Can the groups implement startLevelChange? I want to use the [Start Raising] action on a group. I can work around this by raising a single device and have that device in a device binding with other devices. I´ll like to be able to do this to a group and not to each of the individual devices because…

The was recently requested... [image] Groups and Scenes All things Rule Machine @bravenel , I have a little feature request if it's possible: startLevelChange and stopLevelChange for the groups. Thank you in advance! And Hubitat's response... [image] …

So what do you suggest? Adjust level by X instead?

To be honest, that is up to you. But you could do that if you only want to deal with the group and not the invidual devices. I don't care about the level the group indicates on my dashboard, I only use it to see if any device is on and if so to turn them all off. So I just use the individual devices…

[image] frits: So I just use the individual devices and still use startRaiseLevel and stopRaiseLevel. Same here. I don't really use Dashboards as most of my lighting is simply automated via motion/contact sensors, or controlled via Pico remotes, or Alexa voice control.

Start ramping doesn't work for groups because all of the devices won't change at the same time or at the same rate necessarily. If you want to adjust a group by a button controller I would recommend either adjusting by a certain percentage per button press or do what I did and pick some pre-defined…

You could do this for hue groups thru the hue bridge. Hubitat could at least support that. It already supports it for individual bulbs. It works for my Runlesswire devices attached to hue bridges.

[image] Ryan780: If you want to adjust a group by a button controller I would recommend either adjusting by a certain percentage per button press or do what I did and pick some pre-defined levels. That was sage advice. I had just taken delivery of a couple of Sylvania 4-button smarts, and wan…

I've fought startLevelChange so many times, you'd think I would learn to just avoid it. But every time a new idea on how to get it to work comes my way, I give it a shot and 9/10 times I come back to this method. It just works consistently which to me is more important than being able to adjust dy…

[image] Ryan780: dynamically across the entire range This in itself seems moot. To my eyes I detect small level changes at the lower settings easier than above, say 60%. So 60 - 80 - 100 would be fine, whereas not much is to be gained by 60-65-70-75, etc . . .

Exactly. And when I get down low, I always end up missing the last stopping point before the light turns off, so i end up having to pull up a dashboard to get the slider anyway.

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ogiewon September 13, 2019, 5:26pm 2

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