How to associate second (e2) fibaro switch?

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Hi,

I’m using fibaro switches. In Vera they are created as one parent device with two children (e1 and e2).

My question is how to associate a duwi switch with the e2 child device. When I use group - set, and select the child device, Vera still associates with the parent device. How to associate with e2?

Thanks

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I’m interested in the exact same thing! Did you manage to find anything on this?

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i messed a long time with this and found that you can do it simple.
make a scene with e2 turned on and trigger by on state of duwi
make a scene with e2 turned off and trigger by off state of duwi
i used this idea on my fibaro binary switch which also has 2 child devices with turned on scene ability. but it works also if motion sensor trigger is used.

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That will work, but that sorta defeats the whole point of association: the devices talk directly to each other and Vera is not involved.

In my case, I was trying to use e2 as a “virtual/physical” device association. I have a HRT4-ZW thermostat which sends binary set messages whenever the “call for heat (flame)” is turns on/off but you cannot query the state of the thermostat from Vera. If I could associate the thermostat with an e2 device (which nothing is plugged into), I would be able to trigger scenes based on the state of the flame.

Fortunately I have a workaround (which deserves it’s on blog post) which uses an Aeon Labs Z-Stick running a patched (read: nastily hacked) OpenZWave stack running on my RPi :slight_smile:

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ehm… how about in the association screen selecting the main device and in the field next to it put e2 ?
its sorta like the way it should work :slight_smile:
i just bought one and found that it works on 24 v also so its possible to use it between a standard dooropener with intercoms