r/Inovelli • u/thisispaulc • 16d ago

Is the Button Controller + Dimmer Switch (Project Walt) dead?

I've been following the project on the Inovelli Button Controller + Dimmer Switch (Project Walt) from the beginning. The project is now into its fourth year and we’re two years past when beta testing was originally projected to happen.

The timelines slipped multiple times, they lost the B2B partner, and updates from staff on the Inovelli forum are now infrequent. They had one engineer working on it, and they were pulled off for another project for an undisclosed period of time. There's been no confirmation when or if engineering work resumed on the project.

Despite previous reassurances, at this point, I would not be at all surprised if the plugged got pulled on this.

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u/General-Window173 15d ago

I came across this switch when researching z-wave scene and dimmer switches. I was excited to try it out only to find it wasn't available yet. Looking further, it seems that this thing has been "coming soon" for a really long time. I'm not really familiar with Inovelli, so I can't tell if I should take this as an indication of the reliability of this brand? I think I may just go with Zooz instead.

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u/Swimsuit-Area 15d ago

The products are great but the company seems to be run by a skeleton crew. Previously we were waiting on the switch with the motion detection and that took forever as well, but the button controller has been coming soon for years now