Switch Meant for an RGB

Hey @mparadis – first, thanks for joining the community! Welcome :slight_smile:

So, a couple of questions here as I think through this:

  1. Are you thinking about a normal sized, “in-wall” switch (ie: looks like a normal decora style switch)?
  2. If so, would this switch control a dedicated bulb or strip or were you thinking there should be a way to somehow switch between various bulbs, strips?

What you could do (granted the downfall would be a lot of memorization) is use a scene enabled switch (such as our On/Off Switch (Red Series) | Project Lights Out - #2 or Dimmer Switch (Red Series) | Project Lights Out - #2) and control the bulbs, strips that way, while also modifying colors or dim level.

For example, I actually do this in my daughters room, who has our light switch and Hue Color Lights.

Here’s what she does:

  • Tap UP 1x = Turns Hue bulbs onto last level/color
  • Tap DOWN 1x = Turns off Hue bulbs (does not cut power to them)
  • Tap UP 2x = Turns Hue bulbs to PINK (100%)
  • Tap DOWN 2x = Turns Hue bulbs to 75%
  • Tap UP 3x = Turns Hue bulbs to PURPLE (100%)
  • Tap DOWN 3x = Turns Hue bulbs to 50%
  • Tap UP 4x = Turns Hue bulbs to GREEN (100%)
  • Tap DOWN 4x = Turns Hue bulbs to 25%
  • Tap UP 5x = Turns Hue bulbs to BLUE (100%)
  • Tap DOWN 5x = Turns Hue bulbs to 10%

Basically the UP part of the toggle will change the colors and the DOWN part of the toggle will change the intensity.

If the Hue’s were Z-Wave bulbs instead (they’re ZigBee) you could actually control the bulb dim level at the switch by dimming up and down like a normal switch.

The downside to this method, as mentioned, is that only you would likely know the colors and tap sequence.

Would we may be able to do is somehow associate the color of the RGB LED Bar on these switches to match whatever bulb you’d like to control (ex: through the config button, you could select CYAN and then whatever bulb is associated with that switch would turn CYAN) – but I’m not honestly sure if you can do that (I’ll have to ask the wizard – Eric M.).

Thoughts?