UPB Wall switch and non-upb slave
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dbinaz,
Yes! I have talked to Simply Automated Staff and they have confermed that slave switches that worked for x10 will work with UPB switches. I had this same question when I noticed that the UPB slave switches looked just like some SmartHome switches I had.
I do not have experience with ALL slave switches so I can't say that all of them will but, I saved some money using SmartHome swithes.
There was one warning from SA: You must reverse the black and white wires on a slave when it is working with a SA master. It will not hurt anything if it is wired up white to white/black to black... it just will not work.
Just to repeat, wire the slave black to white and white to black if you are connecting to a SA master.
Good luck
Dave
Yes! I have talked to Simply Automated Staff and they have confermed that slave switches that worked for x10 will work with UPB switches. I had this same question when I noticed that the UPB slave switches looked just like some SmartHome switches I had.
I do not have experience with ALL slave switches so I can't say that all of them will but, I saved some money using SmartHome swithes.
There was one warning from SA: You must reverse the black and white wires on a slave when it is working with a SA master. It will not hurt anything if it is wired up white to white/black to black... it just will not work.
Just to repeat, wire the slave black to white and white to black if you are connecting to a SA master.
Good luck
Dave
Isn't the slave just a "switch"? Is it momentary? If so, then there shouldn't be a reason why a 110 volt "switch" won't work. I don't think there are any active electronics in a slave. Haven't looked at one in a long while, so don't take this as gospel, but If it were me, I would look before throwing out a bunch of switches. Of course the wiring will be different than when wired to a loaded 110 volt line.
No. There is no such thing as a "slave" 110V switch. Three and four way 110V switches are just multiple pole mechanical switches. No electronics, and not momentary contact.
Once you get into switches with built-in intelligence (ie higher-end Lutron dimmers, X10, Insteon, UPB, etc), then you start getting into master/slave switches.
Possibly. The higher end switches have a distinct up and down though, so they've got to have more than a single momentary. I'll have to see if I've got one in the junk box (by definition the home of ANYTHING from X10) and open it up.
My point though was that the run-of-the-mill 3-way switch you pickup at HD is not a "slave" switch and will not work as one.
My point though was that the run-of-the-mill 3-way switch you pickup at HD is not a "slave" switch and will not work as one.
AO-Brandon
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i just did a bench test on this, using an HAI 35A00-1 and a smarthome 2382. it seems to work perfectly, however, if the leads are reversed it does not work. so wired in a standard configuration it works perfectly. 
