When entering Set Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 into this driver, the Current State level remains at 5, and the State Variable hexLevel at 0C.
I'm sure there is a reason for this, but I would like to dim the bulb for use as a night light, and level 5 is too bright.
Bulb is a Sengled E11-G13
What is the minimum level preference set to?
It's set at 5%. Did not notice that option, but it explains the 5% cutoff.
However, when set to "No Selection", then saved, it always sets the value to 5%.
It would be great if there was a 1% option. Would that be possible? @mike.maxwell
Also when level is set to 1%, the hex level should be 1. Then for numbers > 1, perhaps something like hexLevel rounded down = (level -1) x (255/99)
Hopefully the bulb hardware and firmware allow the actual output level to go lower than hex '0C'.
this will be available in platform 2.2.6
all depends on the device, in my experience there has been little to no discernable difference in illuminance levels between 0x01 and 0x03, certainly nothing worth getting crazy over.
Awesome thanks!!
If they’re anything like the color bulbs, there’s no difference. Way to bright as a nightlight on level 1. The only bulbs that I have found to dim that low are Philips Hue rgbws and white ambiance. I haven’t tried the white non tunable bulbs.
You could change to the Generic Zigbee driver and see if there is a difference as that driver will set level to 1, or zero for that matter. That is what I use with my Sengleds.
Would it be possible to do this for the GE Zigbee dimmer driver as well? Level 1 is actually much dimmer with that device.
Tried the Sengled Element Classic and SEC (legacy) drivers with one bulb, configuring after each driver change, then setting the Level to 1
Results:
Driver......Settings........hexLevel
................Level
............... Displayed
SEC..............5.............0C
legacy...........1.............0C
Conclusion: 2.2.5 drivers allow for a minimum hexLevel of 0x0C with Sengled bulbs, so levels below 5 have no impact. If 2.2.6 drivers set hexLevels below 0x0C we should know if it's the bulb or driver.
I imagine it’s the same with the Generic Zigbee Bulb driver?
Just tried it and although it accepts and displays Level 1, it does not update the hexLevel. There may have been a slight brightness difference between level 1 vs 5.
Installed 2.2.6.129 Set level to 1, same result as in 2.2.5: Level: 5, hexlevel:0C
Also did configure, and retried, no joy.
did you change the minimum level preference to 1 and save it?
Ooops, my bad, I missed that.
It's now working. Thank you.
It seems to be working well for me with the Sengled (A19 or E26) Bulbs.
But not the (par30 or br30) size bulbs, they don't seem to respect the limit and will dim down to off.
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