How to set Param 22, Switch Type, for a 3 way with 2 Inovelli Red Dimmers

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#1

I have 2 Red Dimmers that I’m using in a 3 way setup. They both have neutrals and are wired with the line and load in separate boxes. Should I be setting Param 22, Switch Type, at all? If so, what should it be set to?

Thanks,

Stuart

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#2

You can’t wire two dimmers together. You have to use associations. Which hub?

#3

Woops! Typo!! It should have been Param 22, Switch Type that I’m really asking about.

I have the Associations all set up and working. I found I needed Group 3 and 4 on both going to each other. (I don’t think I need it, but I also have one for Group 2 for both, and since it is working, I’m just leaving it there). I set Params 1-4 on both as 1, 1, 0, 0 and set Param 51 on both to Yes. I then created a rule for button 1 pushed for both to “fade” the load side switch to 100% in 0 seconds and another rule for button 7 pushed to fade the load side switch to 40% in 0 seconds.

I’m just wondering if I’m supposed to set Param 22 at all for either, and if so, to what.

BTW, if you’re wondering why I have the 100% rule for 1 pushed it is because myself and family found that after our eyes adjust using the dimmed value of 7 pushed we get to a point that we do want it at 100% but don’t want to turn the light off and then back on. So here’s one for the wish list: I wish that we could set it that 1 pushed wouldn’t just turn it on, but also set it to it’s default setting so I wouldn’t need to create a rule for that in Hubitat.

#4

I left mine with the default value. Probably doesn’t matter since you didn’t connect traveller. You Naidoo need to set param 12 (association behavior) to 11 on the non load dimmer

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#5

It seems the only difference in having the line (i.e. non-load) side at 11 vs. 15, which is the default, is that 15 includes all possibilities, (timer, 3-way, local and z-wave hub) while 11 is the same but without the z-wave hub. When I set the line side back to 15 I noticed a tiny bit of flicker when I let go of the paddle when dimming up or down from the line side which I wasn’t seeing when it was also 11. So I’m leaving them both at 11.

One strange thing I have noticed is that sometimes if I haven’t used either light for a while and dim down the line side it will flash off for an instant and then come back on and then work normally for a long time. I’m not sure if they go to sleep and this causes it or what.

#6

The two switches fight each other over status when you include the hub.

Never seen the flicker on my line switch.