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Mess with the virtual button on 2 button switch #2

Closed veonua closed 4 years ago

veonua commented 4 years ago

The first device has 5! buttons in the SmartLighting app The second device has no press event.

So I want to switch detached light on the second button click, and it is a mess. It either doesn't work at all - button >1 on the first device does nothing or it blinks every second time as turn off command comes immediately

aonghus-mor commented 4 years ago

All 5 buttons are on the parent device. That is correct. However, buttons 3 and 4 refer to the right hand switch, either single click or double click respectively. I assume you have linked these buttons to smart devices using Advanced Button Controller?

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The first device has 5! buttons in the SmartLighting app The second device has no press event.

So I want to switch detached light on the second button click, and it is a mess. It either doesn't work at all - button >1 on the first device does nothing or it blinks every second time as turn off command comes immediately

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veonua commented 4 years ago

No I am using standard Automations and SmartLight app (by Smartthings) Is it possible not to have child devices, as soon as I have them not wired, and these, not active devices are visible on the dashboard and in the Google home and they both ask to assign the room.

aonghus-mor commented 4 years ago

It is not possible to use a double switch within automations, etc., without using at least 1 child device. This is a feature of the way smartthings works. It’s not something I can change.

I have set up mine such that both the parent and the child device appear in the appropriate room within the app. That way it is easy to distinguish between the 2 switches within the app. If either switch is unwired, it is easiest to use the virtual buttons through ABC or SmartLight (I haven’t used this so I may be wrong). Remember that in this case it is usually easiest to include the smart bulb, or other smart device, itself in the automation rather than having the automation change the switch, which in turn changes the lamp. That is also why it is easier to make an unwired switch behave as a button which toggles the state of the lamp. Otherwise the switch and the lamp can easily get out of sync.

veonua commented 4 years ago

Remember that in this case it is usually easiest to include the smart bulb, or other smart device, itself in the automation rather than having the automation change the switch, which in turn changes the lamp. That is also why it is easier to make an unwired switch behave as a button which toggles the state of the lamp. Otherwise the switch and the lamp can easily get out of sync.

that is the reason why I created this issue, it seems like even it's selected as unwired, but the switch has not gone away. The virtual device, clicking sound and other behaves like it is wired. And the smart bulb bounded with the virtual device works every other click.

I have set up mine such that both the parent and the child device appear in the appropriate room within the app.

will it switch the virtual bulb twice in case of group control? first time from the child device, the second time from a smart bulb.

aonghus-mor commented 4 years ago

The reason you hear 2 clicks from the unwired switch, whether it is switched by hardware or software, is a result of it behaving as a button. It comes on for a short time and then goes off again. However, it should only trigger the virtual button once. Are you saying that the virtual button is triggered twice?

aonghus-mor commented 4 years ago

I've now had a chance to look at the new Smart Lighting SmartApp. It can be used in place of ABC. I found it a bit counter-intuitive to set up, but in the end it worked. I still recommend using the virtual buttons rather than the switch as a trigger in Smart Lighting.

veonua commented 4 years ago

fixed partially in https://github.com/aonghus-mor/SmartThingsPublic/commit/4b196b0ea40637fdbd6c314a01bb78eb729022ee