Can anyone explain why the following program never triggers when I manually press the ON button on an Enbrighten 26931 Motion Sensor/On/Off switch?

If
        'Kitchen / Devices / Kitchen Floodlight Sw ZW010' is switched On
 
Then
        Send Notification to 'Jeff Text' content 'Kitchen Switch ON'
 
Else
   - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')
 

The switch ON in the If statement never triggers, however, the status in the IoP is correct - anyone?  Is this a bug?

I've have a dimmer, and used the node "Motion Sensor 1" in the "If" stanza, and it works.  I haven't tried it with the relay switch, but it has the same nodes, so I suppose it works.

Office Notification - [ID 0124][Parent 000F]

If
        From     8:00:00AM on 2022/06/13
        To       5:00:00PM on 2022/06/17
    And 'Devices / dirOffice / ZW 009 Office Motion Switch / ZW 009 Motion Sensor 1' Status is On
 
Then
        Send Notification to 'Notify' content 'Office Light On'
 
Else
   - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')
 

 

Edited June 12, 20223 yr by Bumbershoot

2 hours ago, JTsao said:

Can anyone explain why the following program never triggers when I manually press the ON button on an Enbrighten 26931 Motion Sensor/On/Off switch?

If
        'Kitchen / Devices / Kitchen Floodlight Sw ZW010' is switched On
 
Then
        Send Notification to 'Jeff Text' content 'Kitchen Switch ON'
 
Else
   - No Actions - (To add one, press 'Action')
 

The switch ON in the If statement never triggers, however, the status in the IoP is correct - anyone?  Is this a bug?

Just a thought, as a test, add something to the else statement. Maybe the notification isn’t working. 
Not likely but something I would try. 

Unfortunately, some zwave switches do not trigger program “switched on” coditions, including ge/jasco.  “Status” conditions might work.  I recall, also, that one might be able to create a node for this switch that DOES respond to switced conditions.  I fear, however, that this may be a downside risk with zwave devices.

I have an Enbrighten switch (no motion sensor) in another location and it does trigger a program with the switched on condition but the 26931 definitely does not - this is causing a problem because the 26931 controls the actual load = floodlights for a scene containing two Insteon switches and the 26931 - turning the Insteon switches on correctly turns the scene on - including the. 26931 - turning the 26931 on manually will turn on the lights but the Insteon switches don’t turn on because the program won’t trigger - I don’t expect the zwave device to properly act as a scene controller in this capacity so I was doing things with a program to control the scene but apparently the program won’t trigger for some reason - although the IoP does see the proper state of the 26931 - so shouldn’t the IoP be able to detect the switched on transition?

FWIW I think I have a workaround for this device -

The 26931 has two logical switch devices, in my case they are ZW010 On Off Switch and ZW010.1 On Off Switch - both control the lights in a manner where the most recent On or Off from either device will set the light state, even if the two switches are in different states - the ZW010 On Off Switch is associated with the physical on off buttons, whereas the ZW010.1 On Off Switch is not - therefore, I can use the "status" of the ZW010 On Off switch, in conjunction with some programs and a state variable to control the scene properly - the ZW010.1 On Off switch is in the scene, the ZW010 switch is not, but its status is checked to run a program to control the scene - the ZW010 motion sensor is also checked to control the scene

I still don't understand why the IoP can't interpret the transition in the ZW010 on off switch as "switched on or off" so that programs will trigger