1) Give a description of the problem
I don’t have an existing piston in the works because I’m a bit stumped. What I want to do is…
I have a number of GE Z-Wave switches. I would like to use a Double-Tap feature to run a webCoRE piston or routine. Anyone know of a way to simulate this feature with variables or something like that? Any way to read if a switch’s button is pressed and not just it’s state (ON or OFF)? Maybe it is not possible, just thought I would check. Thanks!
When a button is pushed, it alerts webCoRE. It does not continue alerting webCoRE during the press. Also, if you press twice, then the piston will run entirely thru the code twice. This means you can not expect to be hasty, (long pauses between presses is required for reliability) and you would have to code variables or some other way to make the second press react differently than your first.
Long story short: You probably will not like the results. You’d be better off with getting more buttons, or using something like ActionTiles, which can house hundreds of buttons.
Just my two cents.
Actually, there is a “Followed By” command, meaning if there’s a second tap within…say…5 seconds, Webcore could respond to that second tap.
The problem, however, is that your first tap would always be delayed by those 5 seconds while Webcore is waiting to see if there’s a second tap. If the first tap turns on a light, then I doubt you want to wait 5 seconds for the light to come on.
[EDIT] Then again, if the first tap turns on a light, then an AND statement could work. IF the light is on AND the ON switch is pressed, then do X. You’d probably have to wait a sec for the light to come on first, and if you wanted the double-tap without the light, then this wouldn’t work.
There are Smart switches like the Inovelli and (I think) Zooz that respond to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 taps (both up and down), but that means buying more switches, which I don’t think you want to do.
Thanks, I forgot about the Followed By operator. I’ll play around with it. I’d be using it to run a “Goodnight” routine, by double-tapping the off button, regardless of whether the controlled lights are on or off.
I have seen the Inovelli switches and it sounds like they would be a better solution. Currently I’m using a button stuck to the wall next to the switch, but have had reliability problems and would like to clean up the aesthetics.
