What Switch Mode for Smart Dimmer with Smart Canopy?

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I have set up my White Series Smart Canopy (VTM36) and Smart Fan Switch (VTM35SN) and I have them both connected to my HomeKit and Home Assistant setups. Unfortunately, the switch is not direct-wired to the fan in this house, but I have them working (at least to turn the light full on and full off) with HomeKit Automations at the moment.

I’m looking to improve my setup in Home Assistant but I’m not sure which “Switch Mode” I should use with the dimmer. Right now, it’s showing as “OnOff+FullWave” in Home Assistant, with the following choices:

  • OnOff+Single
  • OnOff+Dumb
  • OnOff+AUX
  • OnOff+Full Wave (selected)
  • Dimmer+Single
  • Dimmer+Dumb
  • Dimmer+Aux

Am I correct in assuming that this is the modes for the combination of the paddle switch (OnOff or Dimmer) and the config button (Single/Dumb/Aux/Full Wave)? If I switch it to Dimmer so I can dim the lights, should I select “Single” so I can use the config button to cycle through fan speeds somehow?

I’m also up for setting up the switch to use Matter Bindings since it’s now supported in the HA Matter Server, and I can use this HACS integration (GitHub - cedricziel/ha-matter-binding-helper: A binding helper for matter) to edit bindings. But I’d appreciate advice here too since I’m new to Matter and HA. Thanks!

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These settings are for if you have a 3/4-way setup or single pole. If you have a single pole (only one switch) controlling the load you will select with either dimmer or on/off. Can you give more information as to what you install consists of? i.e. One switch, type of load (dimmable or non-dimmable), etc?

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One switch, one fan canopy. No direct wires between them. Fan unit is 3-speed, with a dimmable light kit that supports full-range dimming. Right now I need to use HA or HomeKit to make the switch talk to the fan (Matter binding would be ideal in the event of an outage if my servers). Eventually I may run wiring between the two items.

Thanks!

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In your install, I would set it as a single pole dimmer. You will need to create automations in HA to control the canopy module. In HA you can try to bind the two but bindings is not officially supported/require per the Matter specification (at least at this time). With bindings you’ll be able control the module without the hub running but your milage may vary due it not being supported/required yet.

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Does that correspond to “Dimmer+Single” in the HA list then?