Dimmer Switch not discriminating physical from programatic changes

#1

1) Give a description of the problem
I have GE zwave dimmer switches all over my house. in webcore, i am trying to set up a variable to lock the light on if it is physically turned on ONLY. The option is there on webcore, but it can’t discriminate between a physical interaction and a programatic interaction

2) What is the expected behavior?
being able to program different behavior depending on physical versus programatic

3) What is happening/not happening?
regardless of whether the switch is physically turned on or it is done through smartthings etc, it looks the same to the program

any help on tihs is appreciated. perhaps there is a device handler problem???

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#2

Unfortunately this is the answer

#3

Thanks for your help. any idea what a good device handler would be for this. there are a few device handlers that add some dimming capabilities but none of them speak to getting the physical versus programatic switch interaction?

#4

I do not know of any sorry

#5

I’m having the same problem (re: the title) with at least one of my light switches (not sure if it’s happening elsewhere, because this is my first time trying to build a piston that specifically monitors for physical interaction).

In my case…

Brand: Linear
Model: WD500Z
Type: Z-Wave Wall Dimmer Switch

Using Device Handler: Default, SmartThings’ DH named ‘Dimmer Switch’

Is this just a known problem in SmartThings that can’t be ‘fixed’, or might there be a ‘better’ DH that I could try?

Thanks.

#6

I’m running into this exact issue with Innovelli switches. The DTH can be found here: https://inovelli.com/smartthings-device-handlers/#NZW31 Is this DTH not properly reporting the physical vs programmatic source? The DTH in ST seems to be able to set a default dimmer level when turned on physically vs via z-wave so I’d think that it can tell the difference.