Hi all, first post⦠nice to meet yāall You all seem smart, passionate and helpful⦠I was hoping if you guys can help me think through my personal scenario?
Some Background:
I researched ST siteās āProductsā and have chosen Sylvania recessed lights, (33) tunable white & (38) color LED. The site labeled them as RT5/6
I plan on connecting/managing these (71) lights direct in my ST hub. Iāve grouped out the lights into (32) āareasā to be controlled by switches - some I would like 3-way switch capable. Ultimately, I would like to be able to dim & power off/on these āareasā via the wall switch but not affect ST being able to turn it back on (if the wall switch was pressed off) as well as create scenarios involving the lights via sensors, etcā¦
I then researched SYLVANIA LIGHTIFY by Osram 8 Function 4 Button Switch for Smart Home & SYLVANIA LIGHTIFY by Osram - Smart Home- Dimming Switch and found that these guys might solve my needā¦
My questions are:
A) Should I be using the Sylvania gateway hub? Or is ST hub able to group and/or do the things that I want in my use case above? If I do need the Sylvania gateway, then do I need (2) hubs because my total lights are 71 and Iām planning on adding about (20) smart switches? I read that each gateway can be responsible for (50) devices⦠are (2) gateways even possible?
I did read in some of this boardās post that smart switches and smart lights are not the way to go, which is why I mentioned the above two switches from Sylvaniaā¦
B) More switch focused - does anyone know if I can use (2) of the Sylvania dimmer switches to ācoverā both ends of a 3-way switch? Not sure if that makes sense, but Iām guessing that the Sylvania dimmers will ākeepā the physical positions of the lights constant so that I can just use the dimmerās functionalities?
C) Lastly, I would like to be able to use my ST app to dim output & control colors of the (32) āareasā. Is that possible? I read some conflicting info in this forumās posts where some said that you need to control the color via Sylvaniaās Lightify app and not through ST?
I tried hard to piece together many posts & recommended readings, but could really use some feedback about my scenario.
Thank you for reading through my long post! Any help will be greatly appreciatedā¦