Hue Wall Switch Module - second "channel" not working

[Madd33n]

Hey there,

first of all - Big THX for keeping this up!! I struggled to set up the needed switches within z2m. Cant get even ONE up and running.
Then I used your integration - 10 Minutes later, most of the work is already done. So where's the "buy me a beer" link? ;)

Now to my issue.
I have 6 Philips Hue Wall Switches (5x RDM001; 1x RDM004) in my house. Those switches have two "channels" to control to physical switches with ONE Hue Wall Switch. But I only can get channel 1 to work.
From your selector I choosed "Philips Hue Wall Switch Module - Zigbee2MQTT"

I marked the up button - set the desired lights = works
I marked the down button - set the desired lights = nothing happens

Is this a known behavior due to some integration issues with this specific wall switch?

If you need any logs, let me know.

Thank you - I appreciate any support here.

[macpit]

Thanks for the kind words, glad it saved you some time!

Your second channel is not a Switch Manager problem - the module simply is not sending anything for it yet. The RDM001/RDM004 has a device_mode setting in Zigbee2MQTT with four values:

• single_rocker (factory default)
• single_push_button
• dual_rocker
• dual_push_button

Zigbee2MQTT maps the button field of the incoming message to left (1) and right (2), and in the two single_* modes the module reports every input as button 1. So the down button really does fire - it just arrives as left_press / left_press_release, which is why only the first button in Switch Manager reacts.

Set device_mode to dual_rocker (two rocker/toggle switches) or dual_push_button (two momentary push buttons) in Zigbee2MQTT - the device page, under the exposes/settings for that module - and press a button once afterwards so the new mode is picked up. right_press and friends will show up and the second button in Switch Manager starts working. Same for all six of your modules, the setting is per device.

If you want to check first: watch the device in the Zigbee2MQTT frontend and press the lower switch - if it prints left_..., it is still in a single mode.

I have added this to the blueprint description so the next person does not have to ask.

And no beer link, there is none - a star on the repo is all I am after. This is a maintained fork of an abandoned project, so stars are what help people find the version that still gets fixes.