Wall mote set values not working

[Robbie1983]

Hi everyone,

I am slowly moving from wired (self made mqtt based domitica) to zwave based commercial switches as the wife wants a more stylish looking switch assembly. However, I am struggling a little with the configuration of the different switches. For example a aeotec wallmote.

The wallmote is succesfully added and working, sending notifications and also the values are accessible for reading.
However, I am unable to set the configuration parameters both through CCapi or ValueApi.

For example the touch sound should be adjustable trough the "configuration" parameter=1.

however sending:

let Message = {
payload: {
mode: "CCAPI",
node: 5,
cc: "Configuration",
method: "set",
params: [1,0,1]
}
}
return Message

Will not set the touch sound to disable. Also the other configuration parameters seem not to be editable.
Any help is appreciated......

[marcus-j-davies]

Morning @Robbie1983,

Are the values changing when modifying them within the UI tab?

[marcus-j-davies]

@Robbie1983

Just noticed its a battery operated device, config params will get applied when the device awakens on a schedule, or you wake the device up - using a combination of button presses of sorts (user manual).

commands will be queued for sleeping devices, and will get sent when they wake up.
the device sending a notification, is not the same as it waking up to receive config updates.

from the manual of wall mote.

Battery operated devices, also wake up on a schedule - if they support Wake UP scheduling - you can change its interval on the UI, but it will need to be awake to receive 😆

[Robbie1983]

Thank you, that did the trick indeed, Still getting used to these controllers. Perhaps, I could also bother you with something else that I cannot figure out. I do not get a notification of the sliding action of the wallmote. It seems more people are struggling with this in different implementation. Do you have a fix for this?

Kind regards,

Rob

[marcus-j-davies]

Hi @Robbie1983 - Sure no problem.

first here is the config file for the wallmote (it might not be the exact wallmote version - which one do you have?)

https://devices.zwave-js.io/?jumpTo=0x0086:0x0002:0x0081:0.0

Parameter 3 mentions slide function

[Robbie1983]

Dear Marcus,

I have the Wallmote quad, model zw130-c, the sliding action is enabled and the wallmote gives a signal when sliding.
Paramater 3 is set to enabled.

Kind regards,

Rob

[marcus-j-davies]

Ok,

I have an idea, Aeotec may be using Groups for dimming functions.

With this in mind, can you do the following (your device will need to be awake during all this).

1 - Open up Association Management UI for the wallmote (option under the node info)
2 - Choose Group 3 (dimming notifications for Button 1)
3 - Add a new association for this group set it to (Node ID - 1, Endpoint - 0)

what we are doing here, is targeting the controller (Node 1) as the receiver for dimming - allowing you to react

Device Info Entry for quad (also lists the groups)
https://devices.zwave-js.io/?jumpTo=0x0086:0x0002:0x0082:0.0

[Robbie1983]

I tried this with the remote awake however, It indicates it is not able to add the association.

[marcus-j-davies]

what error did you get?
devices don't stay awake - see further comment below on how to keep them awake.

[marcus-j-davies]

You could also try.

Node ID 1 (as before) but target Endpoint 1 as the association target.
have just tried this on a different Aeotec device (door sensor) and it worked.

[marcus-j-davies]

If you want to keep you device awake.

let Message = {
    payload: {
        mode: "ControllerAPI",
        method: "keepNodeAwake",
        params: [<NodeID>, true]
    }
}
return Message

• wake up the device after (so it stays awake)
• remember to reverse it (So it is allowed to go back to sleep) - wake it up again after reversing it (Evan though it will already be awake)

[marcus-j-davies]

we might also need to set Param 4 to 3

According to manual

The WallMote Quad also supports sliding control, when the parameter 4 [1 byte] has been set to 3, you can slide up or down on the button area to control a dimmer device by sliding up or down. Swiping up once will dim up a dimmer device by a certain percentage, while swiping down once will dim down a dimmer device by a certain percentage.

[marcus-j-davies]

In theory.

• Setting groups 3,5,7,9 to Node ID 1, Endpoint 1
• Setting Param 3 to 1
• Setting Param 4 to 3

All of which can be done in the UI - Should give you slide control

Attach a debug node to the controller

[Robbie1983]

I will try it later today and let you know if it worked

[Robbie1983]

Works, thank you!

[marcus-j-davies]

Cool!

shout if you need help with anything 👍