question on Zwave "companion switches" - Intermatic

[Warren Whiteside]

Ned, if you mean a four way switch, it really isn't too much different 
than a single pole in that up is one side (traveler-switch line a) and 
the alternate is down to switch to the other (traveler-switch line b). 
 From the three way to four way then to three way (at the load) would 
be                        a.  :______ a:X:a______: .a_____ load
You can add any number of four ways in between the three ways to get 
added switching locations.                           ^ 4way

Warren
On 2/2/2014 11:57 AM, ned+xtension at mrochek.com wrote:
>> What we need is a 4 gang switch that transmits zwave like it's turning
>> on or off but really doesn't do anything with physical switch contacts
>> or dimmers.  That would work perfectly.
>
> I doubt very, very much that such a product exists or will ever be 
> made. Like
> it or not Z-Wave is built around a master/slave model where smart
> controllers send commands to groups of dumb remotes.
>
> The closest you're likely to get is a controller sending out group 
> commands
> which are seen by Xtension via some other controller. Whether or not 
> that works
> is going to depend on the primary controller's abilities, which may be 
> limited
> by the design of Z-Wave itself. Right now it sounds like those are not 
> up to
> snuff.
>
>                 Ned
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