Originally posted by SiliconPixel
View Post
If using the older <mode>dimmer</mode> then in some future beta I intend to support C-Bus ramp commands instead of successive 'goto' levels which will be considerably more efficient and smoother. I am not sure this could be used within sliders though as you would lose the immediate feedback aspect. You can already of course issue timed ramp commands to C-Bus from xAPFlash buttons using the <xAP> tags and sending a raw xAP message that includes the target level and ramp time.
You have a later firmware build in your gateway than the official release and so there are aspects that aren't in the current documentation. We did go through it on Skype so possibly it's in the history there ? I can't remember offhand but if you do decide you wish to change it let me know and I'll look at the code to see if we have a HV var that controls this. The one problem might be that I am running a slightly later version again than yours and IIRC you have a custom build for some reason - maybe even this reason - and so I might lose you something that we added just for you - does that ring any bells as to what it might have been ? I don't want to maintain forked versions of the firmware.
K
<edit> Within the C-Bus domain 0 is always OFF and >0 is always ON hence the behavioural decision we have to choose when extending to xAP where the two are totally independant - IDRANet/ Cortex is even harder as lights can have an 'off' brightness so that when you turn them off they just dim... Vagueries of X10 like always coming back on at full brightness - but only some models, and only some with status, plus the what state after dimming through zero make this a real 'chestnut'. Make it behave as expected for one and it doesn't for someone else.
Comment