Buttons....Is there really a reliable solution

[Aesgarth]

I’m using Phillips Hue Dimmer Switch:

with the device handler found here:

[OBSOLETE] Hue Dimmer Switch (ZHA) (beta) (no hue bridge)

This is a device type handler for the Hue Dimmer Switch using its ZHA based endpoint List item Update Jan 18 2017 Remove unneeded configure button (was for testing) Added numberOfButtons event to make this device work correctly in CoRE (I think this will only work for newly added devices) Update Nov 13 2016 - Fixed pairing with SmartThings, will no longer pair as Thing/Unknown (I am an idiot and had the fingerprint backwards) ST Now shows the correct ZHA fingerprint for the device. The Good Supports Press and Held States on all 4 buttons. Actually reports 4 states, PRESS, HOLDING, RELEASE, RELEASE AFTER HELD, only the last 2 are mapped to events at the moment. (I dont think the other 2 have smartthings analogues) The device even reports how long the button was held though there doe…

and have had no problems so far in about a month. Pairing it is a bit of a fiddly process, but once done it’s fine. I’ve been using a combination of webCoRE pistons and the smart lighting smartapp to make it do what i want to do. (i’ve also ordered a couple of wall switch covers, to hopefully stop other people switching the power off)

I’ve also been using a Xiaomi cube but that has been less reliable, and the Ikea Tradfri dimmer (the small round one) which needs to be paired with smartthings and then directly with the tradfri bulbs.