Great. Have seen recommendations re the Megaman GU10 LED dimmable spotlights. So have gone for 6 6W bulbs, and 6 9W bulbs to get the electrician experimenting over the next few weeks. If you have any other suggestions keep them coming! Recommendations for outdoor?
And can I ask why. Is that specifically because you want a choice of many colours outside, or some other reason?
Robin, what motion sensors are you using outside? Are they sufficiently waterproof and reliable?
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Thanks. Have been researching dimmable LED spotlights tonight. Iāve never been in the detail here and I see you get the GU10 variety that require a separate driver, versus integrated LED downlights. Would be awesome if you could give me a few specific (ie make and model of) dimmable LEDs that you use and work well with the Fibaro, to help ensure I have some ābankersā. I can then experiment a little as well, but just want to be sure i am armed with the ability to get tried and tested LEDs that work well with the Fibaro Dimmer 2.
Sure. But are there particularly good ones. Especially the ability to utilise all percentages of dimming? Iāve used the old rotary dimmers before and often you only get a few dimming levels and then you turn again and the bulb is off. Are you saying absolutely every dimmable LED you use gives a big range of dimming? Perhaps humour me and let me know one or two of your favourites!
Thanks much, Robin!
Robin, my question for the day. Where there areas of the house where you preferred to have non-Dimmable lights and, if so, do you still use the same retrotouch momentary switches for these, or do you change to similar looking retrotouch toggle switches?
I imagine that for those who arenāt into Smart switches might get a little annoyed at Lights turning on at previously set dim levels, and they donāt necessarily want to know that they have to double click to go to 100% brightness.
Was any of this a consideration in your house, or all occupants are fine with the ādifferencesā versus standard on/off toggle lights.
Do you think I should purposefully select areas that simply have on/off Lights, even if I still use a momentary switch for these? Eg Hallways and bathrooms?
Interesting re the parameter option. That may just come in handy, even just through a teething period!
Robin, in our open-plan living room weāre currently going to have spotlights and LED striplights on the same circuit. The LED striplights will be on our rooflights. Do you have any experience on whether iāll be able to dim both the spotlight and LED striplights with a single Fibaro Dimmer 2 on the same circuit?
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Thanks Robin. Will try and ensure the rooflights are on a separate circuit. Just gets a bit complicated when I have three rooflights in different zones (kitchen vs dining vs living). But, agree, what you say makes sense.
Robin, I did note youāve commented in the past regarding blind control. Iāll likely have a mixture of 240V AC blind motors, 24V (mains transformed) and 12V (battery only) blinds.
I note that the 240V motors can be controlled by the Fibaro Roller Shutter 2 module, and the 24V motors can be controlled using the Fibaro Relays.
If you donāt mind, I have two questions:
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Does it matter whether the motors are Somfy or Louvolite? Irrespective of the make, the Fibaro Roller Shutter 2 should be able to control 240 AC motors?
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Why does the Fibaro Roller Shutter 2 enable you to calibrate it to recognise the percentage closure of the blinds, whereas the Fibaro Relay does not? Are there any z Wave modules other than the Fibaro that allow you to easily control the percentage closure of 24V motors? (Perhaps the QUBINO ROLLER SHUTTER DC PLUS?)
thanks again!
Robin, long shot, but are you aware of any outdoor recessed wall lights that are dimmable? I have three levels in the garden, with two retaining walls, and Iād like to recess downward shining wall lights into the walls. All I have come across are non-dimmable.
Robin, I note that your āRobus Triumph Activate 11W Downlightā is 4000K and 1030 Lumen. 4000K is a relatively cool light with living area recommendations around the 2700 - 3000K. Does this have anything to do with the fact that you can dim these, or do you not use these in the living room/ bedrooms?
Ha, makes sense. Sorry - Iāve spent the whole day researching and thinking about what Iām going to put in. My gut feel is that for my downlights, which will be the vast majority of the lighting in the house, I will go for the same Wattage for every light irrespective of whether it is in the Kitchen, Living area, bedrooms or bathrooms. Essentially giving the same Lumens per light and roughly the same Lux per room - when at full brightness. The only thing Iāll vary is the Kelvins - 3000K for Living and Bedrooms, 4000k for kitchen and bathrooms. Then Iāll use the dimming settings to control the effective Lumens/Lux, eg iāll cap the maximum setting for the Living area and Bedrooms lower than the potential of the LED light.
Iāll likely go for an 8W LED of about 600 Lumen per light. Varying the Kelvin between 3000 to 4000.
Does that make sense, or would you vary the Downlight Wattage/Lumens per light, depending on the room?
Hey Robin, exciting news (for me at least!).
The electrician has installed 6 LED 8 Watt Downlights (Aurora E8s), and I have a Fibaro Dimmer 2 and Bypass connected. Managed to get the Internet hooked up today, plus the Samsung Smartthings Hub.
Iāve managed to copy and paste the Device Handler code from Codersaur and have published this āto meā.
In Devices I assigned my Fibaro Dimmer 2 to Device Type equal to āFibaro Dimmer 2 ZW5ā.
I then logged into the Smartthings App and was able to turn the lights on and off and dim the lights.
My question is how can I be sure it is actually using the Codersaur Device Handler and not something else. Is the fact that the Device Type is showing as āFibaro Dimmer 2 ZW5ā proof that it is using this Device Handler?
Here is a screenshot from the Smartthings Classic App. Do you know if this is what I should be seeing?
Thanks. Is that in My Apps in the Smarthings App? If so, it is empty? I saw something about the ide possibly publishing to the wrong location, but canāt seem to work out how to rectify that.
Figured it, thanks. It is the last item in the ide type drop down. Think Iāve got the right one now!
Anyone find that the Fibaro Motion Sensor FGMS-001 ZW5 v3.2 gets stuck in āMotion Detectedā status?
Have done a lot of reading of previous threads on this, with no obvious solution. I am using the built-in Defice Handler in Smartthings rather than using a custom one. Might that be the problem?
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Thanks. Will give that a go tomorrow. My hunch is that the Fibaro Motion Sensor is not communicating with the Smarthings hub as it is still reporting 102 Lux, even though it is now pitch dark at 9.45pm, which it was reporting when it was very sunny at 4pm. It is a little strange, as although the Fibaro Motion Sensor is in a different room to the Hub, it is maximum 5 meters away. Plus the Fibaro Dimmer 2 is not struggling to communicate with the Hub, and it is positioned in the same room as the Motion Sensor.
Will experiment tomorrow, including use of the Device Handler you mention.
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