Block Google Assistant from seeing a dimmer switch as a light?

Devices & Integrations
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Hi, I recently updated my Nano Shutters (blinds controllers) to a new firmware, which enables the possibility to be controlled as a dimmer switch.

And now Google sees it as a light, so when I say “turn off all the lights”, the lights turn off and all my blinds close.
I don’t want that to happen. I have many other simulated dimmer switches that are used as variables for WebCoRE pistons and I don’t have that problem with those.

How do I make Google think a device is not a light?

Thanks,
Rodrigo

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You can do some manipulation of names. For example I have 3 ceiling lights and one table lamp in a room. I want to operate the table lamp separately from the ceiling lights. So I called the ceiling lights Ceiling Light A and Ceiling Light B and so on. So now I can say “turn on the ceiling lights” and it ignores the table lamp.

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Yes, I got that, but I want to be able to turn “all the lights” of my home on or off (mostly off) without affecting my blinds. The last time I had this problem I just made sure all the actual lights had “light” on their name and the other dimmers didn’t, and it worked, but now I added 3 devices which don’t have the name “light” and they are seen as lights??

Google really needs to step up their game in home automation… It’s too sad.

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Do you need to be able to operate the blinds via Google Assistant? If not you could exclude them and use your Smartthings app to control them. That’s what I do with things I don’t want people to be able to fiddle with too easily. I do understand your frustration though - it’s true Google can be a complete pain in the neck with things like this

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I created a scene called “lights off” in ST and for now I’ll be saying “activate the lights off”… I don’t need to control my blinds from Assitant but I don’t want to limit my options…

Thanks!
R.

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