Extend Device Functionality

Mains-powered ZigBee devices with manual control (push-buttons, rotary knobs) have extended functionality of decoupling the front and back of the device. The front (push-buttons) part of the device can control a completely different device than the one it belongs to.

A blue note in the device Configuration dialog informs you of the extension possibility.

Devices without a push-button interface, like the Wiser micro-modules, do not support this extended functionality.

To use this functionality, do the following:

1. Go to Hybrid plugin > select a device that supports this functionality > click to open its Parameters setting.

2. In device Parameters setting, select from a drop-down menu which device type you want to control by switch action.
   

3. Click Save.

4. Click to open the Configuration dialog > configure your device.
   There are three sections in the Configuration dialog:

   • Name and device location.

   • Configuration of the back part of your device (device control, device status).

   • Push-button configuration (if your device supports it) at the front panel (buttons, knobs).

   
   
   

5. In the Push-button section, based on the setting you did in the Parameters section, you can see the functionality assigned to the front part of the device.
   Assign a group address to each functionality.