Aeon Smart Dimmer 6 device type now available

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Really? That’s odd.

Are you on android or Apple?

I’ll test again on both in a minute.

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Hi

I’m having trouble connecting to the smart dimmer 6. I’ve followed the instructions and added the device handler as well as the “New Device” via the web api tool. Strangely, once that is done, I open the app and immediately see the device listed under Things (without actually connecting to the actual device).

If I try to “add a thing”, the UI switches to “Looking for devices…” and the the Smart Dimmer 6 shows up right away as if it found it… however I still haven’t actually plugged the device in. Then if I try to pair (by double tapping the button) nothing happens. I’ve tried resetting the Smart Dimmer 6.

Any suggestions for what I’ve missed?

Thanks
-nick

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I’m not sure if it can be considered progress, but now when I attempt to add a thing, the smart dimmer 6 is recognized as a “Fibaro Dimmer Device”.

Raw Description zw:Ls type:1101 mfr:0086 prod:0103 model:0063 ver:1.02 zwv:4.05 lib:03 cc:5E,86,72,98 ccOut:5A,82 sec:26,33,60,8E,32,81,27,70,85,59,7A,73 role:05 ff:8600 ui:8600 epc:2 ep:[‘1101 5E,85,59,26,8E,32,81,70,86,27’]

I tried to switch the device type to be the device handler that Robert provided, but none of the functionality (on/off/dimmer, etc) appears to work. The only device events I see in the event log are:

DEVICE ENTITY_UPDATE DeviceUpdated Device ‘{{ deviceName }}’ updated false

"{
“name”: “Dimmer”,
“label”: null,
“typeId”: “b7984da6-1a46-4c34-8d03-9d68c40c63c5”,
“zigbeeId”: null,
“hubId”: “8ebd266f-10df-46b0-bba4-3bca83ba4984”,
“deviceNetworkId”: “8888”,
“locationId”: “c4b5f34b-2bf9-4f0f-8578-c29af0ecf87d”,
“groupId”: null,
“parentSmartAppId”: null
}

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I got things working. The biggest difference was that single clicked (instead of double clicked for secure mode).

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yep. I only wrote it for secure inclusion. for future ref, everything Aeon uses a double tap for secure inclusion and I will always favor it over insecure… as should everyone… This is why things like the Fortrezz water valve scare me. Any mildy talented person with interest in shutting off your water can hack it and do so…

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I ran into this issue as well, and couldn’t set the LED Behavior (and consequently the night light LED color). Ended up hacking around (not being familiar with groovy or Smartthings development) until I had something that worked. @Robert_Vandervoort, thanks for creating the device handler. BTW, I’m not sure what the proper etiquette is, but I ended up forking your device handler at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/faultymonk/SmartThingsRV/stzen/Aeon%20SmartDimmer%206/aeon-smart-dimmer-6.groovy.

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Fork is fine. Curious though what the deal is. Android or IOS? I’m on IOS and have nonissue. I believe I developed it on Android though. I’m on hub version 1 over here. No way to test if v2. I’d like to migrate but they don’t make it easy in you!

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@Robert_Vandervoort The refreshing page error I came across was in Android.

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I’ve pushed a new code file with ANDROID at the end… Android users can use this one.

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Just curious if anyone has had luck getting the Smart Dimmer 6 to work with the SmartThings v2 hub in SECURE mode? I can get it to pair securely, but the ST hub cannot turn it on/off/whatever. I’m really new to ST, Z-wave, etc., so I’m just wondering if I’m doing something wrong.

It will work fine in un-secure mode (with or without Robert’s device handler code–thanks Robert!!!).

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Hi Robert,

I’m trying your new device handler but having problems updating my existing DH or creating a new one from code. In both cases I’m getting:

Org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed: script14845874105421824071123.groovy: 122: expecting ‘}’, found ‘,’ @ line 122, column 26. input “monitorInterval”, “integer”, ^ 1 error

In updating the existing I’ve looked at a diff between the two versions and I don’t see the three lines deleted as causing an issue, but I just can’t actually get it to publish like this.

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Went into the DH code and found out that deleting range from the LED Behavior preference generates the error I pasted above. Deleting the range from Monitoring Interval and LED Brightness was supported, and now the device works on Android.

That said, while the “Title” text appears on the android app, the “Description” text does not (expected behavior would be for it to show up in gray under the title, right?).

In my version I did a quick and dirty modification to get the helpful text all in the title:

title: “Monitoring Interval\nThe time interval in seconds for sending device reports”,

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Sorry I didn’t test it. I need to dig up my old galaxy S3.

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Im having the same issue. Did you find a resolution?

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It’s working flawless in non-secure inclusion, so I haven’t really worried about it. Not sure if I should worry or not…maybe in the future.

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Thanks.
Mine will dim, but none of the other features work…

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@uacolon What have you tried? or what doesn’t work?

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Hello Brenthaag,
Thanks for the reply.

Finaly figured it out… device will not work on MY ST when securely included, like your issue. Infact none of my Aeon devices work if securely incuded…“Wich is a bummer”

The rest of the my issues,I got support from Aeon Tech who kindly pointed out to me it was a user error.
I did not know i had to select the config icon first in ST APP to be able to cange the LED color.
I also did not know the led behavior had to be changed acordingly.

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I want to share my contribution with the community. As this solution resolved my problem. I have working device handlers for Aeon micro switch and Aeon micro dimmer. They’ve been working great in my home for last 7 months. You can download them from here: https://github.com/northam/smartthings
You will need only these two files: aeonDimmer.groovy and aeonSwitch.groovy.
These drivers address the most important parameters to make them work as “normal” switch and “normal” dimmer. Enjoy!
Screenshot: https://github.com/northam/smartthings/blob/master/Aeon%20Switch%20recommended%20settings.png

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Hi Northam,

Have you by any chances looked into if it is possible to configure the dimming rate on the Aeotec zw099?

Would really like to have some more control over this. :slight_smile:

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