Bumbershoot Posted October 16, 2020 Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) 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 4
ulrick65 Posted December 13, 2020 Posted December 13, 2020 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.
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