Tying lights together to brighten and dim together

[ahbrown41]

Hello all,

This should be really simple but for some reason it is not working for me. Here is the code to brighten the light:

 

if
 Control 'Light 1' is switched bright
then
 Set 'Light 2' bright

 

When I do this, if I open the event viewer, I can see things happening but 'Light 2' is not getting brighter..

 

Amy I missing something?

[Michel Kohanim]

Hello ahbrown41, please try Fade up and Fade stop instead of bright and let me know if it works any better.

 

Also, if these two lights are going to brighten/dim together, it would be best to put them both in a scene and make Light 1 a controller.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

 

Hello all,

This should be really simple but for some reason it is not working for me. Here is the code to brighten the light:

 

if
 Control 'Light 1' is switched bright
then
 Set 'Light 2' bright

 

When I do this, if I open the event viewer, I can see things happening but 'Light 2' is not getting brighter..

 

Amy I missing something?

[ahbrown41]

Thanks for the reply. I tried making light 1 a controller and light 2 a responder but it is still not doing what I am looking for (Light 2 just ramps up to high). How responders work is not 100% clear to me in relation to a straight program, is there a good FAQ somewhere?

 

What I am looking to do is dim and brighten the lights together at the same time. So if I brighten one, the other should brighten to the same level and stop (I tried fade stop). I want to have the lights do the same for Light 2 as well in relation to light 1.

 

Can I do this?

 

Thanks!

[Michel Kohanim]

Hello Alexander,

 

Yes, absolutely: this is the fundamental feature of INSTEON. Understanding scenes is very important in making your configuration easier to understand and operate.

 

Please do checkout our tutorials on Scenes:

http://www.universal-devices.com/mwiki/ ... ide#Scenes

 

Specifically, you would want to checkout the Multiway tutorial.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

 

Thanks for the reply. I tried making light 1 a controller and light 2 a responder but it is still not doing what I am looking for (Light 2 just ramps up to high). How responders work is not 100% clear to me in relation to a straight program, is there a good FAQ somewhere?

 

What I am looking to do is dim and brighten the lights together at the same time. So if I brighten one, the other should brighten to the same level and stop (I tried fade stop). I want to have the lights do the same for Light 2 as well in relation to light 1.

 

Can I do this?

 

Thanks!