What are the remote switches for?

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I’m a new Z-Box Hub user, adding Zooz switches and sensors.
When I add a new dimmer switch, I also get a remote version of the same switch.
Here I have a two way switch, with the second switch being a virtual switch associated to to load connected switch. Everything works fine.

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My question is, what are the remote devices used for?
Do I need them?
Should I delete them?
So far, they just seem to make my device list longer.

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Dont delete :smiley: But you could hide them :slight_smile:
(can be used in scenes to trigger on inputs)

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Thanks for the reply.
I’ll hide, but not delete switch remotes - but I still don’t understand them.
If you go to advanced, it lets you configure 3 buttons on the remote switch.
Is there some physical device you can buy, and associate with the switch as the remote?
I don’t see anywhere in scenes where you can reference switch remote devices.

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I dont have experience with the zen72.

But with fibaro dimmer2 we have 2x inputs (s1 and s2) that we can use that remote to trigger scene events on :slight_smile:

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That remote device is what you can use when setting up scenes as a trigger to do things. Something like: when you tap the On/Up paddle 2 times, do X, Y, and Z other things. Here’s an example:

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You can hide those remote devices. I don’t think you can usefully interact with them in the UI.

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