Controlling Hue smart bulbs with red series VZW32-SN

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Hi there, I have been trying to configure the VZW32-SN with some hue lights in home assistant. And I am running into trouble. It’s as if the smart bulb parameter is not disabling local control and any automations I have configured in home assistant are fighting with local parameters when I use the paddle.

Has anyone setup Hue bulbs with the red series dimmers, or used the smart bulb mode? This is my first attempt at using smart bulbs with any of the inovelli dimmers. I am really regretting sticking with zwave for this batch of switches, it seems like the zigbee blue switches would just bind to the bulbs any everything would work.

Thanks!

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Not sure if I’m understanding you right, but smart bulb mode just permanently enabled the circuit. This would mean the bulb always has power so you can control it through other means. In home assistant, this would be something like a blueprint or automation that can interact with the bulbs since they’re zigbee and I don’t think directly bind to zwave switches. In that case you’d link the bulbs to HA, the switches to HA, and then use HA to control them.