# What are the remote switches for?

**URL:** <https://www.zoozcommunity.com/t/what-are-the-remote-switches-for/481>\
**Category:** Z-Box\
**Created:** [April 17, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/t/what-are-the-remote-switches-for/481 "2025-04-17T19:39:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![BenNoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@BenNoir](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/u/BenNoir)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/t/what-are-the-remote-switches-for/481/1 "2025-04-17T19:39:29Z")

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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.

 ![switches](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/zoozcommunity/original/1X/8dceebf10b9d334947b57d42e8f6a05f9b22af4a.jpeg)

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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**Author:** ![Brors94](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/www.zoozcommunity.com/brors94/32/403_2.png) [@Brors94](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/u/Brors94)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/t/what-are-the-remote-switches-for/481/2 "2025-04-18T08:02:09Z")

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Dont delete 😃 But you could hide them 🙂  
(can be used in scenes to trigger on inputs)

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/zoozcommunity/original/1X/ad40ca585a60b5a8be630e0c031441253955c659.png)

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**Author:** ![BenNoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@BenNoir](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/u/BenNoir)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/t/what-are-the-remote-switches-for/481/3 "2025-04-18T22:35:37Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Brors94](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/www.zoozcommunity.com/brors94/32/403_2.png) [@Brors94](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/u/Brors94)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/t/what-are-the-remote-switches-for/481/4 "2025-04-19T07:57:39Z")

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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 🙂

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**Author:** ![zoozer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@zoozer](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/u/zoozer)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.zoozcommunity.com/t/what-are-the-remote-switches-for/481/5 "2025-04-19T16:38:03Z")

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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:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/zoozcommunity/original/1X/8e6ae25cdc5cf6e96148587dd83bca7c2842122e.png)

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