That’s a great question @fonzi03 and I believe @anon14959390 has this setup at his house, so he may be able to chime in.
However, they should work the same as Philips Hue which is what I have as the Hue’s are also ZigBee.
Kind of – you won’t be able to send dim commands to dim in real time (ie: if you hold the switch up, it won’t send a dim up command) but you can have various settings on the switch that send a dim level or on/off (ie: if you double tap the switch, you can make it so the bulbs turn onto x%) – here’s how I have it set up and hopefully this will help answer this for you:
- Switch is directly wired to a smart bulb
- There’s a function on the switch to disable the internal relay (so it physically does not cut power to the bulb) – this is turned on
- Then, using Z-Wave scene control, I have various taps set up to have the switch turn the light on to various colors and dim levels – here’s how they’re setup in my daughters room:
- Tap UP 1x = Turns on Hue bulb to last level
- Tap DOWN 1x = Turns off Hue bulb
- Tap UP 2x = Turns on Hue bulb to Purple at 100%
- Tap DOWN 2x = Turns Hue bulb to 75%
- Tap UP 3x = Turns on Hue bulb to Pink at 100%
- Tap DOWN 3x = Turns Hue bulb to 50%
- Tap UP 4x = Turns on Hue bulb to Green at 100%
- Tap DOWN 4x = Turns Hue bulb to 25%
- Tap UP 5x = Turns on Hue bulb to Blue at 100%
- Tap DOWN 5x = Turns Hue bulb to 15%
So, as you can see, it’s not as seamless as dimming in real time, but it works. When we launch our new Z-Wave bulbs shortly, they will have the ability to, “associate” with the switches and you’ll be able to dim in real-time as the bulb does not have to wait for communication from the HUB (when associated the bulb and switch talk directly to one another).
Hope this makes sense?