Can Alloy $model be used to save a model in a tableView row while in it's own controller?

I'm trying to update a model from a switch in a tableViewRow controller using $model. I just want it to flip a value in the model when it flips back and forth but when I flip the switch it flips back false the first time I flip it and also doesn't seem to save the model so I'm obviously doing something wrong. Then when I continue to flip it back and forth it bounces around a bit.

I'm using Alloy 1.3 and Titanium SDK 3.2.2.

I have a tableview bound to a collection:

<Alloy>
    <Window id="win">
        <View class="container-view">
            <Label class="label-H5">Set a device to be visible or not and change order of devices.</Label>
            <TableView id="devicesTableView" class="tableview-form" dataCollection="device">
                    <Require src="settingsDeviceRow"/>
            </TableView>
            <Button id="closeBtn">Save and Close</Button>
        </View>
    </Window>
</Alloy>

Then I have a settingsDeviceRow view and controller:

<Alloy>
    <TableViewRow class="deviceTableViewRow">
        <Label class="deviceRowLbl" text="{displayName}"></Label>
        <Label class="deviceRowTypeLbl" text="{type}"></Label>
        <Switch id="switch" class="deviceRowSwitch" titleOn="Visible" value="{showInView}"></Switch>
    </TableViewRow>
</Alloy>

if ($model) {
    $.settingsDeviceRow.model = $model.toJSON();
}
 
$.switch.addEventListener('change', function(e) {
    //if switch on update ShowInView to true.  If switch off inListView = false
    if(e.value){
        Ti.API.info("Switch set to True!");
        //update the model to make showInView false.
    //$model.attributes.showInView = true;  //which works?
        $model.get('showInView').value = true;
 
    }else{
        Ti.API.info("Switch set to False!");
        //$model.attributes.showInView = false; //which works?
        $model.get('showInView').value = false;
    }
    $model.save();
});

I wouldn't mind just saving the entire collection either after flipping the switches if that's the best way to do it but I can't seem to get that to work either:

$.closeBtn.addEventListener('click', function () {
    //save all of the model elements in the collection
    Alloy.Collections.device.each(function(d) {
        d.save();
    });
    $.destroy();
    $.win.close();
});