Here’s the homeseer discussion thread with the DTH:
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…
Note also that two community members have said that the switches are noticeably slower than their other Z wave switches, but other community members seem to like them.
I finally got my hands on the new Homeseer dimmers (HS-WD100+) and switches (HS-WS100+). With very little effort I was able to set up the configuration according to my plan: double-tap on any dimmer/switch turns on/off all lights everywhere (thanks to Darwin for the device handler). However, the accomplishment is bitter-sweet. Overall experience is quite lousy.
First, Homeseer dimmers, like GEs, don’t have configurable minimal brightness level or the short boost at start. I tried variety of bulbs, and all off them - including Costco’s FEITs which have really broad dimming range - have the same issue: if the dimmer is turned off while at the lowest level, turning it back on brings up the zombie-apocalypse style random strobing. You have to go up and then back down to fix that, every t…