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Central scene Event.....How does it work ?


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Hi I'm struggling with central scene events.

 

This is what i have : 

 

Fibaro Switch 2 (only using S1)

Device attached to S1 is working fine.

 

Parameter 20 set to 0 - Momentary switch......no luck

Parameter 20 set to 2 - Toggle switch.......no luck

Parameters 28 and 29 all boxes checked.

 

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Using the correct ID.....at least i think so ?

 

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Using this code i picked up at the forum

 

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but no luck.......what am i doing wrong ?

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2 hours ago, Lode said:

Using the correct ID.....at least i think so ?

 

Maybe not... "The devil is in the details...".

 

2 hours ago, Lode said:

-- use first slave for "CentralSceneEvent" ID (not master, not switch itself.).

 

It was probably me, who wrote that sentence :-)

 

On my system, the first one is the one above the remote (when looking at the master-slave representation, looking at the device properties)... I'm not sure it is always like that. Please try another slave ID.

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  • Hi Peter,

    Thx for your reply.

     

    I changed the ID and got some response but it's not what i expected.

    I tried a lot of clicks on both lightswitch buttons with this result :

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    It's not what i did, i tried click, doubleclicks, tripleclicks.....

    How fast do you have to click ? Am i to slow, to fast ?

    At least i got something now but where to go from here ?

    I tought you have to give your module the time to generate the clicks but when i click very fast it doesn't.

     

    Some help from Fibaro team would be very welcome.

    There is no documentation about this feature.

    Do you have your's working well ?

     

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    I'm not sure you still have got the right value in parameter 28 and 29.

     

    Then, you uncomment the line below this one:

    -- trick to quickly interpret the data held in "trigger"

     

    And I bet you'll "see the light" ;-)

     

     

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  • Hi Peter,

     

    I don't understand what you mean by the values in parameter 28 and 29.

    I was thinking when i check them all i can use all the possibilities so...

    Press once

    Press two times etc.

    Do i have to uncheck some of them ?

     

    Yesterday i got some response but today nothing.....nothing at all.

    Tried several clicks on S1 and S2.......it's driving me nuts :D

     

    What am i missing here ?

    Communication problem ? Don't think so because the lightswitch works every time i press it.

     

    I still don't "See the light" :/

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    Yes, p28 p29 checkboxes should be "set".

     

    It might be... FGS2x3 might not always report correctly, it has been mentioned on this forum. Today I noticed it too...

     

    Try soft reconfigure.

     

    Do you have any other device that supports centralSceneEvent?

     

    What is the ID of the first slave... 444?

     

    I did a quick test with that scene:

     

     

    [DEBUG] 20:23:53: CentralSceneEvent received from key: 2
    [DEBUG] 20:23:53: Pressed 2 times

     

    So it does work here...

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  • Checkboxes are all set.

     

    It's an FGS223.

    Do you have another version ?

     

    Already did a soft reconfigure.

     

    I do have other devices that support CentralSceneEvent but i use those only wireless.

     

    ID of first slave is indeed 444 and that's the one i'm using now.

     

    Don't know what to do anymore......:roll:

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    You can can try a magic scene. Select the "remote" slave and use the browser to configure a simple scene, e.g. turn on a light.

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  • 16 minutes ago, petergebruers said:

    You can can try a magic scene. Select the "remote" slave and use the browser to configure a simple scene, e.g. turn on a light.

     

    I already tried that, sometimes it works but most of the times it doesn't.......

     

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    In that case, I think, a network issue is the most likely explanation. Unless you have discovered a new HC bug... But your sig says "running 4.120" - is this correct?

     

    If you toggle the state of the device by clicking S1... Does your HC2 always shows the correct status, immediately after the click? If events do not work reliably, I would expect the status to be incorrect sometimes as well.

     

    I am not sure what my next step would be. I think I would remove that module and try it closer to the HC.

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  • 13 hours ago, petergebruers said:

    In that case, I think, a network issue is the most likely explanation. Unless you have discovered a new HC bug... But your sig says "running 4.120" - is this correct?

     

    If you toggle the state of the device by clicking S1... Does your HC2 always shows the correct status, immediately after the click? If events do not work reliably, I would expect the status to be incorrect sometimes as well.

     

    I am not sure what my next step would be. I think I would remove that module and try it closer to the HC.

     

    I'm running 4.150 now.

    Strange but after a power failure HC2 was updated from 4.120 to 4.150 but that's something else i don't worry about.

     

    I will give those things you say a try this evening.

     The module is in the garden house. It's about 10 meters away from the next module in my house that i expect to act as a repeater.

    I will try if the module communicates directly with HC2 or not.

     

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    Thanks for reporting back...

     

    Here are 2 of my most recent posts regardingZ-Wave networking:

     

     

     

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  • Thanks again Peter....

    Very interesting but hard to know where the problem can be.

    I guess i have to try some things like you described here.....

    First thing this evening is bringing the module close to the controller.

    I will keep you informed ....

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    1 hour ago, Lode said:

    Thanks again Peter....

    Very interesting but hard to know where the problem can be.

    I guess i have to try some things like you described here.....

    First thing this evening is bringing the module close to the controller.

    I will keep you informed ....

    i don't know if you see ... i think this can help.

     

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  • Thanks @bell_dan but Fibaro switch 2 works a bit different.

    @petergebruers

    Didn't have the time to bring it to the controller but had a little bit of time to do a rangetest.

    It starts glowing green and then glowing yellow but when i read the manual it's not abnormal.

     

    CommunicatioCommunication mode of the device may switch between direct and one using routing, especially if the device is on the limit of the direct range.

     

    I gave S1 about hundred clicks and got immediate response in the UI every single click.

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    24 minutes ago, Lode said:

    Thanks @bell_dan but Fibaro switch 2 works a bit different.

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  • Hi Bell-dan

    Thx for your reply.

    I'm trying to understand what you want to say.

     

    I want to turn a light on when i press, let's say switch A, S1 three times but when i have to use device grouping the light turns ons immediately ??

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    30 minutes ago, Lode said:

    Hi Bell-dan

    Thx for your reply.

    I'm trying to understand what you want to say.

     

    I want to turn a light on when i press, let's say switch A, S1 three times but when i have to use device grouping the light turns ons immediately ??

    ok then. i use on my HCL one sw FGS223 connected for room 3 wich respond so, to one click = on/off in that room, for 2 click = opposite state for room 2 and near the end, 3 click = opposite state for room 1.

    all that i did it with association of double switch with two dimmer from room one and two.

     

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    i think everything is easy with lua.

     

     Scene Activation ID For standard switches:

    S1 single click on 10

    S1 single click off 11

    S1 double click 14

    S2 single click on 20

    S2 single click off 21

    S2 double click 24

    S2 triple click 25

     

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    12 hours ago, bell_dan said:

    Scene Activation ID For standard switches:

    S1 single click on 10

    S1 single click off 11

    S1 double click 14

    S2 single click on 20

    S2 single click off 21

    S2 double click 24

    S2 triple click 25

     

    Thank you for trying to help. Unfortulately, @Lode has a different switch and that table does not apply to his switch. Switch 2 does not use "sceneActivation" but a newer command called "central scene". This is why he uses the script in post #1. You can find a table and a little bit of explanation about it in the manual:

     

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  • @petergebruers 

    @bell_dan

    Thanks both of you for your help.

     

    So i moved the switch near to my controller.

    Did a quick rangetest and i can see switch has direct connection with HC2 (glowing green)

    Now it works.

    So what is wrong.....

    Is it necessary that the switch needs to communicate directly with HC2 ?

    As i said before the switch works fine but updates his status through a neighbourdevice. (glowing yellow).

    Is this a bug ? Fibaro ?

     

    Update !

    I replaced the swith in the gardenhouse.

    I started to monitor the switch's communication with the controller.

    It's constantly toggling between direct communication and communication through neighbourdevices.

    Sometimes it has about 10 or 20 seconds direct communication. (result : clicks are sent properly)

    Sometimes it goes back to communication with a neighbour.  (result : clicks are not sent)

    Sad.....i bought these devices because of CentralSceneEvent functionality ]:->

     

    Conclusion : CentralSceneEvent does not work when you don't have direct communication with your controller.

     

    Prove me that i'm wrong :D

    I hope it's a bug that can be fixed.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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