Eureka! It worked!!! I had to do it in Rule Machine as a Basic Button rule wouldn’t let me put in zero as a “number”. I had to put it in as a string, and then it wouldn’t let me add the third parameter. Seems like a definite bug in Hubitat’s Basic Button app (which I’ll post over there. But I digress).
So for my switch I have Params 1-4 set to 0, 3, 0, 0. I have 51 set to Yes, Disable Delay. (I don’t do multi-taps from this switch and want the fastest possible on time).
I then created a rule for 1 Pushed that setConfigParameter to 4, 1, 1. (Param 4, 1 second, 1 Byte). Param 4 is the physical ramp speed. That sets the ramp speed to 1 second giving my 1 pushed dimming rule time to run.
I then created a 1 Pushed rule that dimmed the light to 0 over 1 second and then setConfigParameter to 4, 0, 1. (Param 4, 0 seconds, 1 Byte). That reset Param 4, the physical ramp speed to 0 seconds so when I turn it on again it will be as fast as possible.
Just for a test I added before the 1 Pushed setConfigParameter an action to “dim” the light to 100% over 0 seconds. I did that as I like to have the config/“favorite” button 7 Pushed, set the light to a low level and then I want to get it back to 100% by just pushing the paddle up (i.e. a 1 pushed) without having to turn it off first (because I also set the turn on defaults, Params 9 and 10, to 99). I went right over to the light in about 5 seconds and when I first tried it, it took about a second to come up to 100%. But after I did a 7 push to dim them to the low level and then a 1 pushed it started acting virtually instantly. After that even if I turned the lights off with a 1 push it acts virtually instantly to come on while the 1 held (down paddle one time) does do a second fade out. I don’t know if it just took a bit for the rule to take effect or not, but it’s working now. So I did it! I now have different Ramp On/Ramp Off times!! Woo hoo! Maybe I should go around like Kesuke Miyagi from the Karate Kid, Ramp On, Ramp Off. Ramp On, Ramp Off.
But I do think I found 1 caveat: In trying to show to my family I was doing the on/off very quickly and it wasn’t working right at all. However, if I waited about 5-10 seconds between turning the lights on or off it worked. I therefore think it does take several seconds for the setConfigParameter to get to Hubitat and then take effect.
Here is what my Rule Machine screen shot looked like before I added the 100% “fade” on:
and after with the 100% fade on in 0 seconds and 7 pushed dimming them to 45% in 0 seconds:
Here are Params 1-12:
And Param 51:
