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How to dim Philips Hue or other RGBW light with WallC-S or other remote

Lukas Berger shared this question 5 years ago
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I have a Philips Hue light bulb that I would like to dim with a a remote controller, in my case a Z-wave.me WallC-S switch.

I manage to create a rule to dim a Everspring dimmer plug by use of "Startchangeup/changedown", but I can't do this with my Philips Hue color bulb due to the simple reason that the option isn't available in rule creator. See print-shot bellow.

I use the "Hold button" command to dim the light and the push command to toggle.

*Klotlampa = Philips Hue bulb

** Entré dimmer = Everspring dimer plug


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How should I create a rule to make my Philips Hue dim?

As I'm about to order several Philips Hue Milliskin spot lights to my kitchen, which I would like to control by a WallC-S switch, am I beginning to be quite frustrated by this lack of function in rule creator.

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Yes, that is not possible, just like scenes

and in the app you can turn off the lights or not on. You also can not see whether the lights are on or off

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Hi,

It is possible with the usage of the variable function.

Created and tested rule below:

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ps. variable "Schedule" is a variable that I created before and used it for this test ;-)...

Good luck,

Walter.

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What kind of switch is your "Dimmer Hal"?

When I put my WallC-S in the "When" block can I not choose "Intensity" as shown bellow:

Note that I want to hold Button 1 to dim up and Button 3 to dim down.


When I go to variable can I not choose intensity either, in fact can I not choose any thing at all. This is probably because the WallC-S is a controller and not a meter (which the blue block is).


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Hi Lukas,

The switch I use is a "TKB_TZ35D".

I think it is possible to set, increase and decrease variable with the held, pressed, released function of the buttons that can be used to set the intensity of the HUE bulb.

Use the variable blocks in the control center.

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Playing around with Variable Blocks. (not tested, but perhaps you can give it a try)

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