Setting up my first association and changing variables

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Hi guys,

does anyone know if there are any tutorials on setting up associations? I looked at it a little today, and I didn’t really grasp the concept…

I have several fibaro switches, and soon qubino ones too. I want the qubino switches to remotely control some of my other switches (the fibaros are connected to the load, and the qubinos have two channels to remote control other switches - perfect for turning regular switches into wireless switches). Setting it up to work with Vera shouldn’t be a problem, but I want them to work even though Vera crashes or something happens.

So…does anyone know how to program a switch/dimmer through Vera?

  1. Program my switch to work with a momentary switch (Wireless Smart Home and Home Automation | FIBARO). Now, if I’m not mistaken I should set parameter 14 to value 0? Am I on the right track with the file settings.jpg?

  2. Program my new qubino to directly control the switches and dimmers in addition to sending signals to Vera. Is there a good tutorial on that? I’m not at all sure about how to work with groups and stuff…

Cheers!

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Now, if I'm not mistaken I should set parameter 14 to value 0? Am I on the right track with the file settings.jpg?

You are in the right place - the Device Options tab. To set a configuration variable, first click the Add configuration settings button which will create a new entry. Enter the required variable number (E.g. 14) under the left Variable box and select a Data Size. Most Fibaro parameters are in the range 0-255 so 1 byte dec is the best choice. Now enter your new value (E.g. 0) under Desired Value. You can repeat the above to add other variables. Finally close the device block, click on Vera’s SAVE button and then refresh your browser page. If you return to the Device Options tab, you should see your values under Current Value.

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Program my new qubino to directly control the switches and dimmers in addition to sending signals to Vera. Is there a good tutorial on that? I'm not at all sure about how to work with groups and stuff...

First you need to decide what group to associate. This is dependent on the device that is sending the Z-Wave commands - in your case the Qubino Dimmer or Flush-1 modules. These use group 2 for the auxilliary switch input I2 and group 3 for input I3.

On the Qubino’s Device Options tab, enter the required group under Group ID and click Add group. Now click the Set button for the new group. Locate your target device(s) in the list and click on the check-box on the left of the entry. See comment below about Multi-channel association. Now click on Back to ZWave options at the bottom of the page, close the device block, click Vera’s SAVE and refresh your browser. It may take a few seconds for the association to be configured - you can see progress as blue messages on the device block.

Z-Wave devices that contain multiple end-points - like Fibaro FGS221 (2 x 1.5kW) relays - usually support Multi-channel association. This allows a sending device to address one of the receiver’s child devices. If you do not specify the Multi-channel end-point, the association will be sent to the receiver’s parent. A word of caution: Vera only partially supports Multi-channel association. I have always been able to make it work but it is not possible to remove such an association without excluding and re-including the sending device.

To make an association to a child end-point, check the box for the parent device and enter the end-point number in the Multi-channel association field. For the second relay in a Fibaro FGS221 (S2), the end-point number is 2.

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Excelent! Thanks for that - I think I got it now :smiley:

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Just thought I’d mention that I successfully set my switches to use mono-stable switches, so that was a success :slight_smile:

For the qubino, I just set it up temporarily to test it as a remote and got one of the virtual switches to work. The second was probably just set to the incorrect device or something as it didn’t work. I’ll sort that out after the electrician has set it up to control the dimmable LEDs in the kitchen and properly wired it up. I’m not going to make a temporary connection to anything live myself :wink:

Thanks a lot for the help :slight_smile: