This is the unfortunate truth I have to grapple with — I don’t mind having a hub to bridge two systems, but I’d like to believe that as I buy more devices in the future they can piggyback on and extend the coverage of the network I set up now (if it’s Thread) rather than building two separate meshes and thereby ending up with worse coverage within each mesh. And I’d like to not have to spend hundreds/thousands of dollars again a few years down the line to replace all the bulbs.
How does this work exactly — does the switch just keep sending out brightness levels (95%, 90%, 85%, …) as long as you hold the switch down, and the automation just has to try and keep up? Or is the switch waiting for confirmation the target level has been reached before it sends the next dim command, or something like that?
That sounds nice. For rooms whose lights are off, does it continue to adjust the color temp “in the background” so when you turn them on, they are instantly at the right color?
Are you saying Matter doesn’t even support dimming right now? I’ve seen some comments that Matter is quite limited, but haven’t seen a good source to explain exactly what it does support. If you know of one, I’d love to see it. I have been wondering whether a potential Thread/Matter firmware upgrade for the Blues would still retain the ability to customize multi-button-presses for scene control, etc. It sounds like maybe it hasn’t been decided for sure yet.
@epow – just curious, why did you go with Blues for on/off only? I’ve been wondering if I should mix & match Blues where I want dimmers and more complex functionality, but just have cheaper/simpler Zigbee or Thread switches (that match visually) in places where a simple on/off is sufficient. Some of the old products like Smart On/Off Switch looked promising (although that is Z-Wave only) — or maybe the Aux switch is what I want?
Why not? Is there something I should know? 