Z-Wave Smart Fan Control Custom Device Type

[dalec]

@mauricioaglr1

The Leviton quite fan control does not seem to be compatible with my Altura 68 inch fan from the home depot. If I select low the fan does not turn on, if I select med it turns on but seems like it is on low, and when I select high it stays the same speed as medium.

I believe your Leviton switch is OK with the Altura. I wonder if the real issue may be that built-in internal Altura receiver speed controller is not set at full lighting and to HI speed with the wireless remote? I wonder if the remote control button was pressed accidentally switching the internal speed controller to Medium speed so that is as high a speed that the Leviton can achieve for you? This is same problem that people have with the older manual pull chain speed switch when they accidentally pulled the chain by accident putting the speed in a lower speed or the light OFF. I had to cut the pull chains so that my family quit doing that. The Z-Wave controller is only capable to controlling to whatever the fan controls were set to.

FYI; I love your fan choice! Looks great. I think the ideal future solution would be if the community could get the new Ceiling Fan controller to work with SmartThings so you could replace your [Altura receiver] (http://www.homedepot.com/p/Black-Replacement-Remote-and-Receiver-Set-for-Altura-Fans-082392052133/205489329) instead of installing the Leviton or GE Fan controllers.

If the above doesn’t work though simply try adjusting up the lo/med/hi preference values as stated in the original posting.

@ChadCK

I worked out all these problems and re-wrote it to also include user set input for low/med/high values. The main reason was that the values John had were not the exact same values that were for me, I’m not sure if they are depended on the switch or the fan but either case, it had to be adjustable for everybody. *(Its currently thought its depended on the switch and can vary between models)

So this new Device Type includes Preferences Values for low/med/high, it also will always report correct as to the status of the fan, it also has a ADJUSTING state which is inbetween commands. It is colored, also the low/med/high tiles will be highlighted accurately to the current status. It works great from the app or even if physically using the button to switch.

I left in the slider at the bottom so that you can use it to figure out what your low/med/high values should be, basically start close to the defaults and move one at a time till you hear your fan kick to the next level. You want the MAX level the fan can be at BEFORE it kicks over. Normally High should always be 99, but i left it in and adjustable for the heck of it. So all you have to find is low/med. If you enter nothing the defaults will be 33/67/99