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Mar 20, 2025 - 04:56 AM
Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any part of the Z-Wave protocol that offers a distinction as to how an output was switched. Some devices might support additional features, such as being able to send Central Scene commands for their switch input(s) or offering additional Association Groups which you might be able to use for that purpose. Neither of these are a direct representation of whether the output has been switched locally by physical interaction or via Z-Wave. That said, this type of logic is typically a function performed by the Z-Wave hub itself - rather than knowing when a device has been switched by physical interaction, the hub knows when *it* has issued a command over Z-Wave. For example, Hubitat & SmartThings do this by showing whether the device was switched "digital" (from the hub) or "physical" (from the local switch). This applies to high load switches like the Vesternet Z-Wave High Load Switch.
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