Leviton VRCS4-M0Z LED Status Light

Other Devices & Integrations Lighting & Load Control
1

Hi,

I’ve installed the Leviton VRCS4-M0Z 4-button controller and enrolled it in the Z-wave network using the Vera. I’ve programmed scenes onto each button. Button #1 is set to execute TURN ON when the button is turned on and TURN OFF when the button is turned off. But I have noticed the following problems:

  1. Turning on the button correctly executes the TURN ON scene although sometimes there is a delay of a few seconds
  2. Turning off the button does nothing - it seems like the controller isn’t registering that the scene was executed and the loads are now on (I think the LEDs are supposed to stay on when the scene is executed).

Any idea of why the controller may not be registering the scene as active? And any way to reduce the delay? Thank you

2

What kind of devices (brand / type) is the scene button controlling? (e.g. a Leviton dimmer, a Cooper switch, an Evolve dimmer, a GE switch, etc.)

Correct, if the LED is not on, then the controller thinks the scene is not active and hence a subsequent push will run the TURN ON scene again. A quick double push may get around this.

3

GE/Jasco light switches and outlets

4

OK. When you press the scene button to turn the devices on, do they actually all show as on in Vera, but the LED on the scene button is off?

Alternatively, if you turn on the devices (that are part of the scene) in Vera, does the LED on the scene controller light up?

5

[quote=“oTi@, post:4, topic:178778”]OK. When you press the scene button to turn the devices on, do they actually all show as on in Vera, but the LED on the scene button is off?

Alternatively, if you turn on the devices (that are part of the scene) in Vera, does the LED on the scene controller light up?[/quote]

The Vera always correctly registers the status of the devices. But the Leviton does not (but it does work). So for example, I can press the first button and after a few seconds the ‘Turn On Lamp’ scene runs but the LED on the Leviton stays off (it doesn’t think the lamp is on).

6

I do not mean to step on @oTi@ toes, but I’d like to chime in that, the behavior being described is common with signal and routing issues. Things that might work to resolve it:

  1. Configure node right now on Leviton controller.
  2. Network heal.
  3. Relocate Vera closer to the device and heal.
  4. Improve network coverage by adding intermediate nodes.
7

As @Z-Waver indicated, see what behavior you get when you move Vera closer, if possible.

Given the use of the GEs, the button push would be registered by Vera, Vera then turns on the GEs, and then sends an LED update to the scene controller.

Is [tt]Automatically turn on/off the scene indicator lights[/tt] checked (on the [tt]Scenes[/tt] tab of the controller)?

In my experience, the communication of the LED updates can be less reliable than the communication of the button pushes. (I’ve seen where you press say, button 1, the action happens, but no LED update; you press, say, button 2, the action happens, and together with the update of the button 2 LED, the button 1 LED updates too. In other words: Vera had the correct state for button 1, but the update didn’t make it to the controller in response to the button 1 push, but it did happen to get there in response to the button 2 push. (The LED states are bundled together in one message.))

And occasionally I have a controller where everything works fine, except no LED updates ever. Power-cycling the controller takes care of that.