a question about z-wave set up

[gbratshpis]

I am a totally new to this, so please be patient with my questions.

I have Harmony remote control and decided to use z-wave in the TV room to control lighting. I bought two lamp modules and plugged my lamps in them, then associated the modules with remote control. It works fine, except I was no longer able to use the wall switch. So, I bought an in-wall dimmer, thinking it will control my lamp modules, but it does not appear to be the case.

Any advice on how to achieve what I want? I want to control the lights from both the remote control and the wall switch.

Thanks for your help.

 

[IVB]

Sorry, not following how the wiring is run.

Was that an inwall switch that was an on/off for an outlet, and you now have 2 zWave devices in the chain (one inwall dimmer, and one lamp module plugged into the outlet)? If so, just pull the lamp module off and it'll work. Sounds damn scary to have a dimmer hooked up to an outlet, what if you accidentally plug a non-lamp in, but that can be manually managed.

Or was the wiring from the inwall switch running somewhere else?

 

[mustangcoupe]

Geerbra,

I dont think that turning the power on and off at the wall switch (powering your outlet) will still turn on the lamps on/off. even more what if you leave the switch in the off state how would you have power at the modules? unless I am reading this wrong and teh modules are not plugged into a switched outlet connected to the switch in question.

I also agree with IVB in having a dimmer connected to a outlet is not a good idea IMHO

 

[claymahaffey]

You can use an in-wall scene controller to control the lamp modules. But the scene controller should not directly switch or dim (!) the outlet. Scene controllers mount into a standard wall-switch location, but are only powered your home wiring. They do not have a load control relay, the only send z-wave commands to other zwave relays (like the lamp modules.) I use Vizia RF+, so for my setup an example is the VRCS1-1LX. I'm guessing that other versions exist.

I agree with others...it's generally bad practice (and typically against code) to run an outlet through a dimmer.