Onto to the next stuff…
Part 3: What could Red series do???
So I put a red series on/off to be a master control behind the bar. I swapped it with a physical switch that controlled the outlet that the LED strip light power supplies were plugged into (so I could kill them as needed manually). The idea was create something to give me a LOT of flexibility without using voice that was easily accessible behind the bar.
What did I do -
- disabled the local control and wire line/load together to keep the outlet powered
- On/off - one click up and one click down turned on/off the bar shelves and underlighting
- Selective control - 3 clicks down would turn off the underlighting and 4 clicks would turn off the shelves (this way I could easily use one or the other or both)
- Dimming (this one was interesting) - On a doubleclick up or down the bar shelves and underlighting will dim either way respectively by 10%. Curious part here is that on my controllers 100% to 50% there is no noticeable change really. So I have it that if the level is above 50% - immediately drop it to 50% and dim by 10 or if it’s 50% or above jump it straight to 100% so I don’t have clicks that look like they don’t do anything. It also only dims IF they are already on…so I avoid accidentally turning one on if it was turned off.
- Matching - So biggest issue was syncing all these lights as some are ST some are Hue and no really good unifying option (ST has some apps but it’s always or never). So I created a scene with 3 clicks up that matches the level, hue, color of my FIRST pendant light across all the other pendants AND the bar shelves. So all I do is set the one bulb and the rest will follow but ON DEMAND. Lastly on 4 clicks up, I also set the recessed lights to match creating a single color scheme across all color enabled lights and gives me the granular color control despite them all being different.
- Color cycling - I wanted a way to give someone behind the bar an easy way to change the shelves and underlighting color if they didn’t know the voice commands. So I set it up if you click the setup button, it will cycle through 5 colors and the notification LED will match that color. For example, click once and the notification light goes red and sets the shelves and underlighting to red. click again and everything goes green, and so on. Once it reaches the 5th color it will loop back to the first one and continue cycling on every press. Again will only set it IF they are on already.
I still have the 5 click up and down left to play and not sure what if anything I will do.To be honest it seems like I have a lot to remember, but it’s incredibly intuitive and my son has already learned the options. Overall, super excited on how well it worked and can’t wait to tackle my projector room next once the real dimmers arrive (need REAL dimming there).
If you have any questions or want to know how or the code that I used (it’s not crazy complex) let me know.
Thanks Inovelli team…seriously, these things are cool - had a party yesterday and everyone was floored with what ONE switch could do.
Tony