I still do not see how to pair my Zigbee Scene Switch with my over lights. both are seen in the hubitat console as devices. I just want to test it with one or more outlets connected to overhead lights.
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There is such a thing as Zigbee binding, where devices talk to each other directly, instead of using the hub. That is nothing I have played around with, but that is an option available. That would probably be more of an advanced method to do it.
Most people just use hub automations for things like this. You can use Rule Machine, or Simple Rules, or Webcore. There are also the new Visual Rules apps that lets you build rules graphically like a flow chart and use AI. You can even code automations in Groovy directly, you have many options, as well as community automation builder apps that are out there.
Basically, the automation for this is simple. I assume you have a four button Zigbee Scene switch... that gives you pushed, doubletapped, and probably Held and Released for each button.
Based on just Pushed, the rule logic would be:
"If Scene Switch pushed(button number), then with Light Outlet, turn on (or off)."
You can also use the the Button Controllers app for that. There are built in and community apps that can do these types of things for you, without having to write custom rules in one of the automation builder apps.
Look at Button Controllers, Room Lighting, and Mode Manager apps. Depending on your use case, those apps may be overkill, or just what you need to save writing custom automations.
Writing custom automations is very common, personally I recommend Webcore, if you like if/then/else type of logic that you build directly. The Rules apps take a different approach, and try to guide you through building an automation, but things don't really read back so clearly as with Webcore. If you have any familiarity with basic coding concepts, like if/then/else, for loops, while loops, etc, you should definitely check out Webcore, as it presents everything very clearly as logical steps like code, though you don't actually code anything, you just select from dropdowns.
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