Please use this document as a resource to understand the various parameters on your Red Series 2-1 switch. We try to keep this up-to-date, but as we constantly change our firmware, there may be a mistake. Please reach out if you see anything that needs to be corrected.

Please see the table below for a quick reference guide to the parameters on the Red Series 2-1 switch (VZW31-SN). The table is meant to provide a high level view of all the parameters. For a full explanation of each parameter, please click on the hyperlink in each cell to be taken down the page to the appropriate section.

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Below we'll list out the parameter number, description, range, default value, size, firmware version it was implemented and an example of how to use it.

AC Power Type is a read only parameter that shows whether or not the switch is in neutral or non-neutral mode.

Switch Mode refers to the switch being in either On/Off or Dimmer mode.

Switch Type refers to the type of wiring installation your switch is in: Single Pole, 3-Way Dumb, 3-Way Aux or Full Sine Wave.

Smart Bulb Mode is a mode that allows your switch to be used with smart bulbs that are wired to the switch (ie: it locks in full power and sends digital signals to the hub to turn on/off/dim the smart bulb rather than cutting power to the bulb).

To see whether or not your Red Series 2-1 Switch is in neutral or non-neutral mode, please look for Parameter 21 in your hubs user interface (NOTE: This is a read only parameter that cannot be changed, so it may not show up on some hub user interfaces such as SmartThings).

To change your Red Series 2-1 Switch from On/Off to Dimmer or Dimmer to On/Off, please select Parameter 158 and adjust accordingly with 0 being Dimmer and 1 being On/Off which is also the default setting.

To program your Red Series 2-1 switch which installation type it's in (ie: Single Pole, 3-Way Dumb, 3-Way Aux, or Full Sine Mode) you'll want to change Parameter 22 and enter in 0 for Single Pole (which is also the default), 1 for Multi-Way (3-Way) with a Dumb switch, 2 for Multi-Way (3-Way) with an Auxiliary / Add-On switch, or 3 for Full Sine Wave Mode.

To turn on or off Smart Bulb Mode on your Red Series 2-1 change Parameter 52 to reflect that state that you'd like, with 1 turning on Smart Bulb Mode and the default being 0 which has Smart Bulb Mode disabled.

Dimming speed refers to how fast or slow the light turns on when you change the dim level either remotely or locally (at the switch) such as from 10-20%, 60-80%, etc.

Ramp rate refers to how fast or slow the light turns on when you either remotely or locally (at the switch) bring the switch from off to on (or on to off).

To change the remote dimming speed for dimming up on your Red Series 2-1 Switch, you would select Parameter 1 within your hub and then input a range of 0-254, with each interval equating to 100 milliseconds between values 1 and 100 (1-10,000 milliseconds), 1 second between values 101 and 160 (1-59 seconds) and 1 minute between the values 161 and 254 (1-93 minutes) with the default being 2.5 seconds.

To change the dimming speed at the switch (locally) for dimming up on your Red Series 2-1 Switch, you would select Parameter 2 within your hub and then input a range of 0-255, with each interval equating to 100 milliseconds between values 1 and 100 (1-10,000 milliseconds), 1 second between values 101 and 160 (1-59 seconds) and 1 minute between the values 161 and 254 (1-93 minutes) with the default being that the switch will default to whatever is selected in Parameter 1.

To change the remote dimming speed for dimming down on your Red Series 2-1 Switch, you would select Parameter 5 within your hub and then input a range of 0-255, with each interval equating to 100 milliseconds between values 1 and 100 (1-10,000 milliseconds), 1 second between values 101 and 160 (1-59 seconds) and 1 minute between the values 161 and 254 (1-93 minutes) with the default being that the switch will default to whatever is selected in Parameter 1.

To change the dimming speed at the switch (locally) for dimming down on your Red Series 2-1 Switch, you would select Parameter 6 within your hub and then input a range of 0-255, with each interval equating to 100 milliseconds between values 1 and 100 (1-10,000 milliseconds), 1 second between values 101 and 160 (1-59 seconds) and 1 minute between the values 161 and 254 (1-93 minutes) with the default being that the switch will default to whatever is selected in Parameter 2.

To change the remote ramp rate for how fast your Red Series 2-1 Switch goes from off to on, you would select Parameter 3 within your hub and then input a range of 0-255, with each interval equating to 100 milliseconds between values 1 and 100 (1-10,000 milliseconds), 1 second between values 101 and 160 (1-59 seconds) and 1 minute between the values 161 and 254 (1-93 minutes) with the default being that the switch will default to whatever is selected in Parameter 1.

To change the remote ramp rate for how fast your Red Series 2-1 Switch goes from off to on, you would select Parameter 4 within your hub and then input a range of 0-255, with each interval equating to 100 milliseconds between values 1 and 100 (1-10,000 milliseconds), 1 second between values 101 and 160 (1-59 seconds) and 1 minute between the values 161 and 254 (1-93 minutes) with the default being that the switch will default to whatever is selected in Parameter 3.

To change the remote ramp rate for how fast your Red Series 2-1 Switch goes from on to off, you would select Parameter 7 within your hub and then input a range of 0-254, with each interval equating to 100 milliseconds between values 1 and 100 (1-10,000 milliseconds), 1 second between values 101 and 160 (1-59 seconds) and 1 minute between the values 161 and 254 (1-93 minutes) with the default being that the switch will default to whatever is selected in Parameter 3.

To change the local ramp rate for how fast your Red Series 2-1 Switch goes from on to off, you would select Parameter 8 within your hub and then input a range of 0-255, with each interval equating to 100 milliseconds between values 1 and 100 (1-10,000 milliseconds), 1 second between values 101 and 160 (1-59 seconds) and 1 minute between the values 161 and 254 (1-93 minutes) with the default being that the switch will default to whatever is selected in Parameter 4.

Minimum Dim Level refers to the minimum level the light switch will dim to.

Maximum Dim Level refers to the maximum level the light switch will dim to.

Invert Switch refers to inverting the switch (where tapping up on the switch will turn the switch off and tapping down on the switch will turn the switch on)

Auto-Off Timer refers to the switch being turned off after a certain amount of time (in seconds).

To change the minimum dim level for how low your Red Series 2-1 Switch dims to, you would select Parameter 9 within your hub and then input a range of 1-54, where the lower the numeric value equals the lower the minimum dim level (1 = 1%) and the higher the numeric value equals the higher the minimum dim level (54 = 54%) with the default being that the switch will be at 1%.

This is typically used for fixing flickering bulbs or calibrating the bulb if it shuts off prior to 1%.

To change the maximum dim level for how low your Red Series 2-1 Switch dims to, you would select Parameter 10 within your hub and then input a range of 55-99, where the lower the numeric value equals the lower the maximum dim level (55 = 55%) and the higher the numeric value equals the higher the maximum dim level (99 = 100%) with the default being that the switch will be at 100%.

This is typically used for calibrating the bulb if reaches the maximum level before 100%.

To invert your Red Series 2-1 Switch (ie: tapping on the up button turns your light off and tapping on the down button turns your light on), you would select Parameter 11 within your hub and then select either 0 to keep it non-inverted or 1 to invert it with the default being that the switch is not inverted (value of 0).

To set an auto-off timer where you can have your Red Series 2-1 Switch turn off after a certain amount of seconds, you would select Parameter 12 within your hub and then input a range of 0-32767, where each interval is a second.

Default Level - Local refers to the default dim level the switch goes to when turned on at the switch (ie: if you set the default level to 60%, that's the percentage the switch turns on to when you turn it on).

Default Level - Remote refers to the default dim level the switch goes to when turned on remotely via the app (ie: if you set the default level to 60%, that's the percentage the switch turns on to when you turn it on).

Level After Power Restored refers to the level the switch will return to when power is restored to it (ie: after a power outage).

LED Indicator Timeout changes the amount of time (in seconds) the RGB Bar shows the Dim Level (ie: if you are actively dimming the light, the LED Bar will show you approximately what level the light is at -- the timeout is the time that indicator shows once you let go of the paddle)

To set the default level your Red Series 2-1 Switch turns on to when you manually press the switch, you would select Parameter 13 within your hub and then input a range of 0-99, where a value of 0 means that the switch will go to the last state it was in prior to being turned off and the lower the numeric value equals a lower dim level (1 = 1%) and the higher the numeric value equals a higher dim level (99 = 100%) with the default being that the switch will return to the prior state it was in.

To set the default level your Red Series 2-1 Switch turns on to when you turn on your switch remotely (via an app), you would select Parameter 14 within your hub and then input a range of 0-99, where a value of 0 means that the switch will go to the last state it was in prior to being turned off and the lower the numeric value equals a lower dim level (1 = 1%) and the higher the numeric value equals a higher dim level (99 = 100%) with the default being that the switch will return to the prior state it was in.

To set the behavior that your Red Series 2-1 Switch enacts after a power outage, you would select Parameter 15 within your hub and then input a range of 0-99, where a value of 0 equals off, 100 equals the last level the switch was set at, the lower the numeric value equals a lower dim level (1 = 1%) and the higher the numeric value equals a higher dim level (99 = 100%) with the default being that the switch will return to the prior state it was in.

To adjust the time that the LED Bar displays the value of what your Red Series 2-1 Switch is at (ie: on/off, dim level), you would select Parameter 17 within your hub and then input a range of 0-11, where zero (0) equals always off, each interval equals one second and 11 equals always on.

Active Power Reports refer to the reporting of the power level change and will result in a new power report being sent in wattage (W).

Periodic Power & Energy Reports refer to the time period between consecutive power and energy reports being sent (in seconds).

Energy Reports refer to the reporting of the energy level change and will result in a new energy report being sent in kilowatt hours (kWh).

To adjust the threshold at which a power report is sent based on a change in Wattage on your Red Series 2-1 Switch, you would select Parameter 18 within your hub and then input a range of 0-32767, where zero disables the reports and each interval equals 0.1 Watt.

To adjust the time period at which consecutive power or energy reports are sent on your Red Series 2-1 Switch, you would select Parameter 19 within your hub and then input a range of 0-32767, where zero disables the reports and each interval equals 1 second.

To adjust the threshold at which an energy report is sent based on a change in kilowatt hours on your Red Series 2-1 Switch, you would select Parameter 20 within your hub and then input a range of 0-32767, where zero disables the reports and each interval equals 0.01 kilowatt hours (kWh).

Please use the chart below to understand what parameters align with what LED on the switch. For a visual example, please visit the Inovelli Toolbox which will show you what the various animations look like (be sure to select, "On\Off + Dimmer Switch (VZM31-SN)").

To adjust the notification of the bottom LED (LED #1) on the Red Series 2-1, find parameter 64 in your hub's UI and change accordingly. The easiest way to see what the notification will look like is to go to the Inovelli Toolbox. First, select, "On\Off + Dimmer Switch (VZW31-SN)" followed by clicking on the drop-down that says, "LED" and selecting 1. Then you can play with the color selector, brightness level, duration and finally you can select the animation itself by clicking on the, "Effect" drop-down. The default is for LED #1's notification to be set to 0, which is off.

To adjust the notification of the second from the bottom LED (LED #2) on the Red Series 2-1, find parameter 69 in your hub's UI and change accordingly. The easiest way to see what the notification will look like is to go to the Inovelli Toolbox. First, select, "On\Off + Dimmer Switch (VZW31-SN)" followed by clicking on the drop-down that says, "LED" and selecting 2. Then you can play with the color selector, brightness level, duration and finally you can select the animation itself by clicking on the, "Effect" drop-down. The default is for LED #2's notification to be set to 0, which is off.

To adjust the notification of the third from the bottom LED (LED #3) on the Red Series 2-1, find parameter 74 in your hub's UI and change accordingly. The easiest way to see what the notification will look like is to go to the Inovelli Toolbox. First, select, "On\Off + Dimmer Switch (VZW31-SN)" followed by clicking on the drop-down that says, "LED" and selecting 3. Then you can play with the color selector, brightness level, duration and finally you can select the animation itself by clicking on the, "Effect" drop-down. The default is for LED #3's notification to be set to 0, which is off.

To adjust the color of the middle LED (LED #4) on the Red Series 2-1, find parameter 79 in your hub's UI and change accordingly. The easiest way to see what the notification will look like is to go to the Inovelli Toolbox. First, select, "On\Off + Dimmer Switch (VZW31-SN)" followed by clicking on the drop-down that says, "LED" and selecting 4. Then you can play with the color selector, brightness level, duration and finally you can select the animation itself by clicking on the, "Effect" drop-down. The default is for LED #4's notification to be set to 0, which is off.

To adjust the color of the third from the top LED (LED #5) on the Red Series 2-1, find parameter 84 in your hub's UI and change accordingly. The easiest way to see what the notification will look like is to go to the Inovelli Toolbox. First, select, "On\Off + Dimmer Switch (VZW31-SN)" followed by clicking on the drop-down that says, "LED" and selecting 5. Then you can play with the color selector, brightness level, duration and finally you can select the animation itself by clicking on the, "Effect" drop-down. The default is for LED #5's notification to be set to 0, which is off.

To adjust the color of the second from the top LED (LED #6) on the Red Series 2-1, find parameter 89 in your hub's UI and change accordingly. The easiest way to see what the notification will look like is to go to the Inovelli Toolbox. First, select, "On\Off + Dimmer Switch (VZW31-SN)" followed by clicking on the drop-down that says, "LED" and selecting 6. Then you can play with the color selector, brightness level, duration and finally you can select the animation itself by clicking on the, "Effect" drop-down. The default is for LED #6's notification to be set to 0, which is off.

To adjust the color of the top LED (LED #7) on the Red Series 2-1, find parameter 94 in your hub's UI and change accordingly. The easiest way to see what the notification will look like is to go to the Inovelli Toolbox. First, select, "On\Off + Dimmer Switch (VZW31-SN)" followed by clicking on the drop-down that says, "LED" and selecting 7. Then you can play with the color selector, brightness level, duration and finally you can select the animation itself by clicking on the, "Effect" drop-down. The default is for LED #7's notification to be set to 0, which is off.

To adjust the color of the LED Bar (LED's 1-7) on the Red Series 2-1 switch when the light (load) is on, find parameter 95 in your hub's UI and change accordingly. The easiest way to determine a color's value is to go to the Inovelli Toolbox, select, "On\Off + Dimmer Switch (VZM31-SN)" and then select, "LED" and use the slider to select a color (ie: 170 is blue). The default is 170 which is Blue.

To adjust the color of the LED Bar (LED's 1-7) on the Red Series 2-1 switch when the light (load) is off, find parameter 96 in your hub's UI and change accordingly. The easiest way to determine a color's value is to go to the Inovelli Toolbox, select, "On\Off + Dimmer Switch (VZM31-SN)" and then select, "LED" and use the slider to select a color (ie: 170 is blue). The default is 170 which is Blue.

To adjust the LED Bar's brightness (LED's 1-7) on the Red Series 2-1 switch when the light (load) is on, find parameter 97 in your hub's UI and change accordingly. The lower the number, the lower the intensity (ie: 0 = Off, 10 = 10%, 100 = 100%, etc). The default value is 33 (33%).

To adjust the LED Bar's brightness (LED's 1-7) on the Red Series 2-1 switch when the light (load) is off, find parameter 98 in your hub's UI and change accordingly. The lower the number, the lower the intensity (ie: 0 = Off, 10 = 10%, 100 = 100%, etc). The default value is 1.

To adjust the LED Bar's notification (LED's 1-7) on the Red Series 2-1, find parameter 99 in your hub's UI and change accordingly. The easiest way to see what the notification will look like is to go to the Inovelli Toolbox. First, select, "On\Off + Dimmer Switch (VZW31-SN)" followed by making sure the drop-down that says, "LED" says, "All". Then you can play with the color selector, brightness level, duration and finally you can select the animation itself by clicking on the, "Effect" drop-down. The default is for all LED's 1-7 notifications to be set to 0, which is off.

Non-Neutral Output allows you to increase the power output in non-neutral mode. By default the switch throttles the power output in non-neutral to prevent flickering. If you experience flickering when turning this feature on, adjust Parameter 10 (Max Dim Level).

Switch Delay refers to the delay between when you press the switch and the light turns on. By default, there is a 500ms delay to account for multi-taps (scene control). In other words, the switch does not turn on right away because it's waiting for a potential multi-tap. You can turn this delay off, but you will lose multi-tap control on the paddle (you will still have it on the config/favorites button).

Double-Tap Up to Max refers to enabling double-tapping up on the paddle and having the switch turn on to 100% instantly.

Double-Tap Down to Min refers to enabling double-tapping down on the paddle and having the switch turn down to 1% instantly.

Double-Tap Up to Level allows you to set the specific dim level for when you double-tap on the up paddle.

Double-Tap Down to Level allows you to set the specific dim level for when you double-tap on the down paddle.

Exclusion Behavior allows you to change the way exclusion (removal) is handled. You'll want to change this behavior if you're using a triple-tap scene on the config/favorites button as the default behavior is to initiate an exclusion and thus, have the LED Bar pulse blue. If you aren't using a triple-tap scene, then you can leave this parameter alone.

Association Behavior determines the behavior for your Red Series 2-1 switch in how it handles Z-Wave Association commands. When you associate two Z-Wave devices together, the default behavior is for the switch to send a command directly to the other Z-Wave device, but it will not send that command to the hub. You will want to set one of your devices to report to both the hub and the other device, so you will want to change this parameter on at least one of your Red Series 2-1 switches. We set the default to only reporting locally because if both switches are reporting to both the hub and each other, it will cause a Z-Wave loop.

LED Bar Scaling allows you to match the scaling of any Gen 2 switches you have.

Aux Switch Unique Scenes allows you to have different scenes at the aux switch then you do at the smart switch. In other words, you can create a double-tap scene on the aux switch that is different than the double-tap scene on the smart switch.

One LED Mode will set your switch to mimic our Gen 2 On/Off switch where only the bottom LED (#1) will operate.

Firmware Progress LED refers to the animation that runs during a firmware update. You can choose to keep this animation on or turn it off.

Disable Relay, "Click" Sound refers to disabling the clicking sound of the internal relay.

Clear Notifications by Double-Tapping the Config/Favorites Button allows you to turn on or off the ability to double-tap the config/favorites button to clear active notifications.

To adjust the voltage output in non-neutral mode for your Red Series 2-1 Switch, you'll want to adjust Parameter 25. By default, the switch throttles the output of the load in non-neutral mode so that it can effectively communicate with the aux switch (if needed) and/or minimize flickering. When the output is at its maximum, all the power to the switch is taken away by the bulb, which leads to signal instability, bulb flickering and can cause the switch to continuously reboot. You can remove this throttle and test the instability if you want your bulbs to be brighter by setting the value to 1. The default is 0, which puts the throttle on the switch.
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​NOTE: If you remove the throttle and experience flickering, you can change Parameter 10 (Max Dim Level) until the flickering stops.

To adjust the time between when you press the paddle and the light turns on/off, find Parameter 50 and adjust accordingly. A 0 value allows for, "instant on/off" and will turn the light on/off as soon as you let go of the paddle. Please note that if you set the switch to, "instant on/off" it will disable multi-tap scene control from the paddle (you will still have multi-tap scene control from the config/favorites button). The default is a 500 millisecond delay.

If you'd like your Red Series 2-1 switch to easily turn onto 100% via a double-tap on the up (top) paddle, turn on Parameter 53 (if you'd like to set a specific value other than 100%, then also turn on Parameter 55 and set the level). The default is 0, which has this feature turned off.

If you'd like your Red Series 2-1 switch to easily turn down to 1% via a double-tap on the down (bottom) paddle, turn on Parameter 54 (if you'd like to set a specific value other than 1%, then also turn on Parameter 56 and set the level). The default is 0, which has this feature turned off.

If you'd like your Red Series 2-1 switch to easily turn onto a certain dim percentage via a double-tap on the up (top) paddle, turn on Parameter 55 (also remember to turn on Parameter 53 - 2x Up to Max). The lower the numeric value equals a lower dim level (1 = 1%) and the higher the numeric value equals a higher dim level (99 = 100%) with the default being 99 (100%).

If you'd like your Red Series 2-1 switch to easily turn down to a certain dim percentage via a double-tap on the down (bottom) paddle, turn on Parameter 56 (also remember to turn on Parameter 54 - 2x Up to Min). The lower the numeric value equals a lower dim level (1 = 1%) and the higher the numeric value equals a higher dim level (99 = 100%) with the default being 1 (1%).

You may notice that when you triple-tap the config button on your Red Series 2-1 Switch the LED Bar will start to pulse blue even if the switch is already included in your network. This is because the switch is actually going into exclusion mode and is a requirement of Z-Wave to have it active. You can override the exclusion behavior on the Red Series 2-1 Switch by finding Parameter 58 and either turn off the pulsing of the LED Bar by entering a value of 0 or you can turn off exclusion mode completely by entering a value of 2 (not recommended) which will require a factory reset. The default value of Parameter 58 is 1 which is to keep the exclusion mode on and LED Bar pulsing when the favorites button is tapped three times.

If you want to change the way your Red Series 2-1 Switch associates with other Z-Wave products, find Parameter 59 and change it to a value of 0 if you'd like to disable associations, a value of 1 if you'd like to send association commands locally, a value of 2 if you want to send association commands to your hub, and a value 3 if you'd like to send association commands both locally and to your hub. The default value of Parameter 59 is 1 which is to send Association commands locally. This is because depending on your setup, having multiple Z-Wave devices communicating to both the hub and locally may cause a Z-Wave loop.

If you'd like your Red Series 2-1 switches LED Bar scaling to match your Gen 2 (LZWxx) switches LED Bar scaling, set Parameter 100 to 1. The default is 0, which keeps the Red Series 2-1 switches default scaling.

If you have your Red Series 2-1 switch setup in a multi-way setting with an Auxiliary Switch, you can choose to have your Aux switch have different scenes than your Red Series 2-1. In other words, if you have a scene where you double-tap your Blue Series 2-1 switch to activate a bedtime scene, you can double-tap your Aux switch with a different scene (ie: Movie Scene). The default is 0, which disables this feature and has the Aux switch mimic the Red Series 2-1 switch (ie: double tap scene on the aux = double tap scene on the Red 2-1).

If you'd like to mimic the look of your Gen 2 On/Off switch (LZW30 and LZW30-SN), you can put your Red Series 2-1 Switch into One LED Mode which will disable LED's 2-7, and keep LED #1 active. By default this feature is set to 0, which disables the One LED Mode and keeps all 7 LED's active.

During each firmware update, the Red Series 2-1 Switch has an animation where the LED Bar will light up to the level the firmware update is at (ie: if the LED Bar is halfway up the switch, the firmware update is 50% completed). If you'd like to disable the Firmware Update LED Animation, please change Parameter 160 to 0. By default this feature is set to 1, which enables the animation.

If you'd like to turn off the audible, "clicking" sound when your Red 2-1 Switch turns off, change Parameter 161 to 1. By default this feature is set to 0, which enables the has the sound on.

If you'd like to turn off the feature to double-tap the config/favorites button to clear active notifications on your Red Series 2-1 Switch, change Parameter 262 to 1. By default this feature is set to 0, which enables this feature.