jay (support) wrote:Note that those devices are ON/OFF devices only (not dimmers). Not sure if that's adding to the confusion or not.
Yes, that was the point of the original post. Somehow either through limitations of LIFX protocol, limitations of LIFX-bridge plugin, or limitations of the Harmony interface, the Harmony remote ends up portraying
every device as though it were a color-changing dimmable bulb. It still works (because it does support on/off), but is kind of inelegant to say the least.
Looking at some of the
LIFX docs, it appears that there is at least some mechanism for devices to represent their capabilities (attributes like "has_color", "has_variable_color_temp"). It appears the range of supported device types seems pretty narrow, at least for the examples they show in the docs. I don't know if ILIFX-bridge is populating these attributes, nor do I know whether Harmony would pay any attention to them if they were there.
I mis-spoke in my earlier post when I referred to behavior "on the Harmony remote", but I was actually describing the UI on the Harmony IOS app. On my Logitech 950 (remote with screen - same one that comes with Harmony Elite sets), I see a dimmer-slider control on the top half, color slider on the bottom. So the same basic issue applies, but it's slightly less egregious, since the color control is not so prominent.
FlyingDiver wrote:Most shades actually do support dimming. 50% brightness would be half-open. At least, my Lutron shades do so.
If you're controlling individual shades (and not a group) you might want to change the type of the device group, or possibly use the Masquerade plugin instead.
Yes, a few of my newest Autoview shades support "dimming" (z-wave Motor Control Class C devices) which moves the shade proportionally, but my older shades (z-wave motor class A devices interfacing via Somfy ZWRTSI interface) show as dimmable in Indigo, but the device itself acts as a simple on/off (= open/close) device.
I am checking out Masquerade plugin - looks like a very cool idea that will open up some interesting possibilities - thanks for the pointer and thanks for sharing your efforts in the form of plugin!