![]() The upside is you are free to install however many gangs you like even in a single gang box. Mine are the glass panel touch switches, there single up to 4 gang are all a single gang form factor so replacing existing 2+ gang switches requires some DIY to build an adapter plate to hold the switch and cover the rest of the wall box. I also change the switch state to match the bulbs state if they get turned on directly that way the switch still turns the lights off without having to toggle it on then off again. I have Phillips Wiz smart bulbs in basement and I bypassed the switched output on the switches so the bulbs stay powered all the time and I have automations that toggle the lights based on the switch state. ![]() I use MoesGo switches and so far they have been solid using local Tuya integration. There are lots of possibilities with the Dimmer Switches ![]() holding down the Off-Button calls the robot vacuum to clean that room, the dimmer switch near the TV turns on the home-cinema smart-plug, the dimmer switch at the bed can be used to shut the blinds. I personally set them up so that short-press behaves as expected (turn on/off and dim the light), while long-pressing activates automations and scenes depending on the remote. This gives a lot of potential for automations. The 4 Buttons actually correspond to 8 buttons (short press and long press) which all have press- and release- triggers in Home Assistant. I personally have them in every room and 3D-printed covers for my existing light-switches (if you live in the USA they are actually already set up to replace your light-switch, otherwise there are adapter plates available on thingiverse and Amazon). They integrate nicely with Home Assistant and them having 4 buttons makes them very accessible. If you already have Philips Hue bulbs, I would recommend buying dimmer switches for the bulbs. I use a combination of Z-wave and ZigBee motion sensors to turn lights on/off when I walk in a room, plus automations to disable motion sensors during certain times. Certain lights turn on depending who is home and what time it is when I arrive home from work. So going to bed or leaving the house, the lights turn off. ![]() I use the Smart Bridge Pro, but I think the regular smart bridge will work as well with the official integration.Īs far as automations, I use HA for scene control via the Google Assistant integration. Each Lutron device that is connected to the smart bridge will show up in HA at that point. Go to the integrations page and simply follow the on-screen instructions at that point. I eventually gave up, certain that the plate would break before releasing its hold.Not sure what you want to hear specifically, but basically Home Assistant is smart enough to see the Lutron smart bridge on the network. My first alignment wasn’t perfect, but when I tried to remove the plate to try again, it bent wildly without letting go. You have but one chance to get this right: Once you snap the wall plate on, it’s seemingly on for good. Get it wrong and the wall plate will stick out on one side, and since it’s so big, this is particularly noticeable. But getting the base unit adjusted just so, in order to get it straight and level with the plane of the wall, is tricky. As well, like most smart switch plates, it simply snaps on top of the base unit to hold it in place. It’s larger than usual-measuring 5 x 3.25 inches, compared to a standard 4.5 x 2.75 inches-and while that might not sound much bigger, it makes a significant difference to the eye (in fact, it’s 31-percent larger by surface area). While the switch itself is well designed, I was less enamored with the wall plate. The monstrous switch plate is tough to get aligned on the wall, and even tougher to tweak.
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