Hue Dimmer Switches v2 - slow to respond?

[dirgler]

Hi everyone ...
Given how much we've got in Hue lighting and how well we have it working now in HomeSeer via JowiHue plugin... we tried the Hue Dimmer Switches v2. I like them - partly I just like that they are wireless.

One problem we are having, though, is that they are quite slow to respond. Instead of tying them to individual Hue lights, I have connected them directly to events in Homeseer. These events trigger almost instantly when triggered from HomeSeer zWave wall switches, but when I trigger them with the Hue Dimmer Switches, it takes sometimes 5 seconds to respond, and almost always AT LEAST 1-2 seconds to respond. This might not seem like much, but when you press a light switch it is well within the time limit that you think you didn't hit it right and try it again. (even me, who knows it will have a delay).

Anyone know of a different way to connect these (ie. not through the Hue hub?) or perhaps some other wireless switches that have this good of a build quality and multi button features, that would respond far quicker than this?

Any ideas welcome! And ... Merry Christmas all!

[w.vuyk]

This is because the Philips hue bridge still needs polling at this moment (there is work in progress that will speed it up, but still only 1 update per second....). So at this point in time I still advice to use sensors and button devices (like the Hue dimmer switch) on deCONZ for now. Also check this thread for more explanations.

Wim

[dirgler]

Thanks Wim. That explains it, of course. I appreciate the clarity.