Best way to control ceiling fan with Aeon Minimote

[TN_Oldman (Don)]

I Got 2 Minimotes today. I got them connected and figured out how to configure the buttons. My intended use is as bedside remotes for separate rooms.

I have the remotes doing what I want including turning ceiling fan on and off. My question would be what would be the best way to configure one of the 8 possible buttons presses to control the fan speed?

I am thinking I am going to have to go to CoRE and configure a piston to see a specific button press? Then that would send the fan speed I wanted to the fan. I was hoping (fishing) for a alternate method. Something I may have missed. A Smart App I overlooked?

Thanks in advance for any ideas you very knowledgeable people throw my way.

[JDRoberts]

Here’s one to consider:

[OBSOLETE] Button Controller with Fan Support

Thought I would share a modification I made to the SmartThings button controller app. I have added a “Fan” section that allows the user to cycle through fan modes by pushing the button. Using this in conjunction with the “hold” feature and I have programmed my Aeon Minimote to do the following: Push Button: Turn on Fan to Low Push Button Again: Change Fan Speed to Medium Push Button Again: Change Fan Speed to High Push Button Again: Turn off Fan Any time I Hold the Button, Fan turns Off/On /** * Copyright 2015 * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law …

From the quick browse list for “HVAC” in the community – created wiki.

http://thingsthataresmart.wiki/index.php?title=How_to_Quick_Browse_the_Community-Created_SmartApps_Forum_Section

[TN_Oldman (Don)]

Thank you @JDRoberts. I searched but must have missed it. Man you are FAST and yet again bail me out!

Thanks so much.

[JDRoberts]

@TN_Oldman

Thank you @JDRoberts. I searched but must have missed it. Man you are FAST and yet again bail me out!

Thanks so much.

quick browse lists work every time.

[Benji]

I use Smart Lighting to turn my GE 12730 Fan Switch with my Minimote. You wouldn’t be able to configure it to increase the speed by say holding a button but you could set individual speeds on three of the buttons (eg, button 1 = 1% , button 2 = 50%, button 3 = 100%) and then press and hold button 1 would be off.

That way everything is running locally so in the event of a power/internet outage, it’ll still work.

[TN_Oldman (Don)]

That’s a very good idea @Benji. Good way to keep it local.
For now (ran out of time to work on it] I went with @JDRoberts suggestion. It’s working except the hold for off function. I am assuming it has something to do with me not using the standard DTH for the fan switch. I’ll have to wait till my next days off to fiddle with it more.

[Automated_House (Jimmy)]

I’ve been using Bruce’s Scene Controller. I chose it because it has built in functionality to have one button cycle through fan speeds with each press.

Aeon Minimote with Button Controller Turns devices Off but not On

If you want, I have a modified version of Button Controller that allows you to specify On, Off, or Toggle, as well as dimmer levels (2). This might solve your toggle issue, but ST has been weird recently. You can find it here, called Scene Controller: Oh, and be careful, last I checked an ST bug was preventing the page titles from displaying, showing which button you were on – so you have to keep track.