Bound switch and canpoy: how do I make the switch set the light to 100%

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Hello!

I have a number of Blue Canopy modules (VZN36) which are bound to a number of Blue switches (VZN31-SN, VZN35-SN). Everything is wired so they have power 100% of the time. The switch doesn’t control the actual power to the canopy, so it is like smart bulb mode. I am using Home Assistant for automations, but my real problem is how they work between each other when directly bound.

I have bound the light control to the paddle and the fam control to the aux button. The fan works exact as desired, but the light does not. When I click the paddle 1 time, it sets the light to on, but it stays as the brightness it was previously at. So if I had an automation that set it to 25%, then the light is turned off, it goes back to 25% when the paddle is hit up, or the light just stays off. I want it to go to 100%. I also want it to go to 100% when it is at 25% and I hit the paddle up.

How can I configure these devices to work the way I want them to? I am aware of the double tap functionality, but it never seems to work quite like i want it to.

EDIT: For anyone coming across this in the future, the exact settings I used for everything to get my desired outcome are in my post below.

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I have written a blueprint to accomplish this. I have not yet published it but now that I see there is desire I will.

Check back here or ping me in a day or so if I haven’t.

Edit: my work is for white switches. It is just a script that syncs two devices together. I’m not sure if the binding aspect will complicate that or not but if you think a script for white will work for you let me know

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Check parameters 13 and 14 (local and remote). This specifies the brightness level when the switch powers up. By default, it is 101 which tells the switch to power up at the previous brightness. Setting that to 100 tells the switch to turn on at full brightness regardless of the previous setting.

I do not know if these parameters are enforced when you use binding, but it’s worth quickly checking.

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Thanks for the answer, @zachary.melnick. I am trying to get the switches and canopy modules to work 100% without Home Assistant or any other external source, though. I had thought about forcing it to the desired behavior through HA automation, but if HA is down, my lights still need to act exactly as I want them to.

Thanks, @Bry! This was the solution! For anyone else who comes across this with the same problem, I went into the switches and had set the following:

Canopy (VZM36):
  InovelliVZM36LightCluster:
    default_level_remote       (0xe): 254 (Default: 255)
    dimming_speed_down_remote  (0x5): 10  (Default: 127)
    dimming_speed_up_remote    (0x1): 10  (Default: 25)
    ramp_rate_off_to_on_remote (0x3): 10  (Default: 127)
    ramp_rate_on_to_off_remote (0x7): 10  (Default: 127)
  LevelControl:
    on_off_transition_time    (0x10): 10  (Default: 25)
Switch (VZM3#-SN):
  InovelliVZM3#SNCluster (Endpoint id: 1, Type: in):
    default_level_local        (0xd): 254 (Default: 255)
    default_level_remote       (0xe): 254 (Default: 255)
    dimming_speed_down_local   (0x6): 10  (Default: 127)
    dimming_speed_down_remote  (0x5): 10  (Default: 127)
    dimming_speed_up_local     (0x2): 10  (Default: 127)
    dimming_speed_up_remote    (0x1): 10  (Default: 25)
    ramp_rate_off_to_on_local  (0x4): 10  (Default: 127)
    ramp_rate_off_to_on_remote (0x3): 10  (Default: 127)
    ramp_rate_on_to_off_local  (0x8): 10  (Default: 127)
    ramp_date_on_to_off_remote (0x7): 10  (Default: 127)

This made it so that:

  • transitions take 1 second (10)
  • switch paddle up turns the light on to 100%
  • switch paddle down turns the light off

It is worth noting that the attributes with the default value 127 could be left at 127, as that tells it to set its value based on the value of dimming_speed_up_remote. I set it anyway just to be 100% certain that the transations would all take exactly 1 second. I just wanted them all to be the same exact value so I could easily see when something was wrong.

As another note, I have found that you ONLY want to interact with the light via the Switch Device (VZM3#-SN) and you ONLY want to interact with the fan via the Canopy Device (VZM36). I have found that if you do anything other than that, the canopy, switch, and the values in HA get out of sync and it becomes annoying.

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