One thing you’ll need to know before you buy ANYTHING. It adds redundancy to the setup and gives your switch two paths back to the hub. I stole power from the switch next to it so it can power the switch, added an Insteon outlet at the lamp, and then I programmed it so the light switch controls the outlet.įYI…buy the powerline modem that goes with the ISY994. I bought an extra light switch, changed a box from single to double gang and I added an Insteon switch to switch a lamp on and off. Everyone leaves the house and all lights turn off, motion is detected on my front door cam and the front lights go on, lights turn on when someone in the family enters the geofence of the house. If the hub goes down (never happens) then the ones not connected to the light will not be able to control the light. The rest are kept in synch with programming via the hub. Only the one actually attached to the switched (red wire) controls the light going on and off. What I mean is that each switch has load/neutral/ground and switched connections BUT the hub is what keeps multiple switches in sync. The only issue is against this is that anything past a single pole switch relies on the hub. They do work as switches in the rawest sense. There is usually one around Xmas time.ĭo you mean a 4 way switch aka the light plus 3 switches? I have this in my house. $50 a switch is the norm, but look for 30%+ off deals. I have the version with Z wave added as well. I have Insteon swtiches with an ISY994 as my backend. Not rushing to automate lots of my lights but over time I’m sure I’ll want to add more so hopefully a brand that’s not going to disappear any time soon so I can expand without having a complete mess of different switches.Ultimately want to automated them up to be turned on by Ring doorbell motion detection and/or door sensors and then turn off after a timeout.Want to be able to manually control outside lights via home assistant iphone app.Switches must still work as switches (wife acceptance factor).Needs to control a 4-way circuit (power is to the most remote switch from memory).Otherwise I’m sure I’ll need repeaters, probably more than one. Preferably decora switch style to match existing switches better - this will also let me use the nearest switch and potentially avoid repeaters for now.And I’m definitely not interested in automatable light bulbs - just switches. Depending which switch I replace, I may then need repeaters since the front door switch is very remote from my basement switch room where the pi is since my house is on a steep slope. I don’t have any z-wave or zigbee but I’ve been looking at getting a GoControl USB z-wave/zigbee hub to connect to my raspberry pi. I have good wifi coverage but I’m generally against using that, possibly more than I should be. I haven’t yet tried to do any automated lighting so I’m just starting my journey and black friday seems like the best time to buy much of what I’ll need.
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