I have a three-way switched light in my entry way that I'm trying to include in my UPB home automation setup. I want to have a Simply Automated switch (US2-40) by the door, which will enable it to use a faceplate that has a rocker switch and four buttons for triggering scenes. The other switch in this scenario is a "remote", the Simply Automated USR-40A.
Here's the problem: the switch location by the door is wired to be the "remote", or "leg end" switch -- it goes up to the light fixture. However, the SA remote switch (USR-40A) cannot accept the faceplate I want to use. The switch location at the other end of the hall (not by the door) is where the load-capable switch is supposed to go, according to the SA diagrams.
So, in order to get the load-controlling switch by the door (and thus enable me to use the keypad I want there), I essentially direct-connected the wires through in the "load end" switch box at the end of the hall, and then wired up the load-controlling switch by the door as if it were a standard 2-way switch.
This works, at this point.
My idea was then to put the "remote" SA switch, the USR-40A, in the original "load end" box at the end of the hallway, and simply add it to my UPB network and have a signal sent to the load-controlling switch by the door whenever it was tapped. Essentially, the idea is to make it a "software" 3-way switch rather than a "hardware" 3 way switch. However, when I connected the black/white wires of the "remote" USR-40A switch into the box (directly twisting them into the black/white lines I had previously connected to make the other switch work), the blue light comes on but nothing else happens. I can't seem to put it in programming mode (5 taps on the upper switch doesn't do anything). I figured if I just gave it power, I could add it to the network.
Any ideas? Is this the wrong approach for what I'm trying to do? Thanks!
Here's the problem: the switch location by the door is wired to be the "remote", or "leg end" switch -- it goes up to the light fixture. However, the SA remote switch (USR-40A) cannot accept the faceplate I want to use. The switch location at the other end of the hall (not by the door) is where the load-capable switch is supposed to go, according to the SA diagrams.
So, in order to get the load-controlling switch by the door (and thus enable me to use the keypad I want there), I essentially direct-connected the wires through in the "load end" switch box at the end of the hall, and then wired up the load-controlling switch by the door as if it were a standard 2-way switch.
This works, at this point.
My idea was then to put the "remote" SA switch, the USR-40A, in the original "load end" box at the end of the hallway, and simply add it to my UPB network and have a signal sent to the load-controlling switch by the door whenever it was tapped. Essentially, the idea is to make it a "software" 3-way switch rather than a "hardware" 3 way switch. However, when I connected the black/white wires of the "remote" USR-40A switch into the box (directly twisting them into the black/white lines I had previously connected to make the other switch work), the blue light comes on but nothing else happens. I can't seem to put it in programming mode (5 taps on the upper switch doesn't do anything). I figured if I just gave it power, I could add it to the network.
Any ideas? Is this the wrong approach for what I'm trying to do? Thanks!