fibaro rgbw - alarm mode

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can we use rgbw alarm mode in zipabox ?

need to have a blinkin rgb when alarm activated

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Klaus G ●

I don´t know about the limits of the repeat rule but as a quick workaround I´d try it as shown in the picture below.

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mehrpaad ●

does it works for u?

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Klaus G ●

Sorry, I don´t have the box around to test it (it´s installed in my mothers flat and I don´t want to surprise her ;-)) But from my understanding it should work, otherwise I would open a ticket (I don´t know if there is a maximum of commands per minute or if the repeat rule has any issues with high numbers of repeat. But I´ve read a post that the issue with repeat is solved.) And if there is a problem with too many commands I´d try to set the colour befor the repeat loop. Perhaps you could also play a bit with those times, perhaps it is not possible to switch the RGBW lamp on and off in fast succesion. I remember some problems when I tried to simulate sundown by decreasing the value of the rgbw from 100 to 0 in 100 sec. But that was while there were some problems with the repeat rule.

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Alberto Macias ●

I also think would be nice to be able to use the alarm mode and the program mode of the fibaro RGBW, if we can trigger it from configuration I don't think it could be that hard to include into the system, and since this is the only RGBW controller in the market that I know of, I think Zipato should fully support it (at least for Z-wave). Maybe we that own Fibaro RGBW module open a support ticket about it then they might listen to us. Another thought is that maybe they could include a generic parameter send/read on the puzzles so we could trigger it with a rule.

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Adrian Van Der Heijden ●

should be good, we did this for a show. When the alarm was armed the Fibaro RGBW and a Zpiato RGBW bulb turned red and flashed twice. When it was disarmed it flashed green for 5 seconds. This was about 6 months ago but should still work.

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mehrpaad ●

hello adrian

can u please explain how it works?

because we chek the alarm mode in fibaro RGBW but we dont see any functionality!

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Adrian Van Der Heijden ●

sorry we just did it via a rule, not in the parameters of the "alarm" configuration in the module itself. I have often wondered about the alarm parameter myself. I could not see how to use it in the Fibaro Lite either. Unless i missed something. I'll have another look tomorrow. There are settings in the configuration tab for the RGBW module in Zipato, I just can not see how they are applied. I think it is for fibaro only modules, and they send an alarm status/message depending on the sensors that triggers it. Again probably only Fibaro sensors. I think it is like "grouping" fibaro devices as a type of alarming/notification system with out the need a controller.

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