Set parameters by rule on red series?

[stylekyle]

Hope this post is in the correct category. Mods please move it out isn’t.

So I have a GE/Jasco dimmer in Hubitat that I’ll be replacing with a Red Series mmWave switch that just shipped today.

With the GE switch, I’m able to use Rule Machine to effectively set the default dim level even when the physical paddle is pressed, based on time of day.

For example, my bathroom lights default to ~1% overnight so I don’t get blasted when I stumble in and hit the wall switch. This works reliably today (see screenshots of the rule below).

On the Red Series, is it possible to set the “Default Level (Local)” or equivalent parameter via Rule Machine using a custom command?

I understand the Red Series supports Default Level (Local/Remote) via Z-Wave configuration parameters, but when I look at custom commands on another Red Series switch, I don’t see any command that would allow changing that default level dynamically from a rule.

Before I install the mmWave switch, I just want to confirm:

Is there any supported way to modify the default ON level from Rule Machine?

Or is the only option to let the paddle turn the light on first, then override the level after a delay (which risks a brief ramp to the local default)?

Thanks — just trying to confirm expectations before swapping hardware.

[bureau.radii]

Adjusting and capturing device preferences from a rule

This is exactly the motivation for this feature request from hubitat. It would be GREAT if hubitat would improve support for reading and writing parameters from rules. That way inovelli and others did not have to pollute their drivers with custom actions and attributes to just make changing settings easy.

That being said yes, it is possible to control those settings from a rule, call “setParameter” and pass any needed fields

Here is an example from one of my rules to change switching behavior on motion:

For your rule I would do something like this to set the default level to 5%:

13 is for the 13 preference (local default level)
5 is the desired value.

[stylekyle]

Awesome. Thanks! Thank you also for the link to the hubitat feature request. Crazy that they don’t have this already baked into the rule machine.