Is it possible to change the behavior of a z wave switch? Currently, when the switch is flipped it turns off an outlet. I would like it to just send a message to home assistant rather than it’s current behavior. Is this possible?
You dont want it to control the ON/OFF state? Only show state?
Can you explain your goal? That may clarify this.
Likely you cannot make it so switch does not turn OFF/ON when switched.
Inverting action is possible so when flip switch it turn ON.
Maybe this may be accomplished through wiring change.
Yeah that was a bit confusing. I have a Aeotec Micro Switch G2, DSC26103-ZWUS, which controls an outlet. I had an old led strip (non-smart with remote) plugged into it for my under cabinet lights. I recently bought a wifi controller for it. Now I don’t want the switch to cut the power to the outlet anymore.
I guess could wire the outlet to be unswitched and just use the state change of the micro switch to turn the wifi controller on for the led strip.
If wifi controller can control ON/OFF the Aeotec is redundant.
Take it out and replace with wire nuts
I would do that but I want to also be able to control the lights with a switch for other people.
Physical switch?
In that case you can make ON action for wifi switch also ON microswitch. Just add some short delay before ON or OFF the wifi based on microswitch
You may also create a template switch that initiates these actions so one software switch in HA representing both.
The Aeotec Nano switch (which is the newer version of what you have) has a configuration parameter that lets you configure the External Switch Control Destination. This means you can prevent it from controlling the local load and instead use the event that it triggers to create an automation rule that would perform your required action on the wifi light (or anything else for that matter).
I’ve had a brief look at the doc for your micro version and it doesn’t appear to have the same setting unfortunately. Removing the load from your current switch may not work as I have read that there is normally an expectation from the module that that is connected to work properly. I cant confirm this behaviour though.
Maybe a battery powered bluetooth, wifi, zigbee or z-wave button as an alternate light switch my work?