Ifttt + GE/Jasco Fan Switch + Bond

#1

1) Give a description of the problem
So my goal is to come up with a solution to leverage my devices that when the switch is on and the GE switch is pressed an ifttt applet is started to turn on the lights.

2) What is the expected behavior?
If GE switch is on, pressing the up button on the switch turns the lights on

3) What is happening/not happening?
nothing is happening

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#2

I’ve tweaked it to try and leverage doubletap. It works using the smartthings app but the device itself isn’t doing the doubletap, which is odd.

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#3

The trigger for this piston is keypad 1 button getting pushed. Why do you also have the condition that keypad 1 is on?

Does keypad 1 report a condition of on?

#4

So this is a fan and the lights and fan itself work on the same switch. The bond device can separate these hence I’m using ifttt. I want to be able to operate the lights independently with the double tap functionality.

#5

Your piston is looking for the action “pushed” not double tapped.

I’m trying to understand…

What you are trying to do is, if the switch is already reporting “on” and you press the button again, it will do this action. Right?

If I am understanding correctly, does the switch report the on status?

#6

What DTH are you using for the GE switch? There should be two buttons, one for double up and one for double down. Your piston looks like the switch only has one button. That is a little odd to me. Are you sure you have the right DTH?

Also, the device will not report the button being pushed if it’s already on. You HAVE to use the double tap.

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So I created this piston last night using my another switch location. It works without issue so it’s definitely a dth issue with regards to the ge fan switch. I read that the fan switch does support double tap using nuttytrees dth so I’m definitely at a loss

#8

Sorry didn’t realize that the device you were trying to use as the trigger was the fan switch. If you have the fan switch, why are you using Bond and IFTTT? Just run the fan off the switch.
The fan switch doesn’t support double tap up or down. Only the dimmer or on/off switches do.

#9

The lights and the fan share the same switch, so I’m trying to have ifttt use bond to leverage independent light and fan control. I read success stories of using a DTH to gain double tap access for the fan switches here: https://community.smartthings.com/t/is-there-a-dth-for-the-ge-z-wave-plus-fan-switch-14287-that-supports-double-tap/110674/3

In a related question I tried using the DTH on a GE Zwave On/Off Toggle and I see this as button choices:

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#10

You won’t be able to do that unless you rewire the fan and light to be controlled independently. How can you control them separately if they’re controlled from the same switch?

#11

The device is called bond, it’s an RF controller that enables me to control the fan and lights separate from one another. It then ties into IFTTT, which is where I can webcore involved.

#12

I know what bond is. But that interacts with an rf controller connected to your fan. So, I fail to see why you need both the Bond and the GE fan switch. Maybe a diagram of how you’re going to wire this would be helpful.

#13

Okay so the switch will only do one of two things, turn on all of the devices or turn them off. So basically i’m using the switch to stay in the on position, and bond to change the fan lights or fan speed separately. The idea was to leverage double tap to fire an ifttt command for bond to turn on/off the lights as well.

#14

Okay so this thread can be closed, I ended up installing a simple ge zwave on/off switch for the fan and using the dth, double tap works now. It’s firing the applet now but leads me to an ifttt issue that i’ll have to solve for. Thanks for the help