Excellent that works! I created a new scene called Fireplace On/Off set it to toggle in advanced. I then assigned that scene to Button 2 ON (Short Press) on my minimote. Which also works.
So now presumably I can use Button 2 OFF (Long Press) for another scene ![/quote]
You wrote this a while back. Now that you’ve lived with it a while I’m wondering how you handle instances where a device is already on when you think you’re turning on via the Minimote? Worse, in a multiple light scene, what if one light is already on – wouldn’t this lead to never being able turn them all on or off?
[quote=“Gilles75, post:45, topic:169756”]It work’s fine
just one more point for the setup , I had to add 5 variables to get the all four upper buttons to work …
– variable 241 = 1
– variable 242 = 1
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Giles75, what led you to needing to add these variables?
Not sure this does have a battery level indicator dose it? I don’t think you can get a status update via polling - if you could would be great. I think you can but keep it charged and use the Selection box ticked to have it not be configured manually by vera on network heal.
I don’t think the battery low notification actually works. This has been discussed elsewhere on the forum. Don’t think anyone else came up with a solution. You can’t complain about the battery life, though, mine last months and months. And it’s a quick job to recharge.
Ok that makes me feel better. I had tried the notification with zero success!
The battery life is nice, but the zero warning isn’t cool. Thank goodness for the Autohomation app, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to shut my lights off some evenings!
For those who are wondering, the MiniMote works the same in UI7. You’ve just got to be careful how you configure it.
Stay away from the MiniMote’s own configuration “Devices” > Minimote > “Select scenes for device buttons”. If you go here and answer the seemingly innocuous question about how many buttons your scene controller has, you’ll break the tenuous support for short-press/long-press scene activation. The hallmark signs of having done this is that the button numbering goes wonky, and pressing button 3 triggers scene 2 (and most button presses don’t trigger any scene at all). The only fix I ever found was to exclude and the re-include the Minimote.
Instead, create or edit the scene that you intend for the button to control, and specify that the scene is triggered by the device “Minimote”. Choose “A scene is activated” (short press) or “A scene is de-activated” (long press), and pick the number 1 or 2 (top row of buttons) or 3 or 4 (bottom row) as the “scene number”.
I have copied the code RexBeckett created to a scene that controls a wall outlet dimmer. Do I need to add some additional code? When I set this as a scene with the minimote the lights just fade to minimun
I created a scene, added e trigger and selected “A scene is activated” and put for scene number the digit 1. I saved the changes and the button 1 doesn’t do anything.
I am trying on both remotes and getting the same results.
Please help if you have any experience with this.
Can you control a single light with the controller. Just need to make sure the controller is working prior to going further. Could just be a problem with how you are activating the scene. Could you put the trigger right in the scene you want to run?
I just purchased a Minimote and am having a similar problem in that I cannot associate scenes to the buttons. I have tried both the device options method, and (after a hard reset/delete/re-add) the Scene edit assignment. Neither work. The Minimote’s All On and All Off functions do correctly control my lights.
I have also done a firmware update on the mini mote, in hopes this would help, and it did not.
I managed to work minimote and keyfob to control 4 scenes but I can’t make work long press function which supposed to allow me control 8 scenes. after adding minimote or keyfob to veralite (UI7) and going to “Select scenes for device buttons” menu first time it asks “How many buttons does your Scene Controller have ?”, I tried to use 4 and 8, but only 4 scenes with short presses are working.
I did however, decide to kick it up a notch. I figured out the issue I had with the MiniMote on UI7, and wanted to share for anyone else having the same issue I did.
I was setting it up using the Generic Z-Wave Device in Vera (I have the Vera Lite). It would show up, as a scene controller (working, right? nope). No matter how I set it up (through scenes or device) it wouldn’t control any scenes. The all on and all off worked. Nothing else. I’m rather technical, so this was very frustrating.
How I Got it Working
I selected the Other Devices category and chose: Other ZWave device
It automatically identified it with 4 activate and 4 deactivate options (in the device). I was able to program both in device and in scenes.
I also held the Learn button down for ~3 seconds before clicking the Finish button on the scene definitions (or when changing the options in the device) to put the MiniMote into a mode where it would listen to the Vera Lite.
The MiniMote works PERFECTLY!
Other things to note: I did a firmware update. I had to do this on a real PC, as the update is Windows, and it did not work on VMWare Fusion (from my Mac) - wouldn’t see the MiniMote through the USB port. I also ensured all MiniMote / Scene controller entries for the device were deleted from Vera first, and then executed the MiniMote reset (hold down Learn and Associate buttons until the lights stop blinking).
Hopefully this helps at least one other person stuck as I was.
