GE SmartSwitch use as button device?

[schapper05 (Jason)]

http://www.ezzwave.com/advanced-operation/

It’s not in the documentation. There are however a few community apps that work depending on the situation YMMV:

UPDATED 10/7/2015 -- "Double Duty" - Use redundant switch presses to control other lights. You paid a lot for those switches, make them work Double Duty!

Hi all, UPDATE 10/7/2015: This app now allows you to specify independent slave switches for the redundant “on” and “off” presses. A WORD ABOUT DIMMERS: I recommend using this app with pure on/off switches and NOT dimmers. Due to the nature of dimmer switches, this app may have the following unexpected behavior: Turning the master switch “off” from “on” may result in toggling your slave switches/lights (because Dimmers send redundant events). Additionally, dimming your lights to “0” via an app may also result in the toggle being triggered. This is because the dim to 0 is interpreted as “off” and sent as a physical event. As of right now, there is no elegant way for me to handle these situations, but I don’t think they “break” anything – just be mindful of them! I personally use thi…

There are some older varients as well.

If you’re looking for a switch that does have this documented capability (only community integration not official)

[OBSOLETE] HomeSeer HS-WD100+ and more (Simple DTH in post 27, advanced feature DTH in post 32)

So I’ve been keeping an eye out for HomeSeer’s homegrown light switches and dimmers for a while…they are finally in Z-Wave Smart Dimmers, Switches & Fan Controllers | HomeSeer The are competitively priced and offer 2/3 tap scene control…now for my question: There is this disclaimer at the bottom of the order page…(IMPORTANT: HS-WD100+ and HS-WS100 provide instant status feedback and double-tap, triple-tap, press & hold functionality using the Z-Wave “central scene” command class. The feature is supported by all HomeSeer systems, including HS3 software and HomeTroller controllers. If you’re using another brand of controller, be sure to check with that manufacturer to see if the central scene features are supported.) I couldn’t find anything in the forums that said if ST was “central scen…