Sengled starter kit. The first battery didn't last long, and a couple days after replacing it I noticed the little green LED flickering when it should have just been sitting there "asleep." I removed the battery and haven't done anything with it since.

LOL I suspect that is what I am expecting to do with mine.

Yep, ditch them, they are junk. Save yourself the hassle (and money on batteries) and buy a hue remote if you can find them. Another option I have seen, but not used are the Eria remotes. Similar, found on Amazon, but stock might be an issue there too, as with anything these days.

I ended up using mine with zigbee2mqtt and stopped having issues so don't think it is the device that are the issue.

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