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- Howser - 08-07-2014
I am using CBUS as my main lighting platform. When Cytech introduced the UCM/Zwave, I decided to go that route for all the non-wired lights (like side-lamps) and a door locks.
All works well, CBUS interacting with Comfort, and Comfort with Zwave.
I started playing with the idea of CBUS as a lighting platform interacting with Zwave as another lighting platform. Meaning having a group address attached to a counter which is attached to a Zwave light. Control being on both platforms, CBUS and Zwave, and Comfort being a middle man (with no control). I believe this was not the design intent. The intend was for either, and not both. It would be cool though, if this was done.
- ident - 08-07-2014
If you have a counter that is mapped to both Zwave and Cbus, then changing the value of the counter will send commands to both systems
Or if you have Zwave as a sender mapped to a counter which is also mapped to C-Bus then that will send a command from zwave to CBus
Is that what you have in mind?
- Howser - 08-07-2014
If you have both Cbus and Zwave mapped to the same counter, when Cbus changes the counter, send a command to Zwave, and visa versa.
- ident - 08-07-2014
[user=14]Howser[/user] wrote:
Quote:If you have both Cbus and Zwave mapped to the same counter, when Cbus changes the counter, send a command to Zwave, and visa versa.That is correct
- Howser - 08-07-2014
I had tried the dual mapping, and from the Cbus logs saw that the GA was continuously switched ON and OFF from comfort in the early mornings between 0200 and 0500.
Not sure if this was indeed Comfort or Zwave.
- ident - 08-08-2014
Try disabling the Zwave from the counter and see if that still occurs
- Howser - 08-08-2014
The issue stops occurring once it is removed from Z-wave.
- ident - 08-08-2014
There must be some zwave commands getting sent to Comfort which triggers the cbus
- Howser - 08-08-2014
Control from Zwave is via a physical on/off switch which is in a room that ir usually armed around the time that the issue occur. Nothing else controls that unit.
- ident - 08-10-2014
use the IO Monitor to capture the CT commands (Counter update)
This may give a clue on what is causing this
In the Counter, right click and select Check References to see what events are triggerng the counter
The counter can only be changed by Cbus, Zwave, other ucms which are mapped to the same counter, or a Response. It cannot turn on without any cmmand to it