Fibaro RGBW - control single channel

pvm · Post by **pvm** » Saturday 05 March 2016 23:53

I've bought a "FIBARO System FGRGBWM441 RGBW Controller" and a 5m led strip (warmwhite).

With the fibaro controlled I would like to control this led strip (and possibly more in the future).
The setup is connected, detected by domoticz and functioning.

Well... not as I expected, the RGBW device shows up as a number of devices:

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These include 6 Dimmer devices, these do however not function seperately.
Overview (between tests i turn all devices off)
Change dimmer 0: lights stay off, dimmer 1 and 3 go to corresponding level
Change dimmer 1: lights stay off, dimmer 0 and 3 go to corresponding level
Change dimmer 2: lights stay off, dimmer 0 and 1 go to corresponding level
Change dimmer 3: lights stay off, dimmer 0 and 1 go to corresponding level
Change dimmer 4: lights stay off, dimmer 0 and 1 go to corresponding level
Change dimmer 5: lights go on, dimmer 0 and 1 go to corresponding level

Question, is my configuration somehow incorrect?

At that moment I thought just using dimmer5 will work for now.... but when i dim this to for example 80, turn the device off, and on again i shows dim level 1% for a few seconds and then switches to 46%, which does correspond with the amount of light, but not with the 80% i was using when i turned of the lights...
I would like this behaviour to be consistant, turn of at some level and then turn on and go to same level...

My settings

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1. Enable/Disable ALL ON/OFF:
ALL ON active / ALL OFF active

6. Associations command class choice:
Normall (Dimmer) - BASIC SET/SWITCH_MULTILEVEL_START/STOP

8. Outputs state change mode:
MODE 1 - Constand Speed (speed is defined by parameters 9 and 10)

9. Dimming step value (for MODE 1): 1

10. Time between dimming steps (for MODE 1): 10 (ms)

11. Time to complete the entire transition (for MODE 2): 67

12. Maximum dimmer level: 255

13. Minimum dimmer level: 2

14. Inputs / Outputs configuration:  4369

15. Option double click:
Double click enabled

16. Saving state before power faillure:
State saved at power failure, all outputs are set to previous state upon power restore

30. Alarm:
INACTIVE - no response to alarm frames

38. Alarm sequence program: 
10

39. Active PROGRAM alarm time: 
600

42. Command class reporting Outputs status change:
Reporting as a result of inputs and controllers actions (SWITCH MULTILEVEL)

43. Reporting 0-10v analog inputs change threshold: 
5

44. Power load reporting frequency: 
30

45. Reporting changes in energy consumed by controlled devices: 
10

71. Response to BRIGHTNESS set to 0%:
Last set colour is memorized

72. Starting predefined program: 
1

73. Triple Click Action:
NODE INFO control frame is sent

pvm · Post by **pvm** » Thursday 17 March 2016 12:27

Any users controlling a single channel succesfully?

Kochmeister · Post by **Kochmeister** » Tuesday 29 March 2016 22:44

Hi,

I am quite new into this as well, however:
you could make groups and use them as switch, RED is for LED-strip-1 ....... White for LED-strip-4

I also found that in Domoticz the GRBW controller you can set a number transfered from HEX-2-DEC so you should be able to controll eg. 4 led strips.

14. Inputs / Outputs configuration: 4369 (huidig: 4369)
This is too complex to describe here, since this value is built up from 4-bits for each of the 4 channels. Refer to the table in the product manual. Default value is 4369 (1111 in hex).

Check the PDF in the link below.
http://manual.rgbw.fibaro.co.uk/ras-rgb ... ler-en.pdf

I think this could work, however I did not test it yet.
I will try to play with is in coming days.

hope it is any help in the good direction!

Qlan · Post by **Qlan** » Wednesday 30 March 2016 10:11

Kochmeister is correct. You need to properly set the Inputs / Outputs configuration to be able to use the RGBW dimmer as you require.

The default value of option 14 (4369 - 1111 in hex) configures the unit to work as a RGBW controller using all 4 channels for this functionality.
What you need to do is to change the operation to a 4 channel Output controller by changing the hex value to 9999.

This according to fibaros manual should mean that you should enter the value 39321. However because of the way OpenZwave has implemented the controller this is not possible as the variable in the system is a Short (Min Value = -32767 & Max value = 32767).
So the value needs to be recalculated slightly but it is pretty straight forward. I will first explain why and then provide a quick way to get it right.

Value required: 39321
Option max value: 32767

When entering the value into the variable it will cap out at 32767 and we still have 6554 left from the required value.
39321 - 32767 = 6554.
The variable will then continue at -32767 and by adding the remaining 6554 we end up at -26213
This is the value that you need to enter into the Fibaro configuration.

A simple way to calculate option values that exceed 32767 is to just use the following formula.
-65534 + [required value] = [Value to be entered into option 14]

For example:
-65534 + 39321 = -26213

I hope this clears things up

pvm · Post by **pvm** » Wednesday 30 March 2016 10:27

Thnx! I will give this a try tomorrow

pvm · Post by **pvm** » Tuesday 05 April 2016 11:17

I tried. Looks like behaviour is a little different, but still the sliders influence each other

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kapperi · Post by **kapperi** » Wednesday 06 April 2016 8:49

pvm wrote:I tried. Looks like behaviour is a little different, but still the sliders influence each other .

Mine worked out of the box. I'm running 3 separate led strips which are all whites...

In my case those are 4, 5, 6.

pvm · Post by **pvm** » Wednesday 06 April 2016 12:34

kapperi wrote: Mine worked out of the box. I'm running 3 separate led strips which are all whites...

In my case those are 4, 5, 6.

Ah... possibly related to the connection on the module I am using... I am using the 'white' connection... Will try using R,G or B... might help...
And out-of the box means using the default 4369 for parameter 14?

I'll try connecting to R,G or B in the next days (sorry busy schedule)

pvm · Post by **pvm** » Thursday 07 April 2016 1:21

Tried this today, still multiple dimmers changing values at once.... Maybe i missed up another setting? I did remove the device from my network an reconnected it, that did result in settings bei g put back to default....
Retried same issue

hamish · Post by **hamish** » Saturday 09 April 2016 0:53

Did you get this working? Mine just seems all over the place. I have an RGBW strip connected. And it doesn't matter what parameter 14 is set to. No diff. The dimmers and switches re all over the place.

I'm not sure the included openzwave (Included by Domoticz image) is really talking sense... I even have a P1 gas meter according to the traffic (OZW debug log)... (Rasp-Pi-2, March31st RPi-image, RaZBerry card).

Qlan · Post by **Qlan** » Saturday 09 April 2016 22:41

I attached two screenshots of my configuration. My fibaro RGBW dimmer is configured for 2 inputs and 2 outputs.

00000A01: Device kWh Meter

00000A01: Multi channel control (not used in my configuration)
00000A02: Multi channel control (not used in my configuration)
Using either of these two will activate/deactivate multiple channels at once.

00000A03: Channel 1 input
00000A04: Channel 2 input
00000A05: Channel 3 output
00000A06: Channel 4 output

00000a64: Unknown, probably RGB functionality
00000a65: Unknown, probably RGB functionality

Hope this helps.

cibi · Post by **cibi** » Saturday 28 January 2017 22:01

sorry to revive an old post, but did anybody actually get the fibaro rgbw to control 4 led strips individually?

I have the same problem pvm is reporting; linked sliders.
I can use the switches for the first two channels (R and B) but the controller will go crazy if i try to change values for the other channels (B and W).

pvm · Post by **pvm** » Saturday 28 January 2017 22:04

I did not manage...

mischa · Post by **mischa** » Monday 05 February 2018 21:00

I have the following hardware configuration: (FGRGBWM441 version 2.5)

1IN = Nothing connected
2IN = toggle switch connected (a normal on/off switch)
3IN = Nothing connected
4IN = Momentary switch connected

R = Nothing connected
G = Led strip
B = Led strip
W = Ledstrip

In the near future, I want to connect another Momentary switch to 1IN and another Led strip to R

If I understand the manual correctly, my Hexadecimal value should be 9C99 convert that to decimal and you get 40089
Due to the open Z-wave implementation, you can not enter this value. you have to convert it to a negative decimal value.

The way Qlan describes: -65534 + 40089 = -25445

You can also convert it to binary first 9C99 equals to 1001110010011001 if you make every 1 a 0 and every 0 a 1 you get = 0110001101100110
convert that back to decimal and you get -25446

I have tried both of the values in parameter 14 but I get the same results. 2IN - G not working as a toggle switch. It looks like the Momentary switch en corresponding (W) led strip is working. Strange is that multiple channels are still connected together.

Something is not right, perhaps in the way open z-wave has implemented this or with the module itself.

Did someone get this working?

Mischa

mischa · Post by **mischa** » Tuesday 06 February 2018 21:25

Although I'm pretty sure about the value I need to use, it is clearly not working.
parameter 14 seems to have no effect in open Z-wave.

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong or missing something in one of the other settings.
even tried to exclude and include again (value parameter 14 get reset)