TanerH Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 When adding 3-way (or more-way) controlled light, should I add both the Primary (with the actual load) and Secondary (just a controller) to the ISY, or just the primary? I noticed that if I adjust the dimming on the primary (using the physical dimming function of the switch), while it reflects it on the LEDs of the Secondary 2477D, the ISY doesn't notice it unless I force a poll... which makes me wonder if I should even bother putting it into the ISY at all (?) Also, interestingly, the percentages don't match between Pri and Sec (they can be way off, like right now the Pri says 86%, and the Sec says 55%)... and if I adjust the brightness of the Primary via the ISY, the Seconday doesn't seem to know about it Also: When pairing the devices, I only did it directly on the devices -- is there anything I should do on the ISY, as well? I had half-expected the ISY to show appropriate "Controller for" and "Responder to" membership, but it doesn't. Did I do something incorrectly? I'm still familiarizing myself w/ this stuff, so perhaps -Taner
TanerH Posted April 3, 2013 Author Posted April 3, 2013 Aaaaand, apparently I need to read the UDI wiki, and not the "quick start" that comes with the devices I created a scene for these switches, added them to it (as "Controllers") and all seems much happier now I'm not sure if it matters that I had previously linked the switches to one another, or not, but I'll find out when I install my next 3-way or 4-way switch setup -Taner
LeeG Posted April 3, 2013 Posted April 3, 2013 The solution of adding all the n-way devices as Controllers of the same Scene is the correct answer. The ISY will cross-link the devices as needed to insure they stay in sync. Manual linking should not be done after adding devices to the ISY. Devices added to the ISY are best added with 'erase existing links' default option. The Quick Start guides are written without the point of view of ISY. Most Smarthome documentation is written as though there is no HA package in the picture. Certainly is not written with the ISY in mind.
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