[Solved] Dimmer for a Pimatic Noob ?

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Hello

im new here, sorry for my stupid question.

i will use Pimatic with

• Raspberry PI 2
• Arduino Nano
• Intertechno Dimmer ITLR-300
• Aukru 433 MHz Transmitter
• Webcam (works, but only with the Links-Plugin, seems there is no native webcam support)

Pimatic is installed and works. Now i need a Noob Guide or other help to install
control the Dimmer with Pimatic.

Thx and kindly regard

You will have to create a dimmer device at the config.json. before you do so, stop pimatic, then edit the config.json.

Which device depends on your hardware.
You will have to check the debug output of homeduino when switching on the dimmer. There should be some information about unit/Id codes. If not the dimmer needs to be implemented.

Check this howto for more information
http://forum.pimatic.org/topic/198/3-creating-a-device

if you have more questions feel free to ask right away

hello,

i will read this.

what can i do with this LOGs ?
Screenshot

regard

Hello,

i add this to my config:

{
  "id": "rfswitch",
  "name": "Dimmer",
  "class": "HomeduinoRFSwitch",
  "protocols": [{
    "name": "switch1",
    "options": {
      "id": 17494366,
      "unit": 0
    }
  }]
}

now i have a on-off button in pimatic. but how can i dim this device?

http://pimatic.org/plugins/pimatic-homeduino/
Search for dimmer for a example.

@PietjeNL
replace

"class": "HomeduinoRFSwitch",

with

"class": "HomeduinoRFDimmer",

So then u set class as HomeduinoRFDimmer with a protocol for Switch? Didn’t know that was possible.
So is it right that class decides the view of the device in PiMatic? And protocol how the RF is build up?

Hello,

Good: “class”: “HomeduinoRFDimmer”, show a slider

Bad: No reaction on my dimmer if i slide this and i get this error message from pimatic

error [pimatic-mobile-frontend]: Client error: Unable to process binding “template: function (){return { name:‘devicepage-template’,foreach:devicepages} }” Message: Unable to process binding “if: function (){return $root.enabledEditing() || $data.getUngroupedDevices().length > 0 }” Message: Unable to process binding “template: function (){return { name:$root.getItemTemplate,foreach:$data.getUngroupedDevices(),afterRender:$data.afterRenderDevice} }” Message: Unable to process binding “attr: function (){return { id:sliderId} }” Message: sliderId is not defined

 [{
"id": "rfswitch",
  "name": "Dimmer",
  "class": "HomeduinoRFDimmer",
  "protocols": [{
    "name": "switch1",
    "options": {
      "id": 17494366,
      "unit": 0
    }
  }]
}]

Is it possible to combinate the protocol

“protocol”: [“kaku_dimmer”], with

 [{
"id": "rfswitch",
  "name": "Dimmer",
  "class": "HomeduinoRFDimmer",
  "protocols": [{
    "name": "switch1",
    "options": {
      "id": 17494366,
      "unit": 0
    }
  }]
}]

i found here
http://forum.pimatic.org/topic/253/where-do-you-buy-your-hardware
the Info, that Intertechno and KAKU use the same hardware

i found now the correct settings

{
  "id": "rfswitch",
  "name": "Dimmer",
  "class": "HomeduinoRFDimmer",
  "protocols": [{
    "name": "dimmer1",
    "options": {
      "id": 17494366,
      "unit": 0
    }
  }]
}

with this settings dim and dim level works
at 5% flickering light, however

nice to hear!

a question about the rules for dimmers.

i try the last 2 days piligth and there is following rule possible

IF (datetime.hour == 5 AND datetime.minute == 0) THEN dim DEVICE Dimmer TO 5 FROM Dimmer.dimlevel IN 60 MINUTE

It means, that my dimmer goes from DIM Level X to Dim Level 5 in 60 Minutes (like a sunset)

i dont found solution like this in pimatic

look here: http://wiki.pilight.org/doku.php/actions
under DIM

Try to do the following,

If every minute and after 6:00 and before 7:00 then set dimlevel of dimmer to dimmlevel - 1

Its untested, because i have no dimmer, but it should work

So ever minute between 6 and seven the dimmlevel should be decrease by one%

i will try it tomorrow thx

is it possible to add this rule to a button?
Push Button --> DIM FROM 0 % to 100% in 2 MINUTES
OR
Push Button --> DIM +1%
?

So i can try, if is possible to DIM in %
Last time i had problems with values <10%, flickering…

In pilight i DIM with DIM LEVEL from 0 to 15.

i ve no experience.

Maybe like this

If button is pressed and every second then set dimmlevel to dimmlevel - (dimmlevel/120) for 120 seconds

For example, dimmlevel is 60, that means (dimmlevel/120 seconds) seconds mean, that every minute the dimmlevel will decrease by 0.5%
Its also untested.

And if dimmlevel is 40 the the dimmlevel will be decrease by 0.33 every second and for 120 second it gives a dimmelevel of zero.

Is there anywhere a guide how can i creat those buttons?

hi

the rules dont work. i think that pimatic dont know DIMMLEVEL OR DIMLEVEL

i also think, that pimatic not know what is minute and second. is a device for this necessary`?

i try his one:

if every 1 minute and after 13:45 and before 13:47 then dim Dimmer to $rfswitch.dimlevel -1

but nothing happens.

Maybe try with higher value like 10 or 20? Or use round brackets ($rfswitch.dimmlevel -1)
or try if every … then set ($rfswitch.dimmlevel -1)
or something similar if the above won’t work.