Programming Keypadlinc & Fanlinc

[jbobmurph]

I BELIEVE this issue is keypadlinc related, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

In short -

 

I've got the fanlinc installed in the fan. I've hardwired the power to the fan, and installed the Keypadlinc such that it's not directly controlling the load. Setting up a simple scene to turn the light on/off works just fine.

 

However, setting the 4 scene buttons to function as radio buttons is proving impossible.

 

First - I assume that I should be able to simply use the method described here (viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11249) for instance, to get radio button functionality, with the "toggle" functionality set to always be "on".

 

However, no dice.

 

In short, these are the main issues I've ID'ed -

 

1) The only way to get anything approaching normal radio functionality is using Button Grouping. When I don't use button grouping, from what I can tell when I push a button, every OTHER button ends up lit up, all 4 buttons end up "on" and the fan ends up on "high", no matter what.

 

2) With "button grouping", the buttons at least nominally operate as they should, lighting up appropriately (as confirmed with the scenes I wrote to attempt to implement the linked workflow above). However again, any button push (off, low, med, high) results in the fan being set to "high".

 

Any help is much appreciated!

[oberkc]

The only way to get anything approaching normal radio functionality is using Button Grouping. When I don't use button grouping, from what I can tell when I push a button, every OTHER button ends up lit up, all 4 buttons end up "on" and the fan ends up on "high", no matter what.

 

While the button grouping is a viable option, it can start to break down if you control it from the ISY or an app on a mobile device. Groupings only work when the keypad is controlled by direct push of the buttons.

 

It sounds to me like you may have missed a step from the other post. Yes, set each button as non-toggle on. Add the fanlinc appropriate speed to the button (for example, add the fanlinc medium speed to the button assigned to trigger medium speed). Finally, add the other three buttons as responders. When you do that, make sure each of those responders is set to an ON level of ZERO!

 

I think you will like this approach better in the long term.

[oberkc]

and...

 

when you set the responder levels, make sure you set these for the scene level AND for the KPL controller button. You have to set these in two places for this to work.

[jbobmurph]

and...

 

when you set the responder levels, make sure you set these for the scene level AND for the KPL controller button. You have to set these in two places for this to work.

 

Thanks - this turned out to be the issue; I had levels set to zero for the scene itself, but not under the KPL controller button.