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Additional Lighting Control #18

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chevellebro1 opened this issue Aug 28, 2022 · 15 comments
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Additional Lighting Control #18

chevellebro1 opened this issue Aug 28, 2022 · 15 comments
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe:

The lighting controls work great for turning light bulbs and switches on and off. But I loose the additional lighting controls ie. dimming a switch or changing the color temperature of a light bulb.

Describe the solution you'd like:

When clicking on a dimmer light switch, I’m normally given the option to select switch on or off and the brightness associated with that switch. For a bulb, I can select and I’m given brightness control as well as color temperature for that bulb.

Describe alternatives you've considered:

I’m currently using the Smartthings V2 plugin knowing that the service will stop working on September 30th. I’m hoping to switch over to this plug-in but do not want to loose the functionality of my devices.

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Switch Example:
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Bulb Example:
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@chevellebro1 chevellebro1 added the enhancement New feature or request label Aug 28, 2022
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The plugin already supports dimmer switches. I will look at adding support for RGB and RGBW bulbs when I can.

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iklein99 commented Sep 1, 2022

This has been addressed in version 1.2.0.

@iklein99 iklein99 closed this as completed Sep 1, 2022
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chevellebro1 commented Sep 1, 2022

Thanks for adding this feature in the update. The lighting with the colors are working correctly but my dimmer switch is still not showing up. It shows as simple on/off. Do I need to change the device handler to get this function to work? I’m using the Z-Wave Dimmer Switch Generic. See screenshot from HomeKit and Smartthings.
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iklein99 commented Sep 2, 2022

The issue is that through smartthings, your switch isn't reporting that it supports the switchLevel Capability. That is what the plugin looks for to let Homebridge know that it can dim or vary from 0% to 100%. If you want, I can see exactly what the switch is reporting. But you'll need to clear your logs, turn debug on homebridge, restart it. When it is finished loading everything, you can send me the actual log file and I can see what the device is reporting when it goes through the discovery process.

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iklein99 commented Sep 2, 2022 via email

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iklein99 commented Sep 2, 2022 via email

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iklein99 commented Sep 2, 2022

Ok, I am going to work on an enhancement to recognize a switch that supports switchLevel as a light. I'm going to reopen this one.

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Thanks for looking into this. I can try and change device handler if you need me to test as a solution

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And yes dining room light is showing up with brightness controls, that’s a different brand switch so might be using a different handler

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iklein99 commented Sep 2, 2022 via email

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iklein99 commented Sep 2, 2022

I just published the change. Give it a shot and let me know.

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Ok the dimmer is showing up in HomeKit but there is the switch option still showing that doesn’t do anything in this case. Not a big deal but just thought I’d mention it. Thanks for the update

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iklein99 commented Sep 2, 2022 via email

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Looks like that did the trick

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iklein99 commented Sep 7, 2022

Completed in 1.2.1.

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