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    Lowest 2477D LED brightness is still very bright

    I just installed several 2477D dimmers and the lowest programmed LED brightness through the plugin is not very dim. Previously with other Insteon software I was able to set the brightness of the dimmers and Keypadlincs very low.

    #2
    can you post the devicetype value from the [device x] in question from the insteon.ini file
    Mark

    HS3 Pro 4.2.19.5
    Hardware: Insteon Serial PLM | AD2USB for Vista Alarm | HAI Omnistat2 | 1-Wire HA7E | RFXrec433 | Dahua Cameras | LiftMaster Internet Gateway | Tuya Smart Plugs
    Plugins: Insteon (mine) | Vista Alarm (mine) | Omnistat 3 | Ultra1Wire3 | RFXCOM | HS MyQ | BLRadar | BLDenon | Tuya | Jon00 Charting | Jon00 Links
    Platform: Windows Server 2022 Standard, i5-12600K/3.7GHz/10 core, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD

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      #3
      0120

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        #4
        thanks for posting. do you see a difference between the brightest and lowest settings?
        Mark

        HS3 Pro 4.2.19.5
        Hardware: Insteon Serial PLM | AD2USB for Vista Alarm | HAI Omnistat2 | 1-Wire HA7E | RFXrec433 | Dahua Cameras | LiftMaster Internet Gateway | Tuya Smart Plugs
        Plugins: Insteon (mine) | Vista Alarm (mine) | Omnistat 3 | Ultra1Wire3 | RFXCOM | HS MyQ | BLRadar | BLDenon | Tuya | Jon00 Charting | Jon00 Links
        Platform: Windows Server 2022 Standard, i5-12600K/3.7GHz/10 core, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD

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          #5
          I see a difference but its not very much. Previously with the 2E register I could load a value of 1 and it would barely glow.

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            #6
            if you are seeing the same on all these new devices, can you check the dim level against another 2477d with a different/older fw version
            Mark

            HS3 Pro 4.2.19.5
            Hardware: Insteon Serial PLM | AD2USB for Vista Alarm | HAI Omnistat2 | 1-Wire HA7E | RFXrec433 | Dahua Cameras | LiftMaster Internet Gateway | Tuya Smart Plugs
            Plugins: Insteon (mine) | Vista Alarm (mine) | Omnistat 3 | Ultra1Wire3 | RFXCOM | HS MyQ | BLRadar | BLDenon | Tuya | Jon00 Charting | Jon00 Links
            Platform: Windows Server 2022 Standard, i5-12600K/3.7GHz/10 core, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD

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              #7
              I tried a few different firmware devices and they behave the same. I used another Insteon software tool and see that the brightness is set to 11 when the plugin says its at minimum brightness. I remember reading that the LED brightness range is from 11 to 128 but it clearly works below 11.

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                #8
                would you mind posting a pic of the LED at the lowest and highest brightness. I definitely see a difference on my test units but i haven't tried in a dark room where one might want almost complete darkness. i wonder if you can capture an insteon message from the other sw when setting at lowest brightness setting
                Mark

                HS3 Pro 4.2.19.5
                Hardware: Insteon Serial PLM | AD2USB for Vista Alarm | HAI Omnistat2 | 1-Wire HA7E | RFXrec433 | Dahua Cameras | LiftMaster Internet Gateway | Tuya Smart Plugs
                Plugins: Insteon (mine) | Vista Alarm (mine) | Omnistat 3 | Ultra1Wire3 | RFXCOM | HS MyQ | BLRadar | BLDenon | Tuya | Jon00 Charting | Jon00 Links
                Platform: Windows Server 2022 Standard, i5-12600K/3.7GHz/10 core, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD

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                  #9
                  Here you go.

                  Write LED brightness value of 0:

                  2021-03-08 10:11:17.635 TX 02 62 51 2A E5 1F 2E 00 01 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CA
                  2021-03-08 10:11:17.698 RX SENTINSTEONEXT=31 16 21 51 2A E5 1F 2E 00 01 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 CA 06
                  2021-03-08 10:11:18.151 RX RECEIVEINSTEONRAW=51 2A E5 31 16 21 2F 2E 00

                  Read the LED brightness value:

                  2021-03-08 10:12:12.916 TX 02 62 51 2A E5 1F 2E 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D1
                  2021-03-08 10:12:12.979 RX SENTINSTEONEXT=31 16 21 51 2A E5 1F 2E 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D1 06
                  2021-03-08 10:12:13.432 RX RECEIVEINSTEONRAW=51 2A E5 31 16 21 2F 2E 00
                  2021-03-08 10:12:13.932 RX RECEIVEINSTEONEXT=51 2A E5 31 16 21 15 2E 00 01 01 00 00 20 20 1B FF 00 00 01 00 00 00

                  Read back 0

                  Click image for larger version  Name:	zero.jpeg Views:	0 Size:	20.9 KB ID:	1461641

                  Write LED brightness of 11

                  2021-03-08 10:15:45.994 TX 02 62 51 2A E5 1F 2E 00 01 07 0B 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BF
                  2021-03-08 10:15:46.041 RX SENTINSTEONEXT=31 16 21 51 2A E5 1F 2E 00 01 07 0B 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 BF 06
                  2021-03-08 10:15:46.509 RX RECEIVEINSTEONRAW=51 2A E5 31 16 21 2F 2E 00

                  Read the LED brightness value:

                  2021-03-08 10:17:45.619 TX 02 62 51 2A E5 1F 2E 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D1
                  2021-03-08 10:17:45.681 RX SENTINSTEONEXT=31 16 21 51 2A E5 1F 2E 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D1 06
                  2021-03-08 10:17:46.119 RX RECEIVEINSTEONRAW=51 2A E5 31 16 21 2F 2E 00
                  2021-03-08 10:17:46.619 RX RECEIVEINSTEONEXT=51 2A E5 31 16 21 11 2E 00 01 01 00 00 20 20 1B FF 0B 00 01 00 00 00

                  Read back 11

                  Click image for larger version  Name:	11.jpeg Views:	0 Size:	19.1 KB ID:	1461642

                  Write LED brightness of 127

                  2021-03-08 10:21:34.962 TX 02 62 51 2A E5 1F 2E 00 01 07 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4B
                  2021-03-08 10:21:35.009 RX SENTINSTEONEXT=31 16 21 51 2A E5 1F 2E 00 01 07 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4B 06
                  2021-03-08 10:21:35.477 RX RECEIVEINSTEONRAW=51 2A E5 31 16 21 2F 2E 00

                  Read the LED brightness value:

                  2021-03-08 10:23:15.493 TX 02 62 51 2A E5 1F 2E 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D1
                  2021-03-08 10:23:15.571 RX SENTINSTEONEXT=31 16 21 51 2A E5 1F 2E 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D1 06
                  2021-03-08 10:23:16.040 RX RECEIVEINSTEONRAW=51 2A E5 31 16 21 2F 2E 00
                  2021-03-08 10:23:16.508 RX RECEIVEINSTEONEXT=51 2A E5 31 16 21 15 2E 00 01 01 00 00 20 20 1B FF 7F 00 01 00 00 00

                  Read back 127

                  Click image for larger version  Name:	127.jpeg Views:	0 Size:	19.6 KB ID:	1461643



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                    #10
                    Very interesting. i will try 0 vs 11 and see if I see the same difference.
                    Mark

                    HS3 Pro 4.2.19.5
                    Hardware: Insteon Serial PLM | AD2USB for Vista Alarm | HAI Omnistat2 | 1-Wire HA7E | RFXrec433 | Dahua Cameras | LiftMaster Internet Gateway | Tuya Smart Plugs
                    Plugins: Insteon (mine) | Vista Alarm (mine) | Omnistat 3 | Ultra1Wire3 | RFXCOM | HS MyQ | BLRadar | BLDenon | Tuya | Jon00 Charting | Jon00 Links
                    Platform: Windows Server 2022 Standard, i5-12600K/3.7GHz/10 core, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD

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