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alex88 70
Does anyone have a RGBW strip working from a single wall switch where the wall switch (Fibaro RGBW 1) controls all 4 channels?
My setup is a single gang momentary switch in rainbow mode.
I would expect when you set the module to RGBW in the BUI that:
1) Rainbow mode would rotate through both white created by mixing RGB as well as just turning the white channel (only) on
2) When I turn the RGBW off from the wall switch all 4 channels are turned off; and similarly all 4 channels are turned on from the wall switch, as required
As you can imagine it's annoying to:
1a) Fork out for warm white RGBW led strips and then not be able to rotate to the white channel only - which is the colour I want to use most often
2a) Have set the light to white channel only through the BUI or mobile app and then not be able to turn off the lights from the wall switch. As the wall switch does not control the white channel when only the W channel is active and you go to turn the lights off from the wall switch the Fibaro module actually thinks the lights are already off so it turns the RGB channels back on leaving the white channel untouched, which is the worst outcome as RGB washed out with W is worse then RGB on it's own most of the time. In the end you can only rotate between RGBW and W channels being on each time you press the wall switch. You can never turn off all 4 channels from the wall switch.
I can't imagine I'm the first person to have come across this problem given how old the Fibraro RGBW module is.
Before anyone asks, yes, I have raised a ticket with support months ago, but still no answer, so I'm looking to the forum for help.
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