How to set up 4 identical GE 45600 Remotes identically?

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I wanted to set up four of the inexpensive GE 45600 remotes so that all their buttons do the same thing, now and forever.

I lined them up side-by-side, reset them all, and then put them all in to “Secondary” mode.
Then I added from Vera, and all the LEDs blinked in tandem.

To my surprise, the Vera included all four AS ONE REMOTE.
That is, all four had the same Node number. Buttons are indistinguishable… hitting “5 ON” on one Remote looks exactly the same as hitting “5 ON” on the second remote – even shows as a dupe.

Is there any downside to this? It’s pretty much exactly what I want, but I fear I’ve violated a whole litany of mesh network rules.

Is there a ‘software’ Vera way to make all four remotes work the same, or would I have to add four trigger copies for everything?

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These remotes, being battery operated, do not route or participate in the mesh network. So, if your setup works, it should be fine. Certainly it won’t hurt the network.

However, I am very surprised to hear that all four remotes appear as a single node. Normally, each one should have it’s own node ID. I’m going to get another 45600 and try to reproduce your results.

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Groundloop, Would you mind looking inside each of your remotes and writing the revision# it is on a white label with blue writing (example G093211)? I can get my first one working, but none of the later ones will join the network.

Thanks,
Rob

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Interesting. Mine have: “G093511” (one unit) and “G093211” (two units) on the stickers.

I only tried it once, but the process was to push identical buttons on all the remotes to reset/clear them, then add as secondary (9 6 7). Then bring close and press “+” on the VeraLite. All the LEDs then flashed in tandem and one Node was added.

(I was expecting them to add sequentially as separate nodes, but there’s some advantage to having them be clones.)