Home Decorators Ceiling Fan/Light Controller MR101Z - First Impressions

[MarkTr]

@samami

“Is there a way to program the lights to come on when we flip the wall switch on?”

See this suggestion above for a Z-wave replacement switch.

Home Decorators Ceiling Fan/Light Controller MR101Z - First Impressions

Yeah, there is one way i believe. You’d wirenut the wires for your light and fan load directly to your line hot wire in the switchbox. Now the fan and light circuits are powered all the time and you have control with the zigbee fan/light controller. Then you’d connect the z-wave switch to the hot wire and neutral wires, giving power to that switch but leaving it unconnected to any loads. So now the switch can be seen by SmartThings, and you could create automations that when the switch is toggled, it could do something with your fan/light, or even something totally unrelated. The question is, what additional functionality does this give you in your case?

Otherwise you could go with one of the other button options. I use the Sylvania button with one of my fan controllers and it works well - tap up or down for light on/off, and hold up or down for fan on/off.

FAQ: Full list of buttons and remotes confirmed to work with SmartThings [Not all devices listed work with the 2020 Platform]

I’d like to know which buttons and remotes are currently supported or might be supported in the future. Ideally, I’d like to find something similar to the following: http://www.evolvecontrols.com/devices/control-devices/glass-series Though alternatively just a simple nice-looking button which actually works unlike this Aeon according to Amazon reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Touch-Panel-Button-Switch-AL-001/dp/B00GL6B4GG/ref=sr_1_3?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1421468320&sr=1-3&keywords=aeon+button There is an Aeon Key Fob as well, but it doesn’t seem to be very durable or stylish: What else is available?