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Sorry realise I never updated. It works exactly as I thought. My Hue bulbs are now unswitched, so I can always turn them on or off by voice or phone, and the fitting is now controlled by the switch but in a soft manner, so it is also permanently accessible by voice or phone. Thanks again...

Hi Eric. Totally understood, and thanks for all the help. Your first a diagram really helped me understand what the switch is doing. My old sonoff was just an extra inline switch, so was added between the connections to the light, whereas this samotech is effectively a soft switch and needs...

Makes sense, and thanks for all the help. The sonoff is the smart switch I'm replacing, so I've taken it out. I didn't mention the extra cable though. That runs to three standard fittings with Hue bulbs, so I will wire the live into live not switched live, so I can control them separately...

Having taken the fitting off, I can see how I wired it previously. There are bunch connectors for the live, neutral, switched live and earth, with the switched live and neutral going to the sonoff inline switch. I have an extra cable as this fitting is connected to three others operated by...

Thanks Eric, just wanted to make sure I'd understood correctly.

Thanks Eric, And sorry for the delay. Just want to check I understand here. Your drawing is showing what the wiring for the fitting should look like now, with the black lines being where I should move the wires to in the new installation. So I will plug the wires from the wall switch into...

Howdy DIY Not. I have used a Sonos inline WiFi switch to make one of my light fittings smart, but it requires a hard reset for WiFi changes, plus it isn't zigbee compatible, which means I can't use the Hue app to control it with the rest of the lights. To that end I bought a Samotech SM308-S...