I use Fibaro FGR-223 roller blind controllers and a Nice gate controller (IBT4ZWAVE), both Z-Wave devices. Currently, Home Assistant doesn’t show the opening or closing status while these devices are in motion — you only see an update to opened or closed once they reach their final position or stop mid-way.
It would be fantastic if Home Assistant could update the status to opening or closing immediately when the device starts moving, so users wouldn’t have to wait 20-40 seconds to know what’s happening.
After analyzing Z-Wave logs in Home Assistant, I discovered that the Z-Wave JS UI integration already detects these transitions as soon as the device starts moving (even when triggered by a physical button). This was confirmed by the developers of the node-z-wave-js add-on here. It would be great if Home Assistant could leverage that information to update the status in real time.
If you think this feature would improve your experience too, please vote for it. Thanks! 