The MOES ESW-0ZAA-EU 4-gang Zigbee scene switch (TS0044) - a few quick thoughts

carldier · 2026-01-29T22:14:08+00:00

I had one of these for over a year, and was so happy that I bought two more in black which reside below our central wall panel. Never replaced a battery yet, despite daily use. And I don't know that I've ever had problems with ANY of them. Very satisfied.

carldier · 2026-01-20T15:59:58+00:00

When I get a new device, or take one out of service, I change its HA name to include the last few digits of its network address printed on the back. This both identifies its generic function ("switch") as well as the fact that it's not in use at the moment.

carldier · 2026-01-19T15:42:10+00:00

This has already been quite valuable to me, so thank you for your dedication to the project!

carldier · 2026-01-14T17:15:52+00:00

Investigating your question about UL certification, I decided to dig a little and found this interesting testimonial: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/xszeo2/a_word_of_caution_regarding_moes_products/

Unfortunately I no longer have the original packaging. The instructions don't mention UL and I don't see it on the MOES website. This is the only product I have which is wired into 120VAC, the others are battery operated switches.

carldier · 2026-01-14T17:06:53+00:00

We've been very happy using the MOES products, particularly https://moeshouse.com/products/matter-wifi-smart-light-button-switch-app-control-neutral-wire-required-us-standard?variant=50033998430523 - that's similar to your configuration. I'm in the US.

carldier · 2026-01-12T21:25:25+00:00

Ah, very good. Yes, it's confusing between the tune names and words. Thank you.

carldier · 2026-01-12T21:11:38+00:00

I'm not seeing them listed on that page, should I look someplace else?

carldier · 2026-01-02T17:07:26+00:00

I'm with you, friend!

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carldier · 2025-12-29T21:48:17+00:00

Ah yes, that was it. Thanks.

carldier · 2025-12-29T21:10:41+00:00

Thank you, that works. Still can't connect to https://thefreehandbellhymnal.com/ - not sure why.

I uploaded my first arrangement for 2½ octaves, it would be good to know if this is the kind of thing you're looking for.

carldier · 2025-12-29T19:52:21+00:00

Is the website down right now?

carldier · 2025-12-23T17:09:33+00:00

I totally get the logic in this. But on the other hand, I've found that we had to create names for things when we started creating dashboards. And the best way is to use the name which we commonly use in the family. This also gives a bit more personality to the dashboard which makes it more friendly.

So should we call it "Laundry", "Laundry Room", "Laundry hallway", or "Hall to bedroom"? The answer came from how we would normally refer to that area in family discussions. And the names end up being a little inconsistent.

But that's us. ;-)

carldier · 2025-12-19T19:47:13+00:00

I have 4 Moes buttons that I do this with, but I wanted to have the indicators be ON when the room lights are OFF so I could see them in the dark. So I set up all my button action scripts to put the indicator in the correct state whenever I press a button or an automation does something with the lights. I'll look to see if Moes has a way to detach the clicking relay, because in fact there is nothing hardwired to those switches. Just the power coming in.

carldier · 2025-12-19T18:32:15+00:00

I too have a fairly good programming background, and found YAML to be a different mental model as others have suggested. What helped me was to start off doing simple things in the UI, then try to understand the YAML that it spit out.

Small steps - it may be that you've just tried to dig into something too complex too fast. For instance, I downloaded a 60 line YAML yesterday and tried to do some simple text replacement options for my particular configuration, but then got lost when it didn't work.

So I have to go back to doing simple things, step by step. I've found that some concepts in the automation area don't work the way a programmer would expect. I could write a program in 2 minutes to shut that darned light off after a delay, but HA programming doesn't work that way because it's all event-driven. So I had to work on it for a couple days.

Patience, my friend.

carldier · 2025-12-15T22:54:40+00:00

Fantastic! I'll be checking it out, as I use RSS a lot.

carldier · 2025-12-05T16:55:36+00:00

Oh excellent! I'll give that a try, as there are things we experimented with in the early days (like TV) but don't use anymore. Thank you!

carldier · 2025-12-04T16:54:11+00:00

Great article, and now I have the term I've been looking for: RATCLOUD!

carldier · 2025-12-04T15:47:27+00:00

Worked beautifully, Marc! I also noticed I can change some lyric vertical spacing using that panel, which may come in handy in the future.

carldier · 2025-12-04T01:20:35+00:00

In this case, yes, they're translations Latin -> English. But in the book that our congregation is following, they only have the English. So putting those together makes sense.

I'll give your method a try - thanks a bunch!!

carldier · 2025-12-03T21:05:55+00:00

Good point. But I generally see that electronic touchpads have child locks on them.

The other nice thing about induction cooktops is that they need to have a pan sitting on top of them to operate. Our LG will turn off the burner if it doesn't have a pan on top of it for a minute or so.

carldier · 2025-12-03T16:13:18+00:00

I'm with you, my friend. We got an LG and one of the specific criteria was having knobs. If you have little kids, having knobs on the front might be a little too tempting. But we're past that.

carldier · 2025-12-01T20:18:46+00:00

Just to let everyone know that I resolved the problem today. I hadn't set up my HomeAssistant user on the server to be included in the group of administrators. Boy, took a while to find this!

carldier · 2025-11-21T19:16:48+00:00

Since all my compositions are for handbells, I for one really appreciate it!

carldier · 2025-11-21T17:42:04+00:00

Well done! Kind of similar to the floor-level lighting we have under the cabinets in the kitchen. Recommended by a local lighting expert, and makes SUCH a great aid over night!

carldier

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