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device description indigo representation (z-wave model)
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Fakro Motorized Shades. Blind Controller (ARF II)
Fakro Motorized Skylight Motor Control Class B
Bali (Autoview) Shades Motor Control Class C
Somfy ZWRTSI Shade Motor Control Class A
generally for all of these devices, i get a "basic" control/interface in Indigo. rather than "open", "close", and "stop, i have something that looks roughly like a dimmer interface with on/off buttons and a slider for setting the level. generally, there's no "stop" though i could fake it by using a z-wave raw command. so basically, everything works, but its a bit ugly.
if i want triggers to open/close shades via keypadlinc buttons, i can do this. if i want Indigo to do create a trigger based on state change of the device, i can do this. i can create Indigo "device group" devices to control groups of these devices at the same time - and this can serve for example to open/close group of shades as a group or to set a group of shades to a saved configuration of levels.
can you please explain what z-wave window controller can do for me? as a test, i tried creating a z-wave window controller "dummy" device and linked it to one of my existing devices. what i observed was that whereas the original indigo device (for one of my skylights) showed an interface in indigo with ON and OFF buttons plus a slider, the dummy device had no Indigo interface at all - no buttons, no slider. i tried creating a trigger that could make the device do something and it seems that there are actions i can use to make the device open/close/etc. however, those seem to merely duplicate actions I was already able to do without the plugin.
so i am wondering if i am missing something? can you please explain a typical use-case for the plugin? it sounds like it could be useful to me, but i'm just honestly admitting that i don't think i get what it is supposed to do.
this isn't intended to be a critique or challenge - just a friendly request for info - i'm always on the lookout for useful plugins. thanks in advance.