I have been using Inovelli Red Series Dimmer light Switches in HA for a few years over zwave. This issue started after I updated my Host to Home Assistant OS 7.3. I was using a version that was maybe 4 or 5 versions back before this update. Not really sure what version.
After the update when I toggle these dimming switches ‘on’ from Lovelace or from the physical switch the brightness slider in HA shows 0% and the toggle shows off. The physical lights in the room come on to 100% but the display on my overview shows off. If I move the brightness slider everything starts functioning again.
If I function the lights using Z-Wave JS to MQTT web ui using the ‘[12-38-0-Up] Perform a level change (Up)’ everything works as expected. The lights come on and the slider shows 100%.
I have tried updating the firmware on the Invelli switch, and I have tried Zwave JS and Zwave JS to MQTT. In both systems I still have this issue.
Unfortunately I cannot add any animations to set the brightness after I turn on the light because HA doesn’t see the transition from off to on. When I press the physical switch, or toggle the switch in HA, no state changes are shown. Also when the switch is off the brightness attribute doesn’t exist, so I can’t just turn up the brightness via an automation.
Is there a workaround I can use to function these lights? Is there something I am doing incorrectly when adding this dimmer to my z-wave configuration?