Hey everyone, I’m curious if anyone else has encountered an interesting behavior with their Z-Wave light switches. I’ve been using a GE Enbrighten light switch, and while it’s been working well most of the time, there’s this occasional quirk that’s caught my attention.
I set up a Node-RED flow to slowly increase the brightness of a light bulb to help me wake up in the mornings. The idea is that the light gradually gets brighter, mimicking sunrise. For the most part, this works perfectly. However, every so often, instead of smoothly increasing, the light will briefly dim before getting brighter again. This happens even though my debugging shows that Node-RED isn’t sending any unexpected commands. I checked the logs, and it seems like the switch is receiving a brightness percentage command, but for some reason, it’s interpreting it in a way that causes this fluctuation.
What’s even more puzzling is that when I tried turning off the light through the Home Assistant UI, the light would turn off, then back on, and then off again. This doesn’t happen consistently, but it did start occurring after I was tinkering with the Node-RED flow. I’m wondering if there’s something about the way the Z-Wave commands are being handled that’s causing this behavior.
Has anyone else experienced similar issues with their Z-Wave switches? I’m curious to know if this is a known quirk or if there’s a setting I might have missed. I’d love to hear if others have found a workaround or a solution to smooth out these transitions. It’s such a small thing, but it would be nice to have that perfect sunrise simulation without any hiccups!
Thanks for any insights or experiences you can share!