Let me just start with I’ve been using SmartThings for over 6 years and I have a pretty good handle on setting up devices. I currently have 300 devices in my primary location running on 3 hubs and over 50 in a secondary location. Almost all of my switches are Inovelli, so I’m familiar with installing, wiring and setting up these devices. Here’s where things have gone sideways for me. I’ve been working on this for hours and I can’t wrap my head around how to bind two brand new VZW31-SN switches together with ZWave.
First, both switches are installed and working using the Inovelli Edge driver. I have one device physically setup with the load and the 2nd is essentially a powered remote. I’m not using a smart bulb, and this is just an ON/OFF installation, no dimming. Seems like it should be pretty simple.
The discussions that I’ve pulled up are helpful, but out-of-date. My guess is the edge driver has updated but the docs have not. I’ve got the network ID’s of both devices. The switch with the load is HEX 7C and the secondary switch is HEX 67. I’ve verified that both switches included with S2 security.
I first tried automating these by creating some routines: If one switch is on, power the other on and so forth. That worked… but painfully slow. That’s why I started looking at ZWave binding to see if I can get them to talk directly and hopefully speed things up.
I used the Mariano Device Config Driver and tried to setup Group 2 as the group number. There are two variables in that driver, Associated Device, Node ID to Set (Hex) and Associated Device, Endpoint (Dec). So, in my scenario which device is which and what values should be used?
I tried just using the Node ID and setting it to group 2 and it does put a “2” under the device on the main device page until I switch back to the Inovelli driver. Do I need to set anything in the Endpoint?
Then when I go back to the Inovelli driver and look at settings, there’s an Associate Device endpoint (values from 1-255) and Associate Device (values 0-16). What values should be in those options? Also parameter 22, Aux switch type, what value goes with each of my switches? The values are None, 3-Way Dumb, 3-Way Aux Switch and Single Pole Full Sine Wave. Are both of the switches set the same, or is the device that is essentially just a remote the 3-Way Aux Switch? And the primary switch that has the load, what is its setting for parameter 22?
Then there’s parameter 59: Association Behavior, should they be local, ZWave or ZWave + Local. I’m assuming ZWave + Local (but you know what they say about assuming)
Sorry if any of this should be obvious, but I’m just not understanding what values go where to try and get these two switches to talk to each other. Whatever help you can give would be appreciated.