I found a nice way to make the indicator light blink for my SA UPB switches. This would probably also work for anything that is UPB, but I only have SA.
Basically, I make a new link that is DIM for the longest period allowed by the UPB switches (I think 1 hour?). You might need one for if the switch is ON, one for when the switch is OFF. I can not remember exactly how I did it, but if there is interest, I'll get the actual CODE from my script and post it for consumption.
Anyway:
Since the switches can not DIM the LED on/off, it assumes the FINAL state of the switch's dim cycle (anything but off gets the LED ON).
So, you end up tying up the UPB network for 1-2 seconds, but in doing this, you can toggle the LED without changing the state of the light bulb. It might put a little power through the bulb, so this only really works with dimable light bulbs. I personally have only tested this with Incandescent bulbs, but it works for me!
WAF was pretty good, since we like to set the outside lights to turn off after 10 minutes. We do this when guests come over.
We can see them out the door, and set that event. We do this using a "slow double tap". It is really nice seeing that the event took. I have posted the slow double tap function somewhere on the forum. I had been working on a triple tap, but never did finish it.
--Dan
Basically, I make a new link that is DIM for the longest period allowed by the UPB switches (I think 1 hour?). You might need one for if the switch is ON, one for when the switch is OFF. I can not remember exactly how I did it, but if there is interest, I'll get the actual CODE from my script and post it for consumption.
Anyway:
Code:
If the switch is ON then activate DIM link set switch to ON else activate BRIGHTEN link set switch to OFF end if
So, you end up tying up the UPB network for 1-2 seconds, but in doing this, you can toggle the LED without changing the state of the light bulb. It might put a little power through the bulb, so this only really works with dimable light bulbs. I personally have only tested this with Incandescent bulbs, but it works for me!
WAF was pretty good, since we like to set the outside lights to turn off after 10 minutes. We do this when guests come over.
We can see them out the door, and set that event. We do this using a "slow double tap". It is really nice seeing that the event took. I have posted the slow double tap function somewhere on the forum. I had been working on a triple tap, but never did finish it.
--Dan
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