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Hello,
I am trying to dim an Insteon group to a specific level without using multiple dim commands.
Is there anyway of doing that?
Looping with 3% change seems a bit barbaric...
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You want to dynamically change the Bright level of the responders or just statically change the responders to go to a different Bright level than they were originally linked as.
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I would like to dynamically change the brightness level.
I have set up a few groups with different brightness levels but that is pretty clunky.
I am trying to calculate the level based on the ambient light and ideally ramp up within a second. I am trying to avoid using the bright 0x15 command in a loop due to the latency.
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No way to do that now. There is an Extended message that is documented to have that capability but I don't know if Smartlabs has rolled out any devices with that support. Makes no difference for now as PH2 does not support Extended messages. Maybe in the next release.
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It would be nice if existing devices could be reflashed with the extended protocol. It seems like it would be possible but I suspect Smarthome would prefer to have me replace all of my dimmers...
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Simplehomenet is the only company that updates their firmware that I know of. I would not think about replacing anything until PH2 has Extended command support and the current devices can be tested to see if they have that specific command support.
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No panic to replace any devices over here other than replacing dimmers with faulty mechanical switches... I wish I would have built the house a couple of years later due to that problem.
Is there any update when the new version of PH is going to be released?
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Lots of folks are asking that same question. Nothing specific from Dave.
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