GE 14294 (and Jasco equivilant) ZWave dimmer double tap (Event on Associaton Group 3) - need config help

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Is it possible to differentiate the node events from single-tap vs. double-tap? In my experience, if you have both Association Groups configured to communicate to HASS, the events look identical. A single-tap up would send basic_level: 255, and a double-tap up would send basic_level: 255 - they would trigger the same automations. What if you want them to trigger different automations?

Is there any way to include the Association Group as a condition in a trigger?? Perhaps this is a feature request?

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Typically, single tap would control the light and as a result send an event on the appropriate command class, not a node event. Node event is the fallback for when the class isn’t available/defined.

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Do you see this being an enhancement for HASS or OpenZwave, or is this a device firmware issue? If the latter, I’ll reach out to Jasco to ask them about their implementation and if they are planning any updates (these are Zwave Plus after all).

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Likely not a firmware issue. If openzwave has the data available it would be a fairly easy change to add it into HASS, if not you’d need to get it added into openzwave first. A good start would be to up the openzwave logging level to debug and go through the switch options to see what kind of traffic is being recognized/handled by openzwave.

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(Using 0.60.0) Wanted to correct one small thing: the object_id isn’t a part of the event_data. Instead you’ll want to use something like entity_id: zwave.kitchen_light.

The full event data looks something like this:

{"event_type": "zwave.node_event", "data": {"entity_id": "zwave.kitchen_light", "node_id": 16, "basic_level": 255}, "origin": "LOCAL", "time_fired": "2017-12-30T03:21:22.616072+00:00"}
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Wanted to summarize this whole process for future readers. In short this works great using HA as-is and there’s no need for any modifications of the OpenZWave or HA software. Also worth noting is that if you have an add-on switch it will also properly work for double-tap if the main switch is configured for double-tap.

  1. Forward double-tap events to your controller. In the Z-Wave configuration panel of HA:
  • Select the node for the light switch you want to enable double-tap on.
  • Under Node group associations select Group 3.
  • Under Node to control select your Z-Wave USB stick (or whatever Z-Wave controller you use).
  • Hit Add to Group
  1. Add an automation that triggers on the double-tap event. The entity_id will be something like zwave.kitchen_light. The basic_level will 255 when the top of the switch is double-tapped, and will be 0 when the bottom is double-tapped. An example:
- id: notify_on_double_tap_on_of_kitchen_lights
  alias: Kitchen lights double-tapped on
  trigger:
    # Trigger on double-tap of kitchen lights
    - platform: event
      event_type: zwave.node_event
      event_data:
        entity_id: zwave.kitchen_light
        basic_level: 255
  action:
    - service: notify.john_doe
      data:
        message: 'Kitchen light switch double tapped on'

Pitfalls and debugging:

  • If you only see Group 1 in your associate groups then you either aren’t using the new Z-Wave Plus version of the GE light switches, or you have some of the earlier versions of the Z-Wave Plus switches (same model #) which have an earlier firmware. Unfortunately there doesn’t appear to be a way to update this firmware as of now.
  • If double tap works, but one switch triggers multiple double-tap automations, double check your entity_id matches properly (and make sure not to use object_id).
  • If you want to see the event data, including the entity ID, set your logger level to debug in configuration.yaml and double-tap the switch. Search the home-assistant.log for "zwave.node_event"
  • If you’re not seeing double-tap events in the OpenZWave log (OZW_Log.txt) then make sure your controller is properly associated with Group 3 for the switch you’re trying to double tap (see (1) above).
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Great info! I took your findings and put together an AppDaemon app.

import appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassapi as hass

#
#
# SETUP
# https://community.home-assistant.io/t/ge-14294-and-jasco-equivilant-zwave-dimmer-double-tap-event-on-associaton-group-3-need-config-help/29469/17
#
# Forward double-tap events to your controller. In the Z-Wave configuration panel of HA:
# Select the node for the light switch you want to enable double-tap on.
# Under Node group associations select Group 3.
# Under Node to control select your Z-Wave USB stick (or whatever Z-Wave controller you use).
# Hit Add to Group
#
#
# Args:
# entities:
#   - entity: Zwave entity to monitor for double tap.
#     events:
#       - tap_up: List of actions to fire on double tap up.
#           - action_entity: Entity to perform action on. Ex: light.living_room_light
#             action: Action to perform. 'on' or 'off'
#       - tap_down: List of actions to fire on double tap down.
#           - action_entity: Entity to perform action on. Ex: light.living_room_light
#             action: Action to perform. 'on' or 'off'
#
# NOTE: the triggering entity does not turn on by default and will need to be added as an action_entity if you would like it to.
#
#
# FULL EXAMPLE
#
# Double Tap Switch:
#   class: zwave_double_tap
#   module: zwave_double_tap
#   entities:
#     - entity: zwave.island_lights
#       events:
#         - tap_up:
#             - action_entity: light.living_room_light_level
#               action: 'on'
#             - action_entity: light.living_room_lamp_level
#               action: 'on'
#         - tap_down:
#             - action_entity: light.living_room_light_level
#               action: 'off'
#
#
# Version 1.0:
#   Initial Version


class zwave_double_tap(hass.Hass):

    def initialize(self):
        self.utils = self.get_app('utils')

        if "entities" in self.args:
            for item in self.args["entities"]:
                entity = item["entity"]
                if "events" in item:

                    self.log("Monitoring {} for double tap.".format(
                        self.friendly_name(entity)), "INFO")

                    events = item["events"]
                    self.listen_event(
                        self.zwave_event, "zwave.node_event", entity_id=entity, events=events)

    def zwave_event(self, event_name, data, kwargs):
        basic_level = data["basic_level"]
        events = kwargs["events"]

        for event in events:
            if "tap_up" in event and basic_level == 255:
                direction = "Up"
                msg = "{} event fired. ".format(direction)
                for item in event["tap_up"]:

                    action_entity = item["action_entity"]
                    action = item["action"]

                    msg += "{} will be turned {}. ".format(
                        self.friendly_name(action_entity), action)

                    domain, entity = self.split_entity(action_entity)
                    if "fan" in domain:
                        fan_speed = self.get_state(action_entity, attribute="speed")
                        new_speed = self.utils.increment_fan_speed(fan_speed)
                        self.call_service("fan/set_speed", entity_id=action_entity, speed=new_speed)

                    else:
                        service = "{}/turn_{}".format(domain, action)

                        if action == "on" and domain == "light":
                            self.call_service(
                                service, entity_id=action_entity, brightness_pct="100")
                        else:
                            self.call_service(service, entity_id=action_entity)

                self.log(msg, "INFO")

            if "tap_down" in event and basic_level == 0:
                direction = "Down"
                msg = "{} event fired. ".format(direction)
                for item in event["tap_down"]:

                    action_entity = item["action_entity"]
                    action = item["action"]

                    msg += "{} will be turned {}. ".format(
                        self.friendly_name(action_entity), action)

                    domain, entity = self.split_entity(action_entity)
                    if "fan" in domain:
                        fan_speed = self.get_state(action_entity, attribute="speed")
                        new_speed = self.utils.decrement_fan_speed(fan_speed)
                        self.call_service("fan/set_speed", entity_id=action_entity, speed=new_speed)

                    else:
                        service = "{}/turn_{}".format(domain, action)

                        if action == "on" and domain == "light":
                            self.call_service(
                                service, entity_id=action_entity, brightness_pct="100")
                        else:
                            self.call_service(service, entity_id=action_entity)

                self.log(msg, "INFO")

In its current state this supports domains that work with the turn_on/turn_off service.

UPDATE: Support for stepping fan speed.

Requires utils.py with the following functions:

class utils(hass.Hass):

    def initialize(self):
        self.log("initialized utils")

    def increment_fan_speed(self, fan_speed):
        """
        Increment fan speed one step. 
        """
        return {
            'off': 'low',
            'low': 'medium',
            'medium': 'high'
        }.get(fan_speed, 'high')

    def decrement_fan_speed(self, fan_speed):
        """
        Decrement fan speed one step. 
        """
        return {
            'high': 'medium',
            'medium': 'low',
            'low': 'off'
        }.get(fan_speed, 'off')

and an updated apps.yaml entry:

Double Tap Switch:
  class: zwave_double_tap
  module: zwave_double_tap
  dependencies: utils
  entities:
    
    ## Step Fan Speed
    - entity: zwave.living_room_fan
      events:
        - tap_up:
            - action_entity: fan.living_room_fan_level
              action: 'on'
        - tap_down:
            - action_entity: fan.living_room_fan_level
              action: 'off'
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Just add to this, I have some of the 26933 Smart Motion Dimmer switches and this works with these as well.

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Awesome work guys. Question: above it says that the double-tap should work with an add-on switch. I have this working great at the master switch but a double-tap on the add-on in a two-way doesn’t work.

Am I missing something?

- id: turn_off_basement_stairs_light_double_tap_turn_off_basement_lights
  alias: Basement Stairs lights double-tapped off
  trigger:
# Trigger off double-tap of basement stairs lights
   - platform: event
     event_type: zwave.node_event
     event_data:
       entity_id: zwave.basement_stairs_light
       basic_level: 0
action:
  - service: homeassistant.turn_off
    entity_id: group.basement_lights
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Noone else has run into this? Or does it just not function with the addon switch? It’s a 12723 if that matters.

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Yep, same thing for me. I have a 14291 on/off switch with a 12723 add-on switch. The double tap works on the 14291 but not on it’s 12723 add-on partner.

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Same here. Was really hoping to make the double-tap work for all of my n-way setups.

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My Appdaemon app works for me with add-on switches. I basically duplicated the automation code into appdaemon so I don’t know why it wouldn’t work for you guys.

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Man I really don’t want to go down the AppDaemon rabbit hole to get this working! :slight_smile:

To top it off my double-tap scenes just up and quit working as a few days ago. First one stopped and then the other stopped a day or so later.

Tried re-associating but so far no dice. Don’t even see the automation being triggered in the log.

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I have mine working using the standard YAML (no AppDaemon). The main switches have two variants as mentioned, and the older ones don’t support double-tap. I wonder if that’s also true of the add-on switches. If you have a another add-on switch, you might try swapping to see if that helps,.

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Anybody doing this with node-red yet? I’m trying to figure out where to find the zwave.node_event trigger is.

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Found it. Had to use the events: all node instead of the events: state node. Only trouble is the node receives all HomeAssistant events and you have to filter the specific one you want.

Edit: For some reason I can’t filter the zwave.node_event topic, or any other topics for that matter, i.e. using a switch node where msg.topic == zwave.node_event

Edit2: Working. Honestly don’t know what happened, but a restart solved it.

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Can you share your JSON code for Node Red? This is one of my last automations in YAML and I’d love to get it moved over.

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Here you go. I hope it helps:

[{"id":"c8a9938a.b2c3c8","type":"server-events","z":"6bbf42c0.fcb1bc","name":"","server":"f053f2ed.c5201","x":140,"y":1560,"wires":[["41a7bf5f.caabb"]]},{"id":"41a7bf5f.caabb","type":"switch","z":"6bbf42c0.fcb1bc","name":"filter for zwave.node_event","property":"topic","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"eq","v":"zwave.node_event","vt":"str"}],"checkall":"true","outputs":1,"x":400,"y":1560,"wires":[["2077efae.d1576","35a4e8f5.b44d08","2d873e53.5a1b9a","11133c3a.c66fa4","d4bb3fdc.7b4ed","2a192cf8.f099e4","732cae.5e6a3b54","d801f370.236218","1b2bc1af.bc9be6","ed45ded4.a4692","1c722e53.39c442","7aba61ba.e73ce8","959c4661.6e6418","599cf7c6.872f78"]]},{"id":"d801f370.236218","type":"switch","z":"6bbf42c0.fcb1bc","name":"filter bedroom_north_back_bedroom","property":"payload.entity_id","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"eq","v":"zwave.bedroom_north_back_bedroom","vt":"str"}],"checkall":"true","outputs":1,"x":770,"y":1560,"wires":[["76ffe05c.bfa"]]},{"id":"76ffe05c.bfa","type":"api-current-state","z":"6bbf42c0.fcb1bc","name":"Bedroom north back bedroom light on?","server":"f053f2ed.c5201","halt_if":"off","entity_id":"light.bedroom_north_back_bedroom_level","x":1136,"y":1560,"wires":[["da27bc4c.794f38"]]},{"id":"da27bc4c.794f38","type":"api-call-service","z":"6bbf42c0.fcb1bc","name":"Turn light on to lowest dim","server":"f053f2ed.c5201","service_domain":"light","service":"turn_on","data":"{\"entity_id\": \"light.bedroom_north_back_bedroom_level\", \"brightness\": \"30\"}","x":1469,"y":1560,"wires":[]},{"id":"732cae.5e6a3b54","type":"switch","z":"6bbf42c0.fcb1bc","name":"filter bedroom_north_middle_bedroom","property":"payload.entity_id","propertyType":"msg","rules":[{"t":"eq","v":"zwave.bedroom_north_middle_bedroom","vt":"str"}],"checkall":"true","outputs":1,"x":770,"y":1500,"wires":[["96f58b00.97426"]]},{"id":"96f58b00.97426","type":"api-current-state","z":"6bbf42c0.fcb1bc","name":"Bedroom north middle bedroom light on?","server":"f053f2ed.c5201","halt_if":"off","entity_id":"light.bedroom_north_middle_bedroom_level","x":1136,"y":1500,"wires":[["f1146d5f.3be7a"]]},{"id":"f1146d5f.3be7a","type":"api-call-service","z":"6bbf42c0.fcb1bc","name":"Turn light on to lowest dim","server":"f053f2ed.c5201","service_domain":"light","service":"turn_on","data":"{\"entity_id\": \"light.bedroom_north_middle_bedroom_level\", \"brightness\": \"30\"}","x":1469,"y":1500,"wires":[]},{"id":"f053f2ed.c5201","type":"server","z":"","name":"Home Assistant","url":"http://10.0.3.1:8123","pass":"admin13667"}]
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Is there another automation for the actual double-tap detection and actions?