I wouldn't necessarily say "control your scenes, " but it depends on your Z-Wave controller. The Red Series sends Z-Wave Central Scene commands with taps and multi-taps, and you can make your controller do whatever you want with those (they do not have to be "scene" or even lighting-related, necessarily). The other difference is that the Red Series has a "notification" feature for the LED bar, where you can temporarily or indefinitely set it to different colors/effects by modifying that parameter (e. g., flash green if motion at your door, pulse red if garage door is open, or whatever your controller can react to). On the Black Series, you get only single taps, no Z-Wave Central Scene commands (or third button for anything besides configuration), and no notification LED parameter. You *can* still change the default/on and off LED color and level on any.