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    Want to FLASH light on/off but will only dim up/down

    I am using the Homeseer HS-WD100+ dimmer control switches and when motion is detected in the front yard, I want my lights in my house to go on/off in rapid succession so I know something is up. Unfortunately the switches ramp up the brightness and dim to 0% for on/off events, which I like 90% of the time, but I need to have them quickly blink on/off for this alert mode, is there a way to do this?

    #2
    In theory this should be pretty simple

    You should be able to set a devices parameters via an event

    set the remote dim rate timer for the light in question to 1 then turn the light on, off, and finally reset the rate timer to its default of 3


    I created a quick test event to set my rate timer to 1 and it didn't update the device as expected, but I didn't try to troubleshoot it. You may get it working if you play around with it. It did work for me from the devices zwave tab

    If I were doing a large number of lights I'd create a script to cycle through each target light.

    The link to the HS-WD100 parameters is here:
    https://forums.homeseer.com/showpost...5&postcount=36

    This post also helps explain the rates:
    https://forums.homeseer.com/showpost...0&postcount=10

    Here is what my failed test event looked like
    Attached Files
    HS4 Pro on Shuttle NC10U, Win10; Z-NET
    Number of Devices: 1005
    Number of Events: 293

    Plug-Ins: BLLock, DirecTv, EasyTrigger, Honeywell WiFi Thermostat, Marquis monoprice Amp, MeiHarmonyHub, PHLocation2, Pushover 3P, UltraM1G3, rnbWeather, Worx Landroid, Z-Wave

    External applications: Homebridge-homeseer, Geofency, EgiGeoZone.

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      #3
      excellent guide, thank you so much. I'm giving this a go.

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