Dim / Bright - Can we change the increment?

[Big517]

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,

[LeeG]

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.

[Xathros]

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

[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.

 

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

[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.

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

 

-Xathros