HC3 Dimmer 2 S2 input

[SOO 0]

Hello, 

 

I have a HC3 (sw 5.040.37). I try to use the S2 input on a fibaro dimmer 2. I connected a dimmeble lamp to the dimmer and it works whit the S1 switch. I connected S2 to another switchbutton. (I used Homey befor this and also used S2 to toggle Fibaro wall plugs. It worked great. Just had a flow when button S2 is puched turn on/off lichts and used also the same wallplugs as i have now). 

I try to make it work on HC3 but no luck yet. 

 

The light on S1 works, both switches are pulse. I turned on scene activation (parameter 28) and maked a block scene. Look at the picture. But is doesnt work.

 

Why dont i have the same functions as a dubble switch, see attatchment Fibaro scene2.JPG. Like when i push S2 turn wall plug .... on / off.

 

 

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[impact 1]

@morpheus75 and anybody who has an idea.... and can help me out with the following problem:

 

I use my dimmer module with a connected pulse switch for scene activation.

My Lua scene is receiving the right scenes, however if I would use 'single-click' to toggle a light state, it is just functioning the first time.

The second time 'single-click' is not working, unless I activate first another scene-activation for example 'double-click' and then again ' single click'.

Any idea why this is happening?

 

Had this working in my HC2, but somehow it seems to react different or I overlook something...

 

Greets, Remon

 

Code I use in Lua scene:

 

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Edited March 12, 2021 by impact

[impact 1]

For someone facing the same problem, writing here my solution.

Found out what was causing the problem, needed to replace ' sceneActivation'  > 'sceneActivationEvent' 

 

Quote

{

  conditions = { {

      id = 711,

      isTrigger = true,

      operator = "anyValue",

      --property = "sceneActivation",      

      property = "sceneActivationEvent",

      type = "device"

    } },

  operator = "all"

}

 

-- Test switch hal

local sa = sourceTrigger

local QAID_HueMain = 582

local QAID_HueLight = 627

 

print("id:"..sa.id.."|property:"..sa.property.."|value:"..sa.value)

if  sa.property == "sceneActivationEvent"

then    

        print(sa.value)

        if  sa.value == 22 then 

        print("Hold") 

        end

        if sa.value == 23 then 

        print("Release")

        end

        if sa.value == 24 then 

        print("DoubleClick")

        end

        if sa.value == 25 then

        print("TripleClick")

        end

        if sa.value == 26 then 

            print("Click")

            fibaro.call(QAID_HueLight,'toggle')

        end

end

 

Greets, @impact

[mioiox 5]

My 2 cents here.

 

Setup: HC3L with sw 5.080.9, FGD-212 (Dimmer 2) with fw 3.5. Parameter 28 of Dimmer 2 is set to 1 (enable scene activation). Lua scene is set as Auto. I tried this both with Lua and Block scenes and it worked exactly the same way.

 

Dimmer 2 does not answer to scene activation commands sent through a momentary switch, if there is no load connected to it. When I connect a simple bulb to the output port, all commands are received and scene is activated (it can be seen in the History panel and not in the console, I don't have a clue what the reason might be. A bug in HC3 Lite?). If the load is disconnected (e.g., if you would like to use Dimmer 2 as a pure remote), scene activation stops working.

 

Does someone know if this is by design?

Edited July 29, 2021 by mioiox
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[tinman 1,070]

3 hours ago, mioiox said:

Does someone know if this is by design?

 

yes it is, due to failure detection. One might try to disable all these parameters, but of course one need to connect load first (to allow the calibration to be successful). The best way, if you really have to use Dimmer2 without real load, is to connect only the Fibaro Bypass2 as load (and run calibration).

[mioiox 5]

10 hours ago, tinman said:

 

yes it is, due to failure detection. One might try to disable all these parameters, but of course one need to connect load first (to allow the calibration to be successful). The best way, if you really have to use Dimmer2 without real load, is to connect only the Fibaro Bypass2 as load (and run calibration).

The calibration has already happened, the device is included in HC3L... So the prerequisites should have been met before I started experimenting with this particular setup. Connecting a Bypass is not a bad idea and I will try that, as well. 

Thanks!

[jakub.jezek 370]

@mioiox, If you disconnect load, then Dimmer 2 thinks there is load error and till its resolved it refuse to work. It is actually neat feature in cases of sh*ty loads. Add Bypass 2 (will not be recommended by Fibaro support though) and run calibration again.

[mioiox 5]

@jakub.jezek, I just tried it with just Bypass 2 as the load - it's working fine. I didn't know that disconnecting the load freezes any other functions of the module. Well, now I know

Thanks again!

[Speedo67 1]

Hello, same error here. Solution by  @ impact (change  "sceneActivation" to "sceneActivationEvent") solves it by me also.

[Mke 0]

My S2 button on a dimmer 2 module has stopped working. 

 

Some strange behaviour has taken place. It was working for the past week since installation, but in trying to stop the connected load being controlled locally, I toggled the "local protection" in advanced settings. 

Then i realised this stopped both S1 & S2 buttons from having any input on the dimmer. ( i was trying to make S1 only control scenes, not connected load)

So then i toggled local protection to OFF and accepted that S1 must control connected load and cannot change it.

 

Ever since I flicked local protection ON then OFF,  the S2 push button no longer triggers scenes.

 

BUT, 

 

S1 button does trigger scenes, and does show the scene icon on the advanced tab next to 14 & 24

S2 does not show any scene icons on the advanced page, even though there is a scene assigned to S2 single click, 26. 

 

strangely enough, if i 'soft' reverse the S1  & S2 by changing parameter 29, i get the following:

 

The S2 scene now appears on the advanced Tab and the S2 scene can be triggered. 

 

So, HC3 knows which scene i assign to S1 and S2, BUT it will only show in advanced tab, and only trigger the scene if the momentary push button is wired into the S1 connection on the dimmer. 

 

No matter what i try, i now, cannot get a scene to trigger from the hard wire connection into S2.

 

I wired the switches myself last week, and both S1 & S2 were working up til the moment i toggled local protection on then back off again.

 

 

 

TROUBLESHOOTING:

I soft reconfigured - No Change. 

Full reconfigure - No Change

Copy configuration from another working device - No change. 

 

 

I'm at a loss what else i can do.

 

We do know scenes are activated because i can trigger scenes with id 14, and id 24, but only using the left button on the wall switch, by doing S1 first, then soft reverseing by parameter change, then doing S2 scene. - So it is not a scene activation issue. 

 

Please any help would be much appreciated.