I can’t tell if I’m brain farting right now. But I installed the white series fan canopy module on a dumb switch (always on), but the fan has 4 Nanoleaf bulbs on it.
The module is exposed in Apple home with both a fan speed switch and a light dimmer switch together. And then separately, the 4 bulbs.
The light dimmer and the 4 bulbs aren’t controlled together and cannot be grouped. So they are conflicting with each other and creating a buzz, when the brightness level is mismatched.
How can I tell Apple home that those 4 bulbs and the dimmer switch from the module are one light fixture?
No. If you have a fan with lights you need the canopy. Neither the dimmer nor the fan switch can carry both the light and the motor load together. And even if it could, there would be no way of the switch alone controlling both the fan and the lights.
Got it- good to know the effort wasn’t a waste. But now I just don’t want the dimmer that the module creates in Apple home. Turning it off (in Apple home) kills the connection to the 4 Nanoleaf bulbs, even though the physical switch is always on.
Do you have the lights in the Smart Bulb Mode? You can’t dim smart bulbs directly from via the canopy. That would cause buzzing because the canopy will drop the voltage to dim.
The smart bulbs need to be dimmed however you address them independent of the canopy.
I just have a regular dumb switch on the wall, which is on. Now in Apple home I have:
Fan control
Fan lights dimmer
4 Nanoleaf bulbs grouped
I basically want to get rid of the fan lights dimmer, because when it is off or 0% in Apple home, it kills connection to the 4 grouped bulbs.
I might be misunderstanding, but smart bulb mode would only be if I had the smart fan switch on the wall. I’ve ordered that, since troubleshooting this, but I’m actually more concerned that it’s going to complicate this further.
The purpose of the smart bulb mode is to ensure the module constantly puts out 100% to smart bulbs. Smart bulbs can’t be dimmed electrically as they need full power 100% of the time.
Since you are using smart Nanoleaf bulbs in the fan, then the canopy should be set to the SBM so that those bulbs are constantly powered at 100%. It sounds as if you are trying to dim them from the canopy module, which isn’t correct and will cause the buzzing. You should be dimming the bulbs from however you control them independent of the canopy module.
Hey thanks for the help- I am familiar with smart bulb mode, I just figured it was enabled by default on the module, because I didn’t see anything about it in the manual. Are you familiar with the quick tap sequence to enable smart bulb mode on the module?
And then once I add the Inovelli fan switch, am I then going to have in Apple home:
4 grouped bulbs
Fan control
Fan light dimmer
Switch dimmer
Switch notification LED dimmer?
Inovelli hasn’t posted the manuals for the white canopy yet, and the blue canopy manual online does not have a link to the quick tap section. Coming soon??? @Eric_Inovelli
I’d look to see if you can set it via the hub. I don’t use Apple products or white devices, so hopefully someone else can help here. @CroVlado ?
FWIW, here is the link for the Blue canopy manual: