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Remote Dimmer

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Just want to get a quick answer before I buy switches.

 

I am hooking up two regular insteon dimmer switches for some outside lights.

I want to control both those in a scene remotely and am looking at the 4 scene mini remote. Will this do what I need it to do? Can I program each button as a different level? Or wold I just use one button and will the arrows dim the scene?

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24 minutes ago, dbwarner5 said:

yes, you could do either via programming with an ISY. Quite easy once you get the idea of it. 

 

Cool. Already have an ISY and have done lots of programming but haven't messed around with dimming and scenes yet. 

15 hours ago, dbwarner5 said:

yes, you could do either via programming with an ISY. Quite easy once you get the idea of it. 

 

To help you get going on the remote link,  you would set up four separate scenes, each with the keypad button being a controller of the other two switches, and setting the light level in that particular scene to the level you would like. Then you can turn them on or off at that level. 

The alternative is to use a program that watches for the Remote link button to be pressed on and then turns on the light to the level you would like. Either way will work. Scenes are quicker to execute than a program, which is reliant on isy cpu time, vs scenes which are actually stored locally in the switches and does not involve the isy to execute. 

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