I have just ordered 2x Leviton Plug-in Dimming Lamp Modules (VRP03-1LW). Is there a way to set-up a scene/luup code that would allow me to simultaneously control the dimming of both modules? I’m looking for more than just a scene that sets both lamps to 33%…
If your goal is to hold a button to dim up or down both lamp modules, then you will need a button controller to do this. You could us a:
Aeon Labs Aeotec Z-Wave Minimote Remote Control
or a
Linear WT00Z-1 One Button Scene Controller
or another Z-Wave switch like the
Leviton VRI06-1LZ 600W Incandescent Scene Capable Dimmer
By associating your dimmer modules with one of these swicthes/controllers you can then dim them together as a virtual single unit “attached” to the controller. Associations like this are confusingly referred to as scenes on the controller itself. This is different than a Vera scene and acts independently of Vera.
Is there any way to do it through Vera? Could I create a Vera “scene” that had a variable called dimmer… then when I called the scene I would pass the dimmer percentage and it would set both lamp modules?
I’m struggling to seeing much difference between these two. Perhaps you should more specifically describe what you hope to accomplish.
How do you imagine calling the scene? How do you imagine passing the variable?
Using stock Vera scenes you can set a target dim level. When the scene is run, via manual run, trigger, or schedule, it will set the devices to the target dim level.
Using LUA and LUUP code you could have a scene that accepted device and dim level variables. But the variables would have to come from a trigger or an external device. Coming from an external device you would need to setup more code to receive, parse, and set the variables in Vera. At that point , you are writing a plugin, for what, you have yet to state.
Using LUA code or PLEG, you could also create a conditional scenario where when one module is set to any particular dim level, the other module is set to match it. But there is likely to be an annoying lag between the two and the way over engineered nature of this approach doesn’t sound like a good idea to me.
Sorry… you’re correct, I need to provide more clarity.
I use HomeWave on my iPhone for much of the interaction with my Vera Lite. Through it, I’m able to directly control switches/dimmers and have also made use of the Virtual Switch MiOS app to control my Arduino-based garage door opener.
I’m looking to be able to create a “virtual dimmer” that would be accessible in HomeWave that would allow me to not only toggle the 2x lamp modules simultaneously, but also to set their dim level. Is this possible?
many thanks!
J.
Luckily for you, @Futzle created a plugin called the Compination Switch that does exactly what you want.
You can read about the Combination Switch in this forum thread.
Edit: Rereading your goal, Combination Switch won’t do what you want. Sorry.