Hi everyone! New to the Inovelli community and devices but a long time SmartThings user here. I love this red series controller, but have some questions about the DTH that I’m hoping to get some clarity on.
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The parent device shows up as an adjustable fan, but there’s just a single variable control on it. Adjusting that changes both the fan and light simultaneously
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OK, so there are two sub devices. One for the fan, one for the light. But both register in SmartThings as switches. The fan one should show up as a fan, I would think? I have some GE/Jasco in wall fan switches as well which are nowhere near as cool BTW- but their DTH registers as a fan.
The reason this is important is…
- I also use the HomeBridge/SmartThings integration to link my dozens of ST devices into HomeKit. I registered the Innovelli fan device into this integration, but it shows up as a binary on/off switch rather than a variable multi-speed fan. I’d be very happy to walk someone through this setup on a zoom or something if you’re interested. It’s a pretty common scenario, and I think highlights an area for improvement in the DTH.
Also, I’d love to know if there’s a way to make the fan DTH always start at 100% power and then scale down to the selected speed; this is far better for AC fan motors than only giving them 20% power to start with - doing this increases wear on the motor over time. Those GE/Jasco in-wall fan controllers do this by default.
Thanks so much in advance!