Events for bathroom exhaust fans

[facke02]

Thanks everyone for all your help.

I though I had it all setup for the wife and I until this morning.

I have an event that turns off the fan after being on for 1 hour. It's worked before but this morning it didn't fire. I use this event for the wife as she always leaves the fan on.

I have another event setup for a double or triple press on the down paddle which I generally use. Been working great until this morning. I didn't fire either.

Thoughts?

I removed into the machine and have since rested the events and they seem to be working now.


Sep-19 6:13:33 AM

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Device: Master Bath Master Bath Shower Fan (Switch Binary) Set to 0

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Device: Master Bath Master Bath Shower Fan (Central Scene) Set to 2000

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Device: Master Bath Master Bath Shower Fan (Central Scene) Set to 1000

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Device: Master Bath Master Bath Shower Fan (Central Scene) Set to 2004

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Device: Master Bath Master Bath Shower Fan (Switch Binary) Set to 255

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[randy]

Hi! How do you achieve #4 (specifically globally adjusting light levels). Do these dimmers allow you to set the level they will come on as if you just send an 'on' command? I'm struggling with my army of Hue bulbs. When I used smartthings it was easy...I modified the code such that you can issue a brightness command but it wouldn't change the state of the bulb. This way bulbs that were off stayed off but would come on at the appropriate level, and no polling for state/etc was required. Thanks!

I originally wrote about it in this post. When a light is controlled locally an event is triggered to set the level to a default. That can result in the light coming on at a higher or lower than default level, then adjusting to the default. My network is very fast, but this behavior can be seen briefly. When it is controlled by motion or any other event, it is set to the default level initially. I have since expanded and modified the whole structure of my dimmer default events to have virtual devices to set the dimming levels and by adding a few more level setting events. I will post the changes I made in that thread.

[sprange]

I'll also add that we do use the HS-WD100+ scenes on the light control in the bathrooms

1. A key held down of the top paddle when on or the bottom paddle when off disables motion control of lighting.
2. A single press of the top paddle or the bottom paddle resumes motion control
3. A double tap of the bottom turns off the fan and lights immediately and resumes motion control
4. When the lights are turned on by the switch or by motion, they come on at different levels based upon the time of day, occupancy mode and/or light level. A double tap of the top paddle will toggle the lights between On and the default level

The first two apply to every motioned controlled light in the house, so the behavior is consistent throughout the house.

Hi! How do you achieve #4 (specifically globally adjusting light levels). Do these dimmers allow you to set the level they will come on as if you just send an 'on' command? I'm struggling with my army of Hue bulbs. When I used smartthings it was easy...I modified the code such that you can issue a brightness command but it wouldn't change the state of the bulb. This way bulbs that were off stayed off but would come on at the appropriate level, and no polling for state/etc was required. Thanks!

[facke02]

Here is how mine is setup if you want more ideas. I use a Aeon Multi Sensor to check humidity (second floor with access to the attic, so its plugged into power). It's setup to turn on at certain humidity and then turn off once it drops. I am also using a timer to put a delay in for 30 mins. I do this if it manually gets turned on or off (WAF) to either keep it on or off for at least 30 min.

Thanks for the examples. This helps.


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[sparkman]

Thanks Al. My wife is going to kill me for getting all these new toys.

Just don't tell her

[waynehead99]

Here is how mine is setup if you want more ideas. I use a Aeon Multi Sensor to check humidity (second floor with access to the attic, so its plugged into power). It's setup to turn on at certain humidity and then turn off once it drops. I am also using a timer to put a delay in for 30 mins. I do this if it manually gets turned on or off (WAF) to either keep it on or off for at least 30 min.

[facke02]

Thanks Al. My wife is going to kill me for getting all these new toys.


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[sparkman]

Humidity sensors could work too. Which one do you use?

I need to dive into virtual devices, lots of possibilities there.




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I use Oregon Scientific ones (using RFXrec433 receiver and the RFXCom plugin), zwave ones, and ones I built myself and integrate with the mysensors.org plugin.

Cheers
Al


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[facke02]

I'll also add that we do use the HS-WD100+ scenes on the light control in the bathrooms[list=1][*]A key held down of the top paddle when on or the bottom paddle when off disables motion control of lighting.
[*]A single press of the top paddle or the bottom paddle resumes motion control

A single press of the paddle also manually activates the switch, correct?



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[facke02]

Humidity sensors could work too. Which one do you use?

I need to dive into virtual devices, lots of possibilities there.




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[sparkman]

I use humidity sensors in our bathrooms to control the exhaust fans or if they are turned on manually, they automatically turn off after 20 minutes. I also use a virtual device to track if its been turned on manually or through an event due to high humidity.

Cheers
Al


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[randy]

Thanks Randy, I suspected this might be the case. I'll add an event for the triple press. Mind if I ask what motion detectors you use?

I'll also add that we do use the HS-WD100+ scenes on the light control in the bathrooms

1. A key held down of the top paddle when on or the bottom paddle when off disables motion control of lighting.
2. A single press of the top paddle or the bottom paddle resumes motion control
3. A double tap of the bottom turns off the fan and lights immediately and resumes motion control
4. When the lights are turned on by the switch or by motion, they come on at different levels based upon the time of day, occupancy mode and/or light level. A double tap of the top paddle will toggle the lights between On and the default level

The first two apply to every motioned controlled light in the house, so the behavior is consistent throughout the house.

[randy]

Maybe a different direction. Get a motion sensor put in the bathroom and have your event state reset timer if no motion and fan is on. Set another event to turn fan off when timer reaches 15 min.

Edit: didn't read that Randy had already covered this

Yes, and I don't use a timer, just that there has been no motion for 15 minutes and the lights are off.

As I have stated in other posts, I use "This device has been/for at least..." because I want these sorts of events to clean up if the exact time is missed for any reason - HomeSeer server restart, etc. When that trigger is used, a controlled device MUST be included as a condition. Additionally setting "Cannot Re-Run For:" to 10 seconds keeps the event from retriggering in interval between when the device is controlled and it reporting the change of state back to HomeSeer. Usually device response is quick enough to prevent this, but with Z-Wave there is the possibility that the device will not report its change of status before the event might re-trigger (usually about once a second).

[waynehead99]

Events for bathroom exhaust fans

Maybe a different direction. Get a motion sensor put in the bathroom and have your event state reset timer if no motion and fan is on. Set another event to turn fan off when timer reaches 15 min.

Edit: didn't read that Randy had already covered this

[facke02]

I have a DSC security panel as well. Something else to explore.

Thanks for all the great info.