One SwitchLinc controls another SwitchLinc LED but not load

[swbrains]

I have two switchlinc 2477Ds in a single gang box.  I noticed when I turn on or off the Nook light switch, the Living Room switch's LED moves quickly up or down depending on whether the Nook light was turned on/off (to match it),  I checked every scene and in no scene does the Living Room switch have a ramp rate of less than 4.5 seconds so I don;t know why the Living Room SL LED moves fast ever.

 

I actually deleted the Living Room SL device entirely in the ISY UI and the same symptoms with the LED persist.  Note that the Living Room light never responds when using the Nook switch, even though the Nook switch causes the Living Room light LED to move in tandem.  Also, the Living Room SL in this case is a slave -- does not connect to the actual load -- just linked to the Living Room "load" switch across the room.

 

The odd part is that even if the Living Room SL slave is deleted from the ISY, its LED still moves quickly in response to the Nook switch action.  The Nook switch ramp rate is also set to 4.5 so they don't really move in tandem with speed, just up and down together when the Nook light is used. 

 

If I do a hardware reset on both, then the Living Room SL does not respond to the Nook SL.

 

Finally, using the Living Room slave SL does not have the same effect on the Nook SL"s LED.

 

Any idea why the Living Room SL's LED would respond to the Nook switch?

 

Thanks for any ideas you may have...

 

[apnar]

So you did a hard reset and now it doesn't happen?  Or does something you do after make it occur again?

[swbrains]

If I do a hard reset, the Liv Rm SL does not show the symptom any more.  It no longer works as a slave to its master on the other side of the LR, but at least the symptom goes away.  When I restore the device in the UI, the symptom returns.

 

I just replaced it with a new 2477D -- same issue.

 

Hard reset -- no more problem but switch no longer controls any load.

 

Using set button, cross-link it to the master switch (done from master and from slave).

 

Now slave switch will only turn on load if double clicked, but will turn off load if single clicked.  (weird!)

 

Still does not show symptom of LED following nook light, but also not part of any the required scenes in ISY UI,

After restore device in UI, symptom with LED returns and slave controls load normally (doesn't need double click either).

Edited May 27, 2015 by swbrains

[EricK]

Until an expert chimes in ill try to help.

If you are using an isy then never do manual links. Meaning don't link switches by pressing the set button.

What seems to be happening is the living room sl switch is acting as a responder to the nook switch.

Try this. Add the living room sl switch as a responder to the scene controlled by the nook switch. If you do not have a scene for the nook lights, then create one. Add the nook light switch as a controller, then add the living room sl switch as a responder.

Then remove the living room sl switch from the nook scene.

What happens now?

Eric

[oberkc]

I agree with erick....do NOT manually create links between devices. Use , instead, scene relationships created via the ISY.

 

Remember, also, that ramp rates and ON levels can be different for each controller/responder relationship. Though you may have checked the scene levels (PLM controller to switch responder), those levels could be different when one switch is controller of another. I wonder, too, if your manually-created links were done in such a way that the ON level was zero, thus giving the impression that it did not respond to a single tap of the controller switch.

 

My recommendation is to remove the device completely from the ISY, them perform another factory reset, then add it back to the ISY, then recreate any scenes in the ISY. I would do this for all devices that have been involved in any manual linking processes.

[Xathros]

Based on the description of the problem, there appers to be a link between the Nook switch and the LR Slave switch that the ISY is aware of. 

 

I am assuming that you want the LR Lights  and Slave to respond to the Nook switch - just more slowly.  If that is not correct then disregard the following:

 

Since you have also done some set button linking, I would recommend hard resetting the 3 devices (Nook, LR and LR Slave) then restore each from the ISY.

 

Once that is done, test again.  If the slave still responds too quickly to the Nook switch, Click on the nook switch in the admin console and look at the right to see what scene it is a controller of.  Then for that scene, select the scene then select the nook switch within the scene.  Adjust On Level and Ramp rate for each responder (LR Slave in this case) to your desired level.  If it appears to be already correct, change the ramp rate, wait for the isy to update then change it back to the desired value and again wait for the update.  The ISY will not write a change to a device if it believes the value is already correct.

 

Test again, enjoy.

 

Hope this helps.

 

-Xathros

Edited May 27, 2015 by Xathros