Dimmer Switch Powers Off (even when switch is disabled)

[napalm]

@jtronicus

Pressing config x8 is the same as changing the Protection setting between “Unprotected” and “Protection by Sequence.”

Thanks @jtronicus, all that is helpful and I’ve been wondering what the Node Protection does.

Just to confirm, Unprotected would mean that the internal switch is enabled and Protection By Sequence means that the switch is disabled? In HA, there is a third option No Operation Possible. I fiddled with that but didn’t get any different results.

@jtronicus

Your original post indicates you have the Black series dimmer (LZW31). However, if you actually have the Red series,

You are correct, I do have the red series (I got the holiday pack).

@jtronicus

I recommend double-checking to make sure any scenes you have set up are correct.

While I do have a couple of scenes set up in HA, they’re only triggered manually right now.

@jtronicus

I am not sure if this is even possible, but make sure you didnt accidentally associate the switch with itself.

I just double checked and the switch is only associated with the 4 Inovelli bulbs in groups 2,3 and 4. It is associated with group 1 to the hub (which is the case for all nodes).

@jtronicus

Since you have the bulbs associated with the switch directly, you could try shutting down HA to see if you still experience issues. It might at least help pinpoint the root cause

I shut down Home Assistant and gave it a try. Dimming and powering off still worked, but it then occurred to me that this wasn’t really testing that it was dimming due to commands. It could have been due to the dimmer actually changing power levels. But it wasn’t. I changed out one of the bulbs for an incandescent and tried dimming and on/off and that bulb didn’t change. This confirms what you said first about the setting not preventing remote power off. THIS IS PROGRESS! Now that I know that I can count on my lights still having power when I use the switch to turn them off, I can start looking into how to configure the light entity to not allow power off. I’m pretty confident that I’ll be able to do that with either an existing or a custom Entity in Home Assistant. THANK YOU!

Thanks for the 411 on routing, too. I’ve been looking for a good explanation of that!