I’m not clear how ZWave scenes work in OpenHAB 2. Are they supported? It seems that in version 1 it was done via rules. Is that still the case? With the latest build I’m unclear what I should do with ZWave devices which have channels to either respond to a scene or can send a scene command. The…

Currently you can trigger a rule from a scene controller in the same way as was done in OH1. There is a scene_number channel that will be updated whenever the scene is triggered from the scene controller, and you can use this to run a scene. Programming ZWave scenes on devices isn’t supported on OH…

@chris , thanks for clarifying. I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing anything. The rules should work just fine for my current needs.

@chris , looks like the device I’m using (Homeseer HS-WD100+) uses the central scene class to send scene commands and also provide an instant status workaround. Is central scene support still a work in progress, or is there a way to hook into that via rules? I tried setting a rule on the scene numbe…

central_scene is supported in the same way as scene_activation. I note that the WD100+ doesn’t have a channel defined in the database for scene_activation at the moment - only central_scene, so I guess it can send either?

So with central_scene, I should be able to write a rule triggered on that channel? I created the following rule, but it never gets run even when I see in the logs that the biding is receiving a a central_scene command. I wonder if the device database is incorrect and the scene number channel isn’t…

When I said earlier “I note that the WD100+ doesn’t have a channel defined in the database for scene_activation at the moment - only central_scene” - I got that around the wrong way. It only has scene_activation - not central_scene. Sorry for the confusion…

Got it thanks, that makes sense. I’ll (try) to update the database.

I’ve just done it (swapped the two scene classes around)… Let’s see if we get further tomorrow :slight_smile:

@chris , thanks for updating the database – it now works. A rule can now pick up the scene command. I have two related follow-up questions related to some trickery of this new switch. Can a rule (or other method) tell the ZWave binding to requery the state of a device? To get around the instant…

[image] grizzlyjere: Can a rule (or other method) tell the ZWave binding to requery the state of a device? Yes - you need to send a command with RefreshType.REFRESH as the value. See the discussion here -: [image] Zwave Feature Needed : polling a zwave device from a r…

Configuring ZWave Scenes

Setup, Configuration and Use Runtime

chris (Chris Jackson) November 19, 2016, 9:48am 19

There’s a good example here -: