LZW31-SN LED Strip - Does it work when remote control is disabled?

Hello,

I am dabbling with using the LZW31-SN as a switch for smart bulbs. I followed the instructions that said to turn off remote and local control in the switch settings. It appears that the blue LED bar remains on at all times. I was hoping to correspond this using Rule Machine with the bulbs on/off; however, I noticed with remote control disabled, I can not control the LED Color child device either.

Interestingly, I noticed that the LED notification childs do work (allow turn on/off), but they don’t do anything (presumably because the aforementioned issue). If I turn remote control back on, I can control the “LED Color” child no problem, and the notification childs work too.

Am I missing something with this? Did I totally botch this configuration?