This combination enables you to get the best of both worlds if you can accept a switch that has no physical toggle but only a touch screen for control. If you want to combine smart switches and smart bulbs you will need to pick a really “smart” switch.įor some of my lights and switches I use smart bulb’s running ESPHome and I use Lanbon L8 switches running openHASP. This would be required for a motion sensor to turn on the light, as it would need to power the bulb first, and then as per previous question, I could send a second message to the bulb to set the correct brightness and colour. Second question: do you know if it’s possible to control the switch itself from Home Assistant. So I guess maybe it depends how long it takes for the bulb firmware to start up before it can receive a command from Home Assistant? Is it possible? Has anyone done it? I reckon it could be tricky because the bulb would be powered off when the light is off, and the bulb would only be powered on after someone presses the switch on the wall. Also, I’d like to light to turn on at different brightness if it was a short press or long press on the switch.
The appeal for the wired smart switches is that we can still control the lights even if Home Assistant is down.įirst question: I’m wondering if it’s also possible to combine it with automation, so for instance to turn on the light with different brightness and colour temperature based on the time of the day.
I’ve already got Philips Hue lights throughout the house, I’m about to redecorate the house and I consider replacing our traditional light switches with the Aqara wired smart switches.
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