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alex88 71
Hi All,
I am sharing my communication with Fibaro Support as fair warning to anyone buying an Fibaro RGBW 2 module.
I am running 2x HC2 on the latest firmware 4.600. You need to be running 4.600 otherwise there are even more bugs that I experienced on earlier versions, namely 4.560.
If I come across anything else I'll update this post.
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- There are constant errors appearing "application rejected request". I have never seen these errors before.
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EDIT: 30.07.2020
I raised a ticket with Fibaro Support some time ago. They have confirmed all of the issues I have raised, barring the API issues for which I have not received any reply.
I have been advised that a GIRA project has been raised which means someone will look into it. Unfortunately I do not know what "IT" is exactly.
@A.Socha
I have invested, literally days of my life on this one topic. I would be grateful if I was kept abreast of the remediation process and especially as to which features will be fixed, so I can plan ahead.
As always, I'm happy to chat further on any of the points raised with Support, however my most recent emails have gone unanswered.
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SOME MORE INFO ON THE RGBW2 - INITIAL COMPARISON OF RGBW1 vs RGBW2
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In case you are migrating from RGBW1 to RGBW2 you also might want to read this post so you know what you are getting yourself into...
One of the big differences for me is that you have to triple click on the device to include (as in, you can't include from a wall switch anymore). I wasted many hours figuring this out and assuming the first 2x modules I bought from ebay were duds, when in fact they were not. On a positive note, inclusion is a charm with the RGBW2 modules. You only have to triple click once and sit and wait and it works EVERY time. What a change. What a relief.
Pity about the rest.
EDIT - more to add to the list:
- you cannot specify RGB vs RGBW, so even when you have an RGB module the W channel is present and of course this can and does cause no end of problem - this is available on the RGBW1
- you cannot specify a white only led strip, so you will see R, G, B, and W channels for a white only led and this causes no end of problem until you rewire it to hack a workaround
- you cannot specify custom programs - this is available on the RGBW1 - it means you have to spam your network to get simple programs to work, which if you know anything about zwave, you simply will not do as it will crash your system eventually if not straight away. Think Christmas tree lights throughout the house => dead zwave network if you have to run it manually, rather than with programs
EDIT 2- another to add:
- Device polling does not work. I poll the device through LUA or through the HC2 BUI and nothing returns to the BUI i.e. the current value does not return
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Hi All, I am sharing my communication with Fibaro Support as fair warning to anyone buying an Fibaro RGBW 2 module. I am running 2x HC2 on the latest firmware 4.600. You need t
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Yeah, this definitely is that severe bug in the firmware, that it definitely has to be fixed. I guess there hasn't been any update from Fibaro about this? It's unfortunate that Fibaro has
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Bugs / feature degredations.... - you cannot specify RGB vs RGBW, so even when you have an RGB module the W channel is present and of course this can and does cause no end of problem - thi
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