Trying to setup a device/control on my C8 that will replicate the 4 states of the switch in an old school 3-way lamp. I'm envisioning a switch that goes from [Off], [Low], [Med], [High]...
The switch in a 3-way lamp is actually 2 switches and they cycle through
[Off] = Switch 1 off, Switch 2 off
[Low] = Switch 1 on, Switch 2 off
[Med] = Switch 1 off, Switch 2 on
[High] = Switch 1 on, Switch 2 on
I need a control that will let me cycle through 4 states or select from the 4 states. (This setup and logic will also allow you to control the 4 states of a standard ceiling fan.)
I've searched and played around some and I can't see how to do this with a virtual switch and I tried a virtual dimmer on the chance that I could set it to have levels from 0 to 3.
Here's an example rule that flashes a selected color for about 3 seconds on a Third Reality Multi-Function Night Light, using a 12-state virtual button (only 11 states are used as triggers in this example):
Here's an example of another approach: activation of a virtual switch repeatedly cycles through 4 states (in this case, to control 2 different light sources, but easily modified to set a fan speed). Note that the variable vLightState persists between invocations of the rule.
It looks like a Virtual Fan Controller will work but the "Supported Fan Speeds" has a number of unwanted speed states: "low","medium-low","medium","medium-high","high","on","off".
Limiting the list to "low","medium","high","on","off". is what's needed.
Kinda surprised that I can't find deeper access to the device's definition.
What option is there to edit the list of speed states?
