I’m less than 24 hours into my ST experience and have purchased GE Link light bulbs, got them installed (in a 4 light ceiling fan in the kitchen) and connected. Since it’s on the ceiling I thought it would be a good starting point as the switch they are controlled by is not a dimmer. I can dim each …

I too am less than 24 in with the same setup and I haven’t figured it out yet. Hopefully, they are groupable with dimming.

I wrote a “dim with me” app a while back. I can’t remember if it’s on the user list. I’m out of the office right now so I can’t see if it is. I’ll post it tonight to ST if it’s not. You can Google for it and dl it from github too. Anyway, it allows you to pick a master to which the chosen slaves w…

When I create the smartapp with your code, it says Metadata definition not found and I can’t get the readme to work

Wow. It’s old code then. I’ll update tonight

So if I understand correctly, I would install your Dim With Me app and create a virtual switch for ONE of the bulbs and choose the other three as slaves? Is there a post/sticky that details how to install apps/device types?

You can use a real dimmer as a master or a virtual dimmer. I like to use a virtual dimmer due to the fact that some brands of dimmers take a while to report back their dimmer value. YMMV. Just try it out and see what works best in your environment. Let me finish my Martini and I’ll post the update…

In my case, it’ll have to be virtual. No real switches, dimmer or otherwise, in the newbie system yet. Working on the wife stamp of approval… wackware: Let me finish my Martini and I’ll post the update. That should perfect timing as I’ll be finished my beer!

Here is the link to the updated version: twack/smarthings-apps/blob/master/dim-with-me.app.groovy /** * dim-with-me.app.groovy * Dim With Me * * Author: todd@wackford.net * Date: 2013-11-12 */ /** * App Name: Dim With Me * * Author: Todd Wackford * twack@wackware.net * …

@John_Esher How many beers did you have? Did the update work OK for you?

Can you dim a group of GE Link light bulbs?

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ronnycarr (Ronny Carr) October 9, 2014, 3:46pm 3

See this thread, I think it may help. Better Dimmer Device

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Can you dim a group of GE Link light bulbs?

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