2x Qubino ZMNHDD1 - reacts different

[dimmer]

Hi all,

I've 2 Qubino's ZMNHDD1 dimmers. Both are connected in the wall next to each on in the same way but I'm having strange issues with 1 of both dimmers. Both dimmers are connected to pulse switches.

Dimmer 1 - ZMNHDD1 - Normal light bulb, only changed parameter 1 from Bi-stable to mono-stable
Dimmer 2 - ZMNHDD1 - Normal light bulb, only changed parameter 1 from Bi-stable to mono-stable

What's the issue?
- In the past the dimmer 2 didn't respond by a single press for turning on/off the light, dimmer 1 does. Both dimmers were able to dim/brighten the lights. I fixed the turn on/off issue by removing temporary the power from the module. If there was a fault connection the dim functionality shouldn't either work from my perspective.
- Now the dimmer is not responding correctly from domoticz:
- If I turn the module on in Domoticz the lights go on, but if I set the dim level for example on 75% by clicking on the slider the light goes to 75% but domoticz goes back within a second to the previous value like 19%. The last logline says the level is set to 79%.
- If I switch off the light by the pulse switch the light go off, dimmer 1 shows "Off" in domoticz whereas dimmer 2 shows "On".

I've also tried to look at the JSON values but those are even incorrect.

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2015-12-21 20:33:33.153 (Razberry) Lighting 2 (Dimmer 2)
2015-12-21 20:33:38.998 OpenZWave: Domoticz has send a Switch command!, Level: 75, NodeID: 19 (0x13)
2015-12-21 20:33:39.001 (Razberry) Lighting 2 (Dimmer 2)
2015-12-21 20:33:48.059 OpenZWave: Domoticz has send a Switch command!, Level: 18, NodeID: 19 (0x13)
2015-12-21 20:33:48.062 (Razberry) Lighting 2 (Dimmer 2)
2015-12-21 20:33:48.194 (Razberry) Lighting 2 (Dimmer 2)
2015-12-21 20:34:15.446 (Razberry) Usage (verbruik onbekend)
2015-12-21 20:34:15.452 (Razberry) General/kWh (kWh Meter)
2015-12-21 20:34:16.460 (Razberry) Usage (verbruik onbekend)
2015-12-21 20:34:16.466 (Razberry) General/kWh (kWh Meter)

My domoticz interface shows now 74% what's the same as JSON.

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   "CustomImage" : 0,
         "Data" : "Set Level: 74 %, Level: 74 %",
         "Description" : "",
         "Favorite" : 0,

I really can't find why dimmer 1 is working as expected, dimmer 2 isn't.

I've serveral times to exclude and include dimmer 2 but the result is still the same. I also tried a factory reset but it seems like it won't reset because parameter 1 stays on mono-stable (push).

Is there anything else I can try?

[Edit]
I've found that I can do a "Refresh node info" in the OpenZwave control panel. After this the value is updated... do I need to run the update script as assumed in an other topic?
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=7043
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[Egregius]

I don't use that script on my ZMNHDA2 dimmers, only on the flush 2 relays with wrong endpoint mapping.
On those dimmers I noticed multiple times that on a new switch even with bi-stable switch selected they act as it was a mono stable switch. Setting it to mono and back solved that.
Maybe try something like that?
Are there any scripts active for these dimmers?

[dimmer]

Thanks for the hint but it doesn't help. I've set the dimmer to mono and back to bi-stable but the issue is still the same.

I don't have any lua/blocky scripts or scenes. I'm currently already happy when all of my devices works as expected

What I also notice is the dim speed. Module 1 is much faster than 2. I know this is a parameter but both are the same, both are 100. I've set dimmer 2 to 99 to check it takes the parameters but dimmer 1 is still faster than 2 in the dim speed. I've also found dimmer 1 has more parameters compared to dimmer 2.

(left dimmer 2, right dimmer 1) - whereas again dimmer 2 information like Level and Power are incorrect. (After a 'refresh node info' Level goes to 80, power to 27.9 watt)

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There is also most of the times (at least as far as I can see) a 1% difference.

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2015-12-22 09:03:02.607 OpenZWave: Domoticz has send a Switch command!, Level: 18, NodeID: 19 (0x13)
2015-12-22 09:03:02.610 (Razberry) Lighting 2 (Dimmer 2)
2015-12-22 09:03:02.757 (Razberry) Lighting 2 (Dimmer 2)
2015-12-22 09:03:07.813 OpenZWave: Domoticz has send a Switch command!, Level: 74, NodeID: 19 (0x13)
2015-12-22 09:03:07.817 (Razberry) Lighting 2 (Dimmer 2)
2015-12-22 09:03:07.977 (Razberry) Lighting 2 (Dimmer 2)

In this example the level was 18%, it was set to 74% afterwards but if you look in domoticz / openzwave it shows 19%. So it looks several OpenZwave/Domoticz takes the last level and several times add 1%.

Well, I really don't care about that 1% difference if the dimmer works well but it's also one of the things I noticed... I'm not a programmer and either don't know if thats useful information.

Can it be a timing issue that dimmer 2 is slower and the measurement of the level is done directly after setting the dim level which causes the wrong level?

[dimmer]

Nice...

I've replaced the fault dimmer with a new one; same issue...

Enabled polling for this dimmer and it seems to be much better... I will update you asap

[Edit]

Yup, since enable polling it works fine!

Don't know why it's different for both dimmers... but it works!

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[durdrum]

I have almost exactly the same problem.
I have 2 dimmers, one works as expected, the other one don't. I'm using Raspberry/Razberry/Domoticz.

The problematic dimmer cannot be turned off using the push-switch. It's only possible to completely turn it of using the controller buttons.
I've excluded and reincluded the dimmer module several times.

Did you replace the faulty one and had the same issue with the new one?

[dimmer]

As far as I know if you connect you switch to I1 this should always work because it's not related to any Z-Wave event. I1 is directly connected to the dimmer and should work without any Z-wave controller...

[anasazi]

- If I turn the module on in Domoticz the lights go on, but if I set the dim level for example on 75% by clicking on the slider the light goes to 75% but domoticz goes back within a second to the previous value like 19%. The last logline says the level is set to 79%.

Hi,

Do you still have this problem after you turned on polling?
I have polling and it seems to update status but I still have problem as above when changing dim level with the slider...
Anyone has a solution for this?
Or is it only with the php workaround as discussed in the other thread?