Hey all,
I'm having a heck of a time trying to get my Vizia RF 4-button scene controllers to do what I want them to do, and I thought I'd check in here for some help.
My needs are super-simple: when a button on a switch is pressed, I want Homeseer to respond by running an event. I've set up each switch by going into the Configure screen on Homeseer, giving each button its own scene number, and adding Homeseer as a device to control.
But I'm experiencing all sorts of gotchas, mainly:
1. Counterintuitively, at least to me, the buttons on these switches are toggles -- they have on/off status. For the most part, I'm not using the switches for lighting. So, when I receive an "on" event in Homeseer, I run the event and delay 5 seconds and then send an "off" command to the switch. This is a total hack and not at all reliable. Sometimes I press a button, wait 30 seconds, then press it again. I have to go to Homeseer and look at the log to see if the button press even registered.
2. Response time is very slow: sometimes 30 seconds or more.
I've run Z-Seer and the network appears to be fairly robust. "Regular" Z-wave light switches adjacent to the scene controllers work just fine and respond quickly.
3. It seems like the switches lose their configuration, or maybe Homeseer is losing it. I've had to reprogram them twice now. I'm not sure if this is a bug or just some one-time snafu happened to me.
So, either I just bought the wrong product for what I need, or there's some other way to make these work better for my needs. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Pete
I'm having a heck of a time trying to get my Vizia RF 4-button scene controllers to do what I want them to do, and I thought I'd check in here for some help.
My needs are super-simple: when a button on a switch is pressed, I want Homeseer to respond by running an event. I've set up each switch by going into the Configure screen on Homeseer, giving each button its own scene number, and adding Homeseer as a device to control.
But I'm experiencing all sorts of gotchas, mainly:
1. Counterintuitively, at least to me, the buttons on these switches are toggles -- they have on/off status. For the most part, I'm not using the switches for lighting. So, when I receive an "on" event in Homeseer, I run the event and delay 5 seconds and then send an "off" command to the switch. This is a total hack and not at all reliable. Sometimes I press a button, wait 30 seconds, then press it again. I have to go to Homeseer and look at the log to see if the button press even registered.
2. Response time is very slow: sometimes 30 seconds or more.
I've run Z-Seer and the network appears to be fairly robust. "Regular" Z-wave light switches adjacent to the scene controllers work just fine and respond quickly.
3. It seems like the switches lose their configuration, or maybe Homeseer is losing it. I've had to reprogram them twice now. I'm not sure if this is a bug or just some one-time snafu happened to me.
So, either I just bought the wrong product for what I need, or there's some other way to make these work better for my needs. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Pete
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