Scenes work in web interface but not at the actual device. How's this possible?

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I am lost on scenes…

I create a scene:

Whenever I turn on sofa light, fireplace lights go on at 25%, Corner lights go on to 50%.

When I play the scene in UI7, it works. When i turn the sofa light on inside UI7, it also plays the scene

However, when I physically turn on the actual switch (evolve dimmer) the scene does not work.

I created a similar scene with all my other evolve dimmer, same result. What am I doing wrong here??

Veralite 1.7.730

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Does the scene run after a minute or two?
Evolve switches do not support instant status so the Vera does not know they have been turned on, and won’t trigger the scene until it poles the switch (usually in a few minutes).

If you want the behavior you are describing you need a switch that supports instant status.

That would be a Leviton or Cooper Aspire (most reliable), for a cheaper alternative GE switches can work but they have to be located close to the Vera to do so…

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thanks for the reply…

the scene does not turn on in a minute or two either. when I look at the device, it says to poll every 60 seconds. I changed it to 10 seconds, same thing…It says use default behavior, yes/ no, when I changed it to “yes” and poll every 10 seconds, the scene then ran.

Is there an issue with polling more often than 60 seconds on devices?

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as long as you are not changing the default Vera polling, and only the polling setting on the device you should be fine, Vera will still most likely only poll it every minute or so.