Virtual 3 way for dimmers?

[h0ckeysk8er (Bruce Pinsky)]

@JDRoberts

@HalD

Smart lighting is the only automation available in the app that can synchronize dimmers. With Smart lighting, you program one device to be “master” and as many others as you wish to sync with it.

Thanks for the information!

What happens if you just use the on and off features of a regular routine with a dimmer device?

You can synch the dimmers to go on/off as described in the other topic.

@harobinson

I have been able to successfully create automations to match the on/off status of two devices by creating two automations. a) If either Switch 1 or Switch 2 is ON, then turn ON Switch 1 and Switch 2 and b) if either Switch 1 or Switch 2 is OFF, then turn OFF Switch 1 and Switch 2.

What dim level they come on at depends on the available settings in the driver for that particular device. For instance, using the GE/Jasco Motion-Dimmer driver from @philh30 exposes the Default Dim Level setting which determines the behavior when the dimmer is switched on from the button, the ST app, or a Routine that doesn’t explicitly set the dim level.