dduff617 wrote:indigo/insteon allows one to create a group and then send on/off commands to that group (but not dim).
i realize the dimmer extender works by sending "direct" commands to indigo devices, but i'm curious if there might be any way to extend the dimmer extender so that the start/stop brighten/dim and the dim/bright by 1 step commands could be sent to a group (aka "scene", aka a PowerLink link).
I was interested in getting the extended dim commands to work for Insteon scenes, so I am reviving this >3yr old topic....
I did a bit of digging, it appears that Indigo docs refer to the commands sent to groups of devices as "All Link" commands. They are documented on p. 152 of Insteon Developer's Guide, 2nd
http://cache.insteon.com/pdf/INSTEON_De ... 70816a.pdfI infer that Indigo must already be able to send these "SA" commands and that they underly the IOM indigo.insteon.sendSceneOn/Off, and sendSceneFastOn/Off commands.
AFAIK, there are no corresponding commands in IOM for the "Start Manual Change", "Brighten by One Step", "Dim by One Step", or "Stop Manual Change". It would seem rather straightforward to add these, since they are documented and would be invoked essentially identically to the way the existing sendScene* commands are.
I can't use indigo.insteon.sendRaw for these, since AFAIK, that method only supports direct messages. All Link commands require sending the group # as the to address rather than a 24-bit Insteon address that direct messages take. The also set the All Link bit in message flags. So a different varant of sendRaw would be needed.
I'll put in a feature request for these, though I gather that there is generally little enthusiasm these days for adding Insteon-specific features to Indigo.