I'm trying to dim lights at very slow 1% intervals over the period of an hour.  The "Dim" command seems to move in 10% increments and is very noticeable.  I want to be able to make this happen without the noticeable light change.  I understand we can modify a parameter in most dimmers, but this option is not available via scenes (yet?).

A nice feature would be to modify the "Dim" command percentage in a global setting, or even within the programs such as Dim X% and use that with a repeat function...

Is there a program that needs to be written to accommodate this?  Is there another way to accomplish this?

 

Thanks,

If referring to Insteon the Dim/Bright timing cannot be changed.  It would affect how long a button/paddle had to be held.  Taking an hour would not work where a human had to hold the button/paddle pressed.

 

A Program using a Scene with the longest Ramp Rate (8-9 minutes) could issue a sequence of

 

Repeat 30 times

   Set Scene 'scenexxxx' Fade Up/Down

   Wait 1 minute

   Set Scene 'scenexxxx' Fade Stop

   Wait 1 minute 

 

Not sure how that would actual look over a period of an hour. May have to adjust the Wait times and number of Repeats. 

 

Since this is posted under ZWave, if a ZWave question, I have wasted your time as I do not know.

If referring to Insteon the Dim/Bright timing cannot be changed.  It would affect how long a button/paddle had to be held.  Taking an hour would not work where a human had to hold the button/paddle pressed.

 

A Program using a Scene with the longest Ramp Rate (8-9 minutes) could issue a sequence of

 

Repeat 30 times

   Set Scene 'scenexxxx' Fade Up/Down

   Wait 1 minute

   Set Scene 'scenexxxx' Fade Stop

   Wait 1 minute 

 

Not sure how that would actual look over a period of an hour. May have to adjust the Wait times and number of Repeats. 

 

Since this is posted under ZWave, if a ZWave question, I have wasted your time as I do not know.

LeeG-

 

Does the ramp rate as defined for devices in the scene have an effect here?  I suspect it would.  In the case above, unless the ramp rate for the devices is set to extremely slow, the first "wait 1 minute" may result in the devices ramping up/down the whole scale on the first repeat.  Or did you mean to make the innermost wait "wait 1 second" ?

 

-Xathros

The Scene Responder Ramp Rate for the device(s) controls how fast each device ramps up/down. The longest Ramp Rate was 9 minutes but there were complaints about devices not turning On when the problem was the Ramp Rate had not been set (0x00 was 9 minutes). SmartLabs changed a Ramp Rate of 0x00 to indicate a 0.2 second rate (from memory) to avoid the problem.

 

The idea is for the device to be ramped Up/Down in one minute increments at the longest Ramp Rate with a one minute Wait between cycles. I'm sure some adjustment to those values will be needed if they produce desirable effects over an hour.

 

NOTE: Insteon is designed for normal house lighting so nothing that requires 1 hour to accomplish is built into an Insteon device.

Edited March 18, 201510 yr by LeeG

The Scene Responder Ramp Rate for the device(s) controls how fast each device ramps up/down. The longest Ramp Rate was 9 minutes but there were complaints about devices not turning On when the problem was the Ramp Rate had not been set (0x00 was 9 minutes). SmartLabs changed a Ramp Rate of 0x00 to indicate a 0.2 second rate (from memory) to avoid the problem.

 

The idea is for the device to be ramped Up/Down in one minute increments at the longest Ramp Rate with a one minute Wait between cycles. I'm sure some adjustment to those values will be needed if they produce desirable effects over an hour.

I completely missed your mention of the ramp rate in your previous post, hence my question.  Makes sense now.

 

-Xathros