Wallmote Quad and dimmer

[PWsweden]

Hi.

Can I please get some help in getting my Wallmote Quad to be used for dimmer up / down my NanoDimmers. Like in a "explain like I'm 5" way.

The Wallmote is added OK. The NanoDimmers are added OK. I can press it On by using a Blockly with Button 1. But I do not understand how I would go about configuring so that the dimmer function of the Wallmote dims the NanoDimmers.

I think, by googling, that I should add the NanoDimmers to the Wallmote Group 3 to associate them together (Group 3 seems to be dimmer function). But regardless of what I type (after pressing the + button) in in terms of NodeID it doesn't work. The Group 3 doesn't get updated and stays empty. The NodeID of the NanoDimmers are 016 (0x10) and 015 (0x0f). I tried using the full ID, just "015" and "016", cut the 0 out and tried "15" and "16". No dice. Still doesn't get added.

Am I in the right area with groups to get the dimmer function going? If so, what should I type in terms of NodeID?

Thanks in advance.

[PWsweden]

OK. Figured out I shouldn't press the + sign on the Wallmote Group 3, but on the Group 3 + sign for each NanoDimmer and add the ID for the Wallmote. Then the Group 3 on the Wallmote got updated with the ID's of the NanoDimmers automatically after that.

edit: The Wallmote now (after adding to group) works, however, it goes full 99% and then to 0%. There is no increase or decrease when swiping the Wallmote. It just dims full blast or turns it off. Any ideas on how to fix that? A parameter that needs setting?

[madpatrick]

check in the hardware section at the device

i've a Fibaro dimmer which can configred with a min/max setting

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1. Minimum brightness level: 1 (%) (huidig: 1)

Parameter is set automatically during the calibration process. Options for changing parameter 1-98. Default 1.

2. Maximum brightness level: 40 (%) (huidig: 40)

Parameter is set automatically during the calibration process. Options for changing parameter 2-99. Default 99.

Otherwise you can use a dzvents script which is very easy to make it very flexible

[PWsweden]

Hi, thanks for the input. Appreciate it very much. The dimmer function works perfectly fine with the physical button attached to the dimmer. The longer I hold the button the more it dims up / down. The setting is set to 3% dimming rate, with the max is set to 99% and the lowest is 0%. If I change the max / min I will change it for the physical button too, and I do not want that. I still want to be able to set the dimmer to 99% (if I want to), but I want to do it as I do it with the physical button i.e. in a certain percentage increase / decrease - not go from 0 to 99% after 1 swipe on the Wallmote. It should go maybe 0 to 3 % or something like that with one swipe on the Wallmote.

Sad to hear you have to actually program your own program to get that functionality, not sure I have the knowledge for it.. Will have to google for then. Was hoping that having the same vendor for the Wallmote and the Nanodimmer would enable a more user-friendly solution.

edit: To quote the Wallmote manual, which I thought I had done. Sliding is enabled (parameter 4) and Group association is done. It doesn't work however. Will google the Dzevent programming, mostly been using simple Blockly before.

"Dimmer control via sliding the button area.
The WallMote Quad also supports sliding control, when the parameter 4 [1 byte] has been set to 3, you can slide up or down on the button area to control a dimmer device by sliding up or down. Swiping up once will dim up a dimmer device by a certain percentage, while swiping down once will dim down a dimmer device by a certain percentage.

This application is only suitable for Group Association control, it does not work with scene controls."

[madpatrick]

Sad to hear you have to actually program your own program to get that functionality, not sure I have the knowledge for it.. Will have to google for then. Was hoping that having the same vendor for the Wallmote and the Nanodimmer would enable a more user-friendly solution.

There is a lot of support on the forum to help you out with a script.

[PWsweden]

Yeah, I will have to figure out what the "Slide" on the Wallmote represents. As it is not an On / Off, and then convert that to represent some sort of logic where each Swipe sets a 3% increase or decrease if it is up or down. Really wish there was a better an more intuitive way of doing this in Domoticz or Z-wave in general. Not sure why this hasn't been worked on and figured out for us lesser intelligent people