Shepstyle:
Agreed, this looks awesome and for me, very wife-friendly. Is this the only option we have for a wall mounted option? I was considering the mini-mote and mounting it, but doesn’t look very attractive. Would be great to have something that matched closer to modern switches.
I was looking for a battery operated one so I could mount it lower on the wall or use it on a tabletop. (I’m in a wheelchair.)
If you want one to replace a wired switch, some community members have reported success with the Enerwave SC7. That one is more of a keypad format with small square buttons and doesn’t meet my particular needs. But you can ask in those topics if you think it might work for you:
See post #4 for custom Device Type and SmartApp for this device.
While I’m still working out a few bugs with my Enerwave Dual Load ZWN-RSM2 I’m hoping someone can get me started with getting the ZWN-SC7 to control devices on/off state.
Specifically, I’m hoping to control 3 of the ZWN-RSM2 modules with this device and will be adding even more in the future.
In short my rooms almost all have ceiling fans/light combo’s but only one hot wire. So I’m putting the ZWN-RSM2 in the fan canopy and using the ST App and ZWN-SC7 to control them.
ST doesn’t support secondary controllers from what I understand, but from the little digging I’ve done. My guess would be that with a custom device type and maybe app, I should be able to accomplish that. ST does recognize and install the device, so I guess…
Another wired option with small buttons is the Leviton VRCS4. Note that this is NOT the VRC Z 4, which is a different device. See:
I’ve created a device type for the Leviton Vizia VRCS4 Scene Controller. Because of the way the scene commands work, I essentially turned it into a 4 button remote, 3 if there is a built in relay.
Setting it up is a bit of work:
Note: buttons are numbered 1-4 and dim, with dim at the bottom.
To associate, press and hold buttons 1 and 3 on the VRCS4 for 5 seconds, the LEDs will start to flash amber. Hold the SmartThings Hub near to the device tell the SmartThings app to connect a new device. Note: you tell the device to connect before the hub. The hub should find a ZWave Remote. This will eventually be your scene controller.
If you have a load connected to the VRCS4 (hardwired):
Go back to the SmartThings app dashboard. Press and hold buttons 2 and 4 on the VRCS4 for 5 seconds. The le…
edited to add the following discussion about support for Nontechies might also be of interest:
Forgive me if there’s already something along those lines in the pipes/in place, I didn’t find anything via search
I love the idea of using Mobile phones as presence sensors since they’re glued to my teen/wife. However, I’d prefer the kid doesn’t have access to “play around” in the app and the wife isn’t very tech savvy. It would be nice if there was a way to set permissions user by uswe… Set up the kid as sensor only no notifications no rights to add or view sensors, wife read only, and nerd of the house admin.