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Resources | Red Series Dimmer Switch - Manual
Resources | Compatible Bulb & Fan List (App)
Setup Instructions | Blue Series Smart 2-1 Switch (On/Off & Dimmer) - Home Assistant (Zigbee2MQTT)
Setup Instructions | Aeotec Multipurpose Sensor - Hubitat
Setup Instructions | Aeotec Multipurpose Sensor - SmartThings
Resources | Aeotec Multipurpose Sensor - Manual
How To's | Setup Zigbee Binding - Home Assistant (Zigbee2MQTT)
How To's | Setup Zigbee Binding - Home Assistant (ZHA)
Setup Instructions | Blue Series Smart 2-1 Switch (On/Off & Dimmer) - Amazon Echo
Setup Instructions | Blue Series Smart 2-1 Switch (On/Off & Dimmer) - Home Assistant (ZHA)
Setup Instructions | Blue Series Smart 2-1 Switch (On/Off & Dimmer) - Hubitat
Setup Instructions | Blue Series Smart 2-1 Switch (On/Off & Dimmer) - SmartThings
Resources | Blue Series Smart 2-1 Switch (On/Off & Dimmer) - Manual
Setup Instructions | Red Series Dimmer Switch - SmartThings
Setup Instructions | Red Series RGBW Smart Bulb - SmartThings
How-To's | Setup Z-Wave Associations - SmartThings
Resources | Firmware Changelog
Product | Red Series Dimmer Switch
Resources | Black Series Dimmer Switch - Manual
Troubleshooting | Switches - Screws Popped Out (Ground, Neutral, Line, Load or Traveler)
Wiki | Red Series Dimmer Switch - SmartThings
Resources | Aeotec Motion Sensor - Manual
Resources | Aeotec Water Leak Sensor - Manual
Setup Instructions | Aeotec Motion Sensor - SmartThings
Setup Instructions | Aeotec Water Leak Sensor - SmartThings
Setup Instructions | Aeotec Motion Sensor - Hubitat
Resources | Red Series vs Blue Series Switch Comparison
Resources | White Series Add-On (Aux) Switch - Manual
How To's | Setup Zigbee Binding - Hubitat
How To's | Setup Zigbee Binding - SmartThings
Resources | Blue Series 2-1 Switch (On/Off & Dimmer) - Known Issues & Troubleshooting
Setup Instructions | Red Series Dimmer - SmartThings

On Resources | Red Series Dimmer Switch - Manual in the “Firmware Info” > “Parameters” table, parameter 50’s default is listed as “7ms”. I think this meant to say either “7” or “700ms” instead.

Also, on that same table, the description for Parameter 51 is misleading. currently it says “0 = No delay, 1 = 700ms delay”. Shouldn’t “1” mean something else that is not specific to a 700ms delay? For example maybe “Delay is enabled; see parameter 50 to configure the delay’s duration”?

The Blue Dimmer page (Blue Series | Smart 2-1 Switch (On/Off & Dimmer) - Manual) points to the old Red Dimmer in the Overview:

Digital Manual Overview

This is the digital manual for the Blue Series Smart 2-1 Switch (On/Off or Dimmer)(https://community.inovelli.com/t/**wiki-red-series-dimmer-switch/**7299#heading--second-generation).

Thank you! I should’ve put that it was a placeholder for now, but glad to see people are reading it and helping with errors :slight_smile:

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Hi!
Are the red series dimmers compatible with the blue ones? Thank you!

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They can co-exist if you have a zigbee and zwave hub (Smartthings, Hubitat, Home Assistant with Nortek combo stick, etc.).

They will not “bind” or “associate” to work in 3-way setup without the hub being the middle-man though.

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Thank you for your answer!
I do have a Hubitat hub and I am currently using the red series switches/dimmers. I have one of my red series switches that is defective/not working properly, and I see that they are currently sold out (and for quite a while now….don’t think they’ll ever be back in stock). I was wondering if I should go ahead and get the blue series to replace that switch. It will be a 3-way however. What do you recommend I do? Thanks again!!

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If you haven’t already you may want to reach out to support regarding the defective switch. Depending on the issue(s) it may be possible to fix without a replacement, or if one is required there may be a support only stash for this purpose.

For the Blue switch:

The SmartThings Edge Device Handler doesn’t have a way to configure Parameter 261 - Relay Sound.


Resources | Wiring Schematics , under “Zigbee Binding Method” says “DIRECTIONS COMING TONIGHT (OCT 24)”. It’s now November 5. :slight_smile:


How To's | Setup Zigbee Binding - SmartThings says “we will walk through a few different scenarios where you’d want to use Zigbee binding: Switch to Bulb, Switch to Switch and Switch to Switch & Bulb.”, but only has an example for “Switch to Bulb”.


Resources | Blue Series Smart 2-1 Switch (On/Off & Dimmer) - Manual , under “Pre-Setup”, embeds this image: But the same page, under “Quick Tap Sequences” links to this different image: And Setup Instructions | Blue Series Smart 2-1 Switch (On/Off & Dimmer) - SmartThings , under “Quick Reference Chart”, links to this image:

They seem wildly different, with different letters for different parts of the switch, different category labels, different lists of steps, and (for the 3rd image) completely different instructions (tap the paddle instead of config).

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I just added 261 to the edge driver. It sometimes takes a few hours to make it out to your hub though.

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should there be a smart switch to 2+x Smart Bulbs section in How To's | Setup Zigbee Binding - SmartThings? In general, I can’t seem to find any documentation on zigbee groups for SmartThings. Is it simply not possible? If so, should that be said somewhere? Sorry for the n00b question.

Please select from the following drop-downs based on the number of smart bulbs you have:

Smart Switch to 1x Smart Bulb

I haven’t discovered how to group bind in ST Edge yet, but I have tried 3x bulbs with individual binding and it worked great for me. I’m not sure how it would hold up the more bulbs that get added.

The process to add more than one is the same each time you add an additional bulb.

So, I just paste in the zigbee ID into the appropriate settings field and then do the same to the next one? I think I did that and it bound 4 bulbs.

Proven is, now I can’t seem to UNbind them. I pasted in one if the ZigBee IDs into the unbind setting and afterwards the switch still seems to control that bulb.

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That is the way that it is supposed to work. Did you have the endpoint in the endpoint field before putting the zigbee id in the remove field? You can quicky try again by changing the last character of the address in the unbind field, and then hit submit. Then change the character back to the correct one and hit submit again. It will only submit the request if the text is changed which is why you have to change it to something else and then change it back.

Also, make sure the same zigbee id is not in the “Bind Device” field at the same time or it will just try to add it back.

Eric, I just tried submitting all four of my zigbee IDs, one at a time, into the unbind device field in the switch settings. I then powered up the switch and all 4 bulbs turned on still. There was no entry in the Bind Device field while I did the unbinding.

What do you suggest next? I apologize for carrying on this conversation in this wiki post. Probably not the most appropriate place. Feel free to move or remove it later.
Thanks! Josh

How does one reset a blue series switch to factory defaults? I want to blow it’s memory of zigbee binding IDs away.

Hold config, wait a 0.5s and hold up. LED bar should turn red after 30sec. Release both buttons.

excellent. The factory reset killed the zombie zigbee ID bindings. I feel there’s still a bug there to squash, though.

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Switch-to-switch Zigbee binding instructions are still missing under Wiring Schematics (2-1) (although it says they were going to be added on October 24th) and in this Zigbee bindings how-to thread.

Capturing this here for my own reference – update Z2M binding instructions.