wlodekd Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 ICON switch does not have adjutable ramping time. Can I programm scene in ISY99 to gradualy change brightness of the ICON switch let say every .5 sec 10% less of the brightness. Will it create to much traffic on the line and dely other commands? Thanks Walter
Michel Kohanim Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Hi Walter, Is this a switch or a dimmer. If it's an ICON dimmer, then it does have adjustable ramping time. If it is a relay, then it only has on/off states and thus you cannot dim/brighten it regardless. You can always have a program that does that but the device has to support dimming. With kind regards, Michel ICON switch does not have adjutable ramping time. Can I programm scene in ISY99 to gradualy change brightness of the ICON switch let say every .5 sec 10% less of the brightness. Will it create to much traffic on the line and dely other commands? Thanks Walter
MikeB Posted August 4, 2008 Posted August 4, 2008 Hey Michel - That's what I thought too, but after reading this post I double-checked, and this page shows the Icon Dimmer as NOT having an adjustable ramp rate: http://www.smarthome.com/2876db.html Is that page incorrect, or is this maybe something new?
Algorithm Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 That's what I thought too, but after reading this post I double-checked, and this page shows the Icon Dimmer as NOT having an adjustable ramp rate: http://www.smarthome.com/2876db.html Is that page incorrect, or is this maybe something new? Hi Mike, No that is not something new; the ICON device pages have always read that way. What isn't clear to me is whether they are saying that the ramp-rate is not adjustable only when locally controlled, or in scenes as well. If it applied to scenes, it would be extremely limiting.
Algorithm Posted August 5, 2008 Posted August 5, 2008 ICON switch does not have adjutable ramping time. Can I programm scene in ISY99 to gradualy change brightness of the ICON switch let say every .5 sec 10% less of the brightness. Will it create to much traffic on the line and dely other commands? Hello Walter, Welcome to the forums! Although the stated specifications of the ICON devices were at one time true, there was also a time when the ICON devices being sold actually did have the same capabilities as their INSTEON counterparts (600W vs 300W, adjustable ramp-rate, etc.). So please do try actually setting some scene ramp-rates for your devices and see whether they respond accordingly.
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