GE Enbrighten Z-Wave Plus Smart Motion Light Switch

[Bumbershoot]

In an effort to eliminate motion sensors (barnacles, as my wife calls them), either Z-Wave or Insteon from the walls of our house, I bought one of these in order to see if it could be a useful alternative.  My ISY is running the current 5.3.0 firmware/AC with the 500 series Z-Wave dongle installed.

Installation was easy enough, though the device is roughly the same size as an Insteon SwitchLinc or a HomeSeer WD 200+.  I was happy to note that I was able to include the switch from the junction box it was installed in, which is roughly 60' from my ISY.  It does, however, share that junction box with a HomeSeer WD 200+, which acts as a Z-Wave repeater, so that may have helped.

The installation created 5 nodes (screenshot), though only two are really useful in my installation (On-Off Power Switch and Motion Sensor 1).

I have this device installed where it load it controls is a closet light, but that's not the device that I want the motion sensor to activate.  I have the switch set to Manual Mode (there are three operational modes for this device

1) - Occupancy - the motion detector directly controls the load
2) - Vacancy - the motion detector will not turn the load on, but will turn it off
3) - Manual - the motion detector will not turn the load on or off)

which makes it operate exactly like any other Z-Wave motion detector I've owned.  With the sensitivity turned to "high", the motion detector triggers very quickly, which is good, as the light turns on in the room nearly instantly upon entering (and this is using a program on my ISY to turn on the lights, the load being controlled by a Z-Wave HomeSeer WD 200+).  The motion detector is advertised as having a 180 degree detection area, and so far, it seems close to that.

Ergonomically, the switch looks quite good, and the button presses have a solid feel, with the usual click of an on/off switch.  These switches don't have anywhere near the adjustability of the HomeSeer switches and dimmers through parameters, but there are a few.  Here's a link to the dimmer manual, and here's another link to the advanced configuration page that's available for these products.

Below is what appears in the event viewer when the motion sensor turns off, then ten seconds later, turns back on, followed by node details in the event viewer.

So far, one Insteon MS II (barnacle) removed from my walls.  I have five others that I can very reasonably replace with either these switches or dimmers.  It seems that they work very well, are easy to setup and configure, and have nice ergonomics.

 

Fri 10/16/2020 05:39:13 : [   ZW025_308]    ALARM   0 (uom=25 prec=0)
Fri 10/16/2020 05:39:13 : [   ZW025_308]      DOF   0 (uom=78 prec=0)
Fri 10/16/2020 05:39:13 : [   ZW025_155]       ST   0 (uom=78 prec=0)
Fri 10/16/2020 05:39:13 : [   ZW025_155]      DOF   0 (uom=78 prec=0)
Fri 10/16/2020 05:39:23 : [   ZW025_308]    ALARM   8 (uom=25 prec=0)
Fri 10/16/2020 05:39:23 : [   ZW025_308]      DON 100 (uom=78 prec=0)
Fri 10/16/2020 05:39:23 : [   ZW025_155]       ST 100 (uom=78 prec=0)
Fri 10/16/2020 05:39:23 : [   ZW025_155]      DON 100 (uom=78 prec=0)

Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ] ----------------------------------------------
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ] ZW 025 On-Off Power Switch
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ] ZW025_1 uid=25 security=None type=4.16.1 mid=99 tid=18765 pid=12338
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ] Association Group ID 1
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x20  V1   BASIC
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x5E  V2   ZWAVEPLUS_INFO
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x72  V2   MANUFACTURER_SPECIFIC
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x5A  V1   DEVICE_RESET_LOCALLY
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x73  V1   POWERLEVEL
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x27  V1   SWITCH_ALL
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x25  V1   SWITCH_BINARY
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x2B  V1   SCENE_ACTIVATION
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x2C  V1   SCENE_ACTUATOR_CONF
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x70  V1   CONFIGURATION
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x86  V2   VERSION
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x71  V4   NOTIFICATION
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x60  V4   MULTI_CHANNEL
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x8E  V3   MULTI_CHANNEL_ASSOCIATION
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x85  V2   ASSOCIATION
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x59  V1   ASSOCIATION_GROUP_INFO
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x7A  V2   FIRMWARE_UPDATE_MD
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ]    -  x56  V1   CRC_16_ENCAP
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ] - Secure
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ] 
Fri 10/16/2020 05:36:17 : [ZW-SHOW         ] ----------------------------------------------

 

Edited October 16, 2020 by Bumbershoot

[ulrick65]

Thanks for sharing this...I have a need for these once I get Z-Wave going here in the next few weeks (hopefully).

I was wondering, my need is similar to your install above (but not exactly).  I current have SW Dimmers installed that are not controlling a load, they are simply 2nd or 3rd switches in a 3 or 4 way setup.  I would like to perhaps replace some of those with these here so I have motion in that area, however I do still want to control the light with the switch.  I assume that would work as I would just add the Z-Wave switch to the Scene that the old SW Dimmer was in?

Thanks.