I have an issue with the Leviton-ST integration hoping someone can help with. Since late last year I found that a state change on any of my Leviton Decora switches, whether manual or through the MyLeviton app, does NOT get reflected in ST. However, using ST to turn a Leviton switch on/off DOES get reflected on the MyLeviton app. This behavior causes all my ST routines that rely on state changes to obviously not function.
As a side note, I found that if I do make a manual/app state change on a Leviton switch and then refresh the state on ST (by swiping down on the device screen), it then updates the state in ST correctly. So far, neither ST or Leviton has been helpful in resolving this.
Great idea Paul, thank you. Now I’ll just need to figure out how to access the API and write that rule. Shouldn’t be too hard. Interestingly, I just heard back from Leviton and they said there is a server issue. A code update is scheduled for 3/17 so I may wait and see if that fixes it.
These are all Leviton Decora WiFi switches and I’m running both a V2 (home) and V3 (barn) hub. Not sure what’s involved in switching to Matter but will definitely look into that. Just found out Leviton is supposed to have a fix on 3/17, but we’ll see. Thanks!
I believe there are specific models that support migrating to Matter over Wi-Fi. I have the D26HD dimmers and the D215S switches. There was an option in the settings to migrate them to Matter via a firmware upgrade (which I actually did remotely!). Once I did that, I had to be physically located with my hub to pair them via Matter. Once I did that, I removed the Linked Service for Leviton. Of course, I had to also update any Routines to use the Matter devices vs the cloud-linked devices.
Bruce, I also have the D215S switches so very interested in switching to Matter. While I see the “Matter Pairing Code” QR in the settings, I don’t see anything that references migrating. Do I need to unpair first? I didn’t think the WiFi switches actually paired with a hub so I’m a bit confused about having to be near one to pair. Could you explain this? Finally, I have other Leviton devices (DW15R, DW4SF, DW15S) that probably need to connected to the cloud. Would the Matter integration still work if I don’t unlink the service? Thanks for all the help!
Sounds like Leviton has upgraded those devices to firmware that already supports Matter since the Pairing code is now present.
With the cloud integration, you don’t need a hub since your devices talk to the Leviton cloud, the ST app talks to the ST cloud which then talks to the Leviton cloud to control your devices. The communication is via some non-standards based protocol and control of the devices is via the APIs of the two clouds.
With Matter, your devices still communicate over Wi-Fi, but instead use Matter as the protocol on top of Wi-Fi. In Matter, you need a controller and in ST that controller is the hub. The ST app talks to the ST cloud which sends commands to your hub which in turns sends Matter over Wi-Fi messages to your devices. In theory, a smartphone could be a controller, but then you would have to be connected to the local Wi-Fi for the phone to use Matter over Wi-Fi to control your devices.
Once you pair your devices with your hub, substitute the old c->c devices learned via the Linked Services for the new Matter devices in your Routines, etc. Nice thing about Matter devices is that Routines can run locally (as long as no cloud dependent actions/triggers are in the Routine). That might make you re-evaluate how you’ve written some of your Routines so that they only include local devices and local actions/triggers.
Since you have other Leviton devices that are dependent on the cloud integration, don’t delete the Leviton Linked Service. I don’t think you can delete the non-Matter version of your devices individually, but perhaps park them in a room for devices you’re not using.