@board4mic I followed this with 4 switches.  I have 2 3 ways on the ends, and 2 4 ways in the middle.   Power and load each on separate 3 way.   I put smart dimmer kit (230) on each end.   Those work fine.   If I flip a dumb 4 way it says there is a wiring issue and shuts down the smart switches.   Any thoughts?

Please critique my plan.

I have a 4-way foyer light. One switch is upstairs and two switches are on the first floor not too far from each other. I use Alexa voice commands for controlling my lights including temperature and brightness. I really don't need two switches on the ground floor.

My plan is to remove the 4-way switch by connecting it's two black wires together and the red wires together. This is in essence converting 3 switches to two switches. I do not see any reason why it would not work. Further, I can identify 4-way switch by looking at how many wires connect to the switch. If it has 4 wires connected to it (not including ground) it is the 4-way switch that I should remove. 

Please let me know if my plan will work.

Thanks,

Jay

  @Jay89 Your plan should work. I've read or watched a video somewhere where that was a solution. You'll just wanna cover up the 4 way spot with a blank plate. 

  @PatchyFog 

I don't know how everyone is getting the four-way installation, correct. I have four switches altogether. 
The two middle four-way switches I'm leaving as dumb and the two three-way switches I put smart switches on them. The problem is the circle LED is always on and it's not detecting when the actual switches off.

How do I fix this?

  @Chesky-Neuman1 Like everybody else, you keep asking tp-link to produce an actual 4-way switch to replace the "dumb" switches. With enough voices, they might actually listen and produce one.

  @Starbase101 

people have said they figured out how to do it so I'm trying to ask the community to see if there's something that I might've done wrong. Doesn't matter

  @Chesky-Neuman1 

i have one main and two satellites to configure my 4 way switch. They are version 1s because versions 2 will not work. Or at least I couldn't find a way to get them to work. That being said I had to order almost 40 used kits on Amazon which almost all of them were broke until I got working ones. Anyway in a 4 way configuration the led remains lit whether the light is on or off. At least it does for sure on the satellites. I can't remember if that is the same for the main switch. I'll double check tomorrow as I'm away from home. As far as a solution for the leds always on I don't have one. I was just glad to get it working at that point. However inovelli does make a 4 way switch but you have to purchase each switch separately which will get expensive. But a solution nonetheless. Haven't tried them yet as I already replaced my entire house when the inovelli switches were announced. 

  @RetroTechFan 

I have one four-way in the middle and two three-way switches. I put in two smart switches for this three ways and set them up as individual switches not together. But still, it is not working correctly. Any know how to fix this. 

I have two HS230 kits setup with 4 ways in middle. Like others stated, the 3-ways work but the 4-way does not. When the 4-way is thrown when off, the 3-way senses the configuration change and turns it back off before the light comes on. When the 4-way is thrown with the light on, the light goes out momentarily while the 3-way senses the change and turns the light back on. 
I was hoping the was a configuration change in the firmware that would tell it to not switch the circuit when it senses the change. Instead it should just register the light in the new state (On/Off). This would make the 4-way work. Unfortunately, it is set to maintain the state that it believes the lights should be in. 
Why not a firmware configuration change if not making a 4-way switch?