I play with the idea to extend my houseautomation with some z-Wave devices. Currently I mainly use Homematic devices.With these Homematic dimmers I can set a RAMP_TIME before I send the LEVEL I would like to dim.
This is very nice in light scenes where turning a dimmer on or changing its level is done with a smaller ramp time that turning them off.
Now I think about buying the Fibaro RGBW dimmer FIB_FGRGB-101 but until now zwave is a bit more confusing for me and it is not totally clear to this devices can do the same.
I can see that there are parameters configurable for the device, but this would not be dynamically selectable but fix for each change of the dimm level.
There is a possibility to dynamically change the parameters as described in the wiki under āCONFIGURATIONā.
This normally should work, even though this does not seem to be the normal use case.
Normally I use the Artnet DMX-Binding for fades. DMX-Dimming hardware is fairly cheap and complex fades are no problem. Check ulrichradig for some cheap Ethernet to DMX bridges (Art Net Box ~50ā¬). A typical 4-channel-dimmer should be <30ā¬. So if you only plan to do some lighting this could be an alternative for you.
In theory, you can change these in a rule since it is possible to bind configuration parameters to an item. I tested this when I implemented it, and it does work, but I know some people have had problems getting it to workā¦
I change parameter 11 via a rule (the item looks like the one mention by chris but using parameter 11) before I send a command to the item representing the dimmer level.
Unfortunately ESH doesnāt have the ability to change configuration via a rule, but the ZWave binding can configure channels to change config parameters. There needs to be a channel configured for this in the databaseā¦
In the database for the device, youād need to add a channel of type config_decimal under the CONFIGURATION command class, and then in the options put parameter=11.
and it is not totally clear to this devices can do the same.