Support of OTA firmware updates for Z-Wave / Z-Wave Plus devices

[Benji]

@Kianoosh_Karami

Sounds good, what are some devices you would think an OTA would be a considerable user experience upgrade?

All GE 127xx switches have some firmware updates however, the current stock DTH for all of GE’s type of Z-Wave dimmers (switches/plug in outlets etc) for later firmware version have an issue where sending a ‘set level’ type of command will cause the dimmer to jump directly to that level instead of gradually fading to the requested level.

So for example if the light is off and I set the level to 100, it will instantly go from off to 100 whereas older versions will gradually increase from off through to 100 just fine. If the previous level was 100 and the light is turned off, then issued a ‘turn on’ command without a ‘set level’ it will gradually go from off to 100 like you would expect it to.

I have both types of firmware versions:

ver:3.35 zwv:3.40 = works as expected
ver:3.37 zwv:3.67 = doesn’t work as expected (jumps to set level instead of fading)

There are some configuration parameters that supposedly control this:

http://www.ezzwave.com/advanced-operation/

There are loads of discussions around this issue on the ST community and a few other places around the Internet but here are a couple examples:

Fade between 2 levels (GE dimmers)

Hey Everyone. One thing that I have not yet been able to figure out is to get all my lights to fade between brightness levels when I go between different moods. I have philips hue bulbs and GE dimmer switches throughout my house and when I go from one mood to another (these are setup in Webcore when a certain routine executes) only my Philips lights fade. My GE dimmer switches just jumps to that new level and it just don’t feel right. Going between moods should be smooth (at least for me) else it just feels glitchy. I might be wrong but I feel like doing this as a Scene in SmartThings it does fade GE dimmers smoothly BUT Scenes in SmartThings are not the best since it’s very slow and it does not change everything at one time. So my question would be, anyone know of any custom device ha…

Change brightness level smoothly on GE/Jasco Dimmers (12724, 45715)

However, the most telling and finally a decent response seems to have come from Jasco on the quoted text in this post:

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,50391.msg332062.html#msg332062

It’s not clear if this parameter 6 is also available to the 12724 dimmers that do suffer this issue but would require modification of the stock DTH to accompany the newer firmware version dimmers with the issue however, fixing this would benefit a vast number of SmartThings users as the GE Z-Wave dimmers (of all types and generations) are probably by far the most popular.

Another OTA firmware update that would be nice but would only benefit a smaller subset of people is for the AEON RGBW Bulb, the newer version can be found here:

Firmware Update (10/23/2016) - LED Bulb Gen5 V1.07

There is a popular DTH written by @erocm1231 that takes advantage of all of the cool options available on this bulb, including the new features in the newer firmware, so it would be great if that OTA update were available too:

[RELEASE] Aeon RGBW LED Bulb Advanced Device Handler

This is a handler for the Aeon LED Bulb that has a modern look and advanced functionality. You can use some of the built in programs for the bulb and additionally configure your own custom program in the device preferences page. Along with the customizable programs, you can choose to have one of the default SmartThings presets (Daylight, Softwhite, ect.) change the bulb to a random color. There are also a few configuration options if you are running firmware 1.05: Default power on state Customizable transition setting [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] You can also use my Virtual Device Sync app to create virtual switches for the programs so that you can activate them with other automations.