Firmware v1.55 (Beta) | LZW31-SN | Dimmer - Red Series (Gen 2)

After updating all of my dimmers in hubitat, half of them still say Firmware 1.52 after flashing both targets twice. When I change them to the updater device type it says 1.55, but not when device type is set to the red series dimmer.

Also, a couple of my dimmers say ā€œPlease wake up your sleepy deviceā€ when updating. Iā€™ve fixed this before by excluding, including without security, and then updating again. Is there any explanation for this or any other fix?

I see this fairly often after firmware updates. As far as I know, there is no automatic event that updates the hub with the new version number even though the device has been updated. You have to ā€˜tickleā€™ it to get the updated firmware version number updated in hubitat. Try using the Configure command button on the Device screen in Hubitat. That usually updates the firmware version field in my experience. It also seems to just be a good practice after any firmware update as it forces your non-default parameter settings to be re-sent

Ah, I was doing ā€œRefreshā€. ā€œConfigureā€ seems to fix it. Now to wake up those other dimmersā€¦

Youā€™re on a roll, that did the trick. Thanks again!

I ran the gambit of tests on this last night, and I feel like I am living in a utopian future world where I have literally zero requests to improve this switch. I am truly thankful to @EricM_Inovelli and his dev team for making this a literal ā€œdreamā€ switch.

Piggybacking off of others, I do think there is room for research and development on the following, either for firmware updates or v3 of the dimmer switch (in no particular order):
3-way On/Off SBM mode
Min level increase (corresponding max level min input increase)
Ramping choppiness fix
Toggle dimmer to default level on button 1 press, regardless of state (currently only when off).

Iā€™m just over the moon right now!!!

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I mostly agree :wink: but did you mean ā€œutopianā€ world? :thinking:
A dystopian world is bad and undesirable :woozy_face:

Beta 1.54 was unusable for me (due to the non-tap-off bug) but the quick fix to beta 1.55 solved that and I can run with it now :slight_smile: Thanks @EricM_Inovelli for getting that out so quickly! :+1:

However, 3-way SBM mode is still acting very weird. Since this is beta firmware thatā€™s ok with me. But in my utopian world, this would either need to be fixed, or at least dis-allowed in the device handler before it becomes official production release.

I agree with that wish-list :+1:
But I would modify #1 to include both modes of SBM (mode1=on/off, mode2=always on)
And I would add #5
Better LED bar dimming using gamma curve (top example in illustration below)


(initial request posted here: LED Bar Intensity values - big gap/jump between 10% and 20%)

Haha you are correct! Fixed.

I remember another one Iā€™d like to add:
#6 Make the Dimming Speed and Ramp Rate params be 100mS increments not 1-sec increments

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Thanks, that is a huge compliment. :slight_smile: We will continue to try and bring the features and enhancements that the community is asking for!

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Hi @EricM_Inovelli ,

I updated all of my red dimmers to the 1.55 target 0 firmware (with hubitat) and that went fine.

However, when I updated the target 1 firmware to 1.44 the first time on one of my dimmers it failed and bricked the device. Right now its not responding to anything. I ried air gapping it and also resetting it by holding the button down for 20s with no luck.

Anything more I could try or is it dead?

Does the LED bar do anything when you air gap it? I had a switch that would boot up after air gap but became completely unresponsive after booting. I was able to get an exclusion to happen as it was booting and that allowed it to start working again.

Nope. Completely dead after attempting the update. No lights or anything. Even after the air gap.

I updated the target 1 firmware to 1.44

Hopefully you used the v1.44.bin file for target 1 and not the v1.44.otz file

Yup. Double checked that. Used the right file. One of my switches is fully upgraded. This one failed partly through and got bricked. I canā€™t get it back to life.

Has anyone else noticed that this firmware or another recent version (I was updating from 1.48) seems to have resulted in a different minimum dimming level being required?

Example, I have ~15 Halo RL56129S1EWHR on a four different circuits. Since updating to firmware v1.55 Iā€™ve had to increase parameter 5 to as high as 50 on one of these circuits where a value 38 was working 100% reliably previously (and continues to work on the other circuits). Really the only thing different about this circuit compared to the others is that it has two extra lights and is also using a dumb auxiliary switch.

I have not tried flashing back to v1.48 to confirm if this issue goes away.

EDIT: I am actually still able to reproduce this on the older firmware. Very strange. Iā€™m now wondering if changing the CCT setting makes a difference (Iā€™ve changed it twice since I originally tested these).

What platform are you using? That parameter is supposedly limited to 45 max - although its been requested to update the firmware to allow higher values. Even with v1.55 I still canā€™t set it above 45 with the Hubitat driver but I wish I could set it to 50 or even higherā€¦
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Iā€™ve read this thread, but iā€™m still not sure how SBM different than me disabling the relay by hitting the config button 8 times. Does SBM also ignore zwave actions to turn off/on power?

Iā€™m using Z-Wave JS on Home Assistant. I can definitely set this to higher than 45 on v1.55.

Have you queried the device parameters to see if it actually gets set in the device? This previous thread indicates that the limit is hardcoded in the firmware not the device handler. Its possible that HA is not restricting the range, but the internal firmware may just be ignoring the 50 and internally limiting it to 45 (or less).

Iā€™m having some issues with my 3-way with this update, on a non-smart bulb. It seems like my AUX switch turns on and off the dimmer, I hear a click and the LED dims and it says ā€œoffā€ in Hubitat, but the load does not turn on and off unless I use the master switch. Iā€™ve tried 3-way toggle and 3-way momentary. I had to have it on 3-way momentary before this update.