Posted: Saturday Oct 20th, 2012 09:11 pm |
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juwi_uk
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Has anyone installed any of these before?
http://www.vesternet.com/z-wave-fibaro
I've just bought a couple to try out in my ZWave setup to retrofit behind some double switches during my kitchen refit.
I purchased the FGS221 double relay switch as I just need basic on/off of light tracks rather than dimming etc.
Would be good to hear of anyone else's experiences.
Jabber on the NET seems to suggest they are pretty good units?
Julian
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Posted: Monday Oct 22nd, 2012 08:27 am |
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Think there was a write up on Automated Home a while back..
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Posted: Wednesday Feb 20th, 2013 02:34 pm |
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Juwi, would be nice to hear your experience with these units. Favourable?
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Posted: Wednesday Feb 20th, 2013 05:53 pm |
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One word... "Impressive"
I wanted to use in double switches (I use MK Logic as the legacy switch) as the ACT ZWave switches I'd used to date are generally single only. They do ACT 2 button but second button is for "fly-by-wave" association only and not directly switching the circuit.
I'm not interested in dimming for these lights so used the 2x1.5KW switches from Fibraro. I haven't tried the dimming ones (they are singles) but that's next on my list.
I mounted these in 47mm deep single back boxes and even on one treble switch setup (2 internal lights switched by Fibraro relay, plus one switch for external PIR light) it all fitted OK (just) behind the switch and amongst the spaghetti of wires. I'm using 3-wire (i.e. including neutral) and it works well.
No problems at all. If these had been around when I started I would have saved myself much of the pain I've had with the ACT switches which are frankly cr*p in comparison. Shame as I'm £500 into investment in the ACT ones yet as cant justify ditching them for Fibraro replacements just yet.
Would recommend these Fibraro units.
Julian
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Posted: Saturday Feb 23rd, 2013 03:56 am |
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Thanks for that Juwi
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Posted: Monday Jun 10th, 2013 07:47 am |
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Hi.
I am just trying to set a fibaro 2 x 1.5w module up but am having trouble getting one of the switches to work.
I am using aeon labs z-stick 2 as my main controler and uploading this to comfort it has included a power switch binary which will only turn one light on and off.
Any ideas what is wrong?
What do you see in comfort? one or two devices?
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Lee
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Posted: Monday Jun 10th, 2013 08:37 am |
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It could be one of the Fibaro switch is not successfully included into the Aeon Labs Zwave network?
You should see all 3 devices (1 Aeon Labs + 2 Fibaro switches) inside Comfort's Z-wave Mapping tab.
Plus UCM/Zwave then you should be seeing 4 devices in total.
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Posted: Wednesday Jun 19th, 2013 09:57 pm |
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Hi Hendy,
I have downloaded the homeseeres software demo and when I setup the aeon labs to work I can see both fibaro modules I have included and 2 switchs on each.
I can control the either module and both switches so 4 lights in total.
When I update the z-wave ucm in comfort it only pulls in one switch on each module.
Therefore, I can only assume that the problem is with comfort import.
Any Suggestions?
Best Regards
Lee
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Posted: Thursday Jun 20th, 2013 06:57 am |
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If I understand correctly you have 2 switch modules with 2 gangs / channels on each switch?
Did you powered the switches when doing Learning from UCM/Zwave?
Do you see "Multichannel" as the node type for the module? See the screenshot 2-channel example in UCM/Zwave3 manual page 19.
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Posted: Thursday Jun 20th, 2013 06:55 pm |
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Hi Hendy
I think you have understood the situation well.
39 and 44 is what has been added plus all the static controllers 24,29,31,45
I have removed the z-wave ucm from the aeon labs network and reset the ucm and the added again.
I have removed the fabiro modules from the network and re-added
If I turn on 39 & 44 in comfort they switch on switch one of the retrospective modual.
Comfort firmware 7.027
Z-Wave Ucm firmware 6.024
Cheers
Lee
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Posted: Thursday Jun 20th, 2013 07:10 pm |
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Hi Hendy,
Please see HomeSeers imange
I have changed the name of the 2 switchs connected to fibaro 39 one is fire light the other is lounge LED, fibaro 44 I did not rename.
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Posted: Thursday Jun 20th, 2013 07:28 pm |
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Hi
Here are my Fibraro 2x1.5 switches (highlighted in yellow) after learn to comfort.
Regards
JulianAttachment: fibraro.png (Downloaded 136 times)
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Posted: Thursday Jun 20th, 2013 07:35 pm |
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I think the on/off test in Comfigurator only turns on/off Channel 1.
You can turn off other channel via response though as per normal operations.
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Posted: Friday Jun 21st, 2013 12:43 am |
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Hi Lee,
are you turning on/off the switch through Comfigurator's Switch Device On/Off buttons?
If yes, then what Julian said is correct that the Zwave's on/off buttons in Comfigurator are for test purpose (to identify a node) and will only turn on/off first channel of a module.
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Posted: Friday Jun 21st, 2013 05:36 am |
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Hi Hendy,
Yes I am turning on / off in the modules tab - ucm2 - z-wave mapping - on / off.
Do I need to control switch 2 on fibaro vai programming then?
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Lee
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Posted: Friday Jun 21st, 2013 05:40 am |
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Thank you so much Juwi / Hendy.
I will try to program later.
Best Regards
Lee
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Posted: Thursday Sep 12th, 2013 01:14 pm |
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Hi,
Can I ask which primary controller you used? I have an aeon labs z-stick 2 and I only get a basic node.
If I use UCM fiware 6.23 I can control both switches but if I upgrade to the latest UCM firmware (7.xx) I am unable to control both Fibaro switches switch one is ok but switch 2 just doesn't work.
I am running my z-wave UCM at 6.23, but I am getting random on's from z-wave modules. I have looked at my code and can't seem much wrong so suspect its a z-wave network thing.
Any thoughts... Especially around the primary controller as I have just purchased 3 danfoss z-wave trv and want comfort to manage the temperature points
Best Regards
Lee
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Posted: Thursday Sep 12th, 2013 01:56 pm |
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Great, I have just ordered one from vesternet £75.
Have you got any danfoss z-wave thermostates?
Cheers
Lee
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Posted: Thursday Sep 12th, 2013 04:08 pm |
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Nope. Boring old TRV's for me at the moment.
Next project is to rip out my old Smartfit boiler control (as my UCM/Smartfit is from the dark ages) and replace with the Heatmiser setup and new UCM/HM-Eth.
I just use ZWave for lights at the moment.
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