I would love for a product like this. I keep hitting the config button at the same time. I tried buying a 3D printer but the wife shut it down. Anyone up for making 30 or so of these for me?
If you remove the config button and put it in a vise they file down very quickly with a flat file like
For those that don’t have a 3D printer or don’t want to modify their existing buttons, I have an alternate option here.
I created a model based on @P53’s model. It’s just a 10-pack version of it for cheaper printing on Shapeways. I tried it out. Ten buttons (1 print) cost from $6-12 depending on the finish and color you choose. I made all the options available. I only personally tried out the white premium plastic and it came out really nice.
Not sure exactly if this breaks any rules. Mods, let me know if it does or delete. Just trying to offer an option for some until there’s an official offering.
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This is awesome man, thanks for sharing! No rules broken at all 
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Agree with Eric here. Thanks so much for posting this!
I really wanted to swap out the buttons in my switches, but I don’t have the desire to buy a 3-D printer. I ordered 3 sets of buttons, enough to cover every switch in my house.
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Excellent. The more I deal with your company, the more I love it. Products, support, and community. Whatever works for your community, works for your business.
Keep doing what you do. I’ll keep buying.
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No rules broken! My model on Thingiverse was licensed under creative commons to include the opportunity for people to use it commercially. Did you make any adjustments @kareem613?
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I checked that first thing. No adjustments to the model itself, but I combined it into a set of 10.
Fitment should be identical.
Updated the listing with attribution. I realized I only did that here in this thread and should in the listing itself as well.
Half of these posts deserve its own Thread and made sticky IMHO. This is just awesome…
Also, if you don’t have a 3D printer but want some low-profile buttons, it might be worth checking out your local library (after the quarantine is over). My library has a 3D printer lab, and will help you print things for free.
Awesome! I just picked some up as well! Thanks!
I would like to suggest a FW change to make committing configuration changes less likely to happen unintentionally (maybe a keypress to ‘confirm’ a change?)
I had a bit of a funny issue happen (Thanks to Scott for the support and solution). I believe that a young one in the house was playing with the switch and managed to press the config button 8 times to disable the relay - it’s a stretch but I have no other explanation of how that change could have happened. I have noticed that when I show guests these switches, they all trying pressing the config button ‘just to see what it does’. My issue wasn’t based on accidental pressing. A smaller button may have helped but it’s hard to stop curious human nature.
Has anyone considered using Hubitat to trigger the light to turn on or off if the config button is pushed based on conditional? I just setup a quick rule and tested it. Works pretty good and will probably be implemented on all my Red series switches so my other half thinks she’s hitting the up button each time…
I don’t have a 3D printer… anyone want to make 12 for me ? The flush version. Of course I will pay for your time and the cost of making them.
I found the 1.7 mm version the only one that could be easily pressed. Thanks P53 for the design! I really need to spend some time to learn how to design 3D objects.
I appreciate the people producing replacement buttons, but I want to ask: is there going to be an official resolution for this issue?
Great question – from a hardware perspective, no unfortunately, there’s not much we can do for this as the minimum order quantity they want from us is 30k and I would guess that we wouldn’t be able to sell through that amount within the next 20 years.
So, we are suggesting @kareem613’s version for anyone that wants smaller buttons as it looks like a great solution!
As for the firmware side of things – the manufacturer is wanting to fix the remaining bugs of the current dimmer before working on an alternate version. They have us in a pickle because they aren’t handing over the source code for us to modify (we’re working through this as it’s in our contract that we own it). But, they will help us with the alternate version once things are fixed with the current version that is scheduled for mass production within two weeks.
I found a much cheaper source for making replacement buttons: just download the file you want from @P53 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4167375 and go to https://craftcloud3d.com/ to get a quote. I got 30 for about $12 delivered.
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