Success! 0-10 Volt Control of AC Infinity (or any EC fan motor) using Leviton ZS057-D0Z Zigbee Dimmer or Zooz Zen54 zWave 0-10V dimmer

Seriously useful automation and the kind of stuff that (to me) underlines how important it is to aim to build resilience and self recovery into the hub, "beyond hobbyist expectations".

While not "life support" nor "security" (as we are often warned about HE use thereof) I'm sure your daily operations would be hindered if this didn't function, or be recoverable-in-short-order once you have become reliant on it.

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@jsprince3 , that's a very clean install again!

On the power side, just a note here that the Shelly Uni Plus can be powered directly from your furnace 24V AC supply. I'm running it off a 12V DC wall wart, but the power input specs are super flexible.

...and it's tiny @ 40x21x7 mm

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@PunchCardPgmr , I'm not sure how I feel about WIFI devices like Shelly, but it is a LOT more advanced than a typical zWave Zigbee device in that it can be programmed via the onboard web server with triggers, actions etc. almost like a mini hub. On getting it fired up, I was immediately struck with how a tiny device like this can be programmed pretty much all it's own to manage two dry contacts, or full power relays as many of their products. This particular part is only $22 CAD.

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@velvetfoot , I have about a dozen temp sensors connected to Shelly Uni (as in yesterday), Fibaro's Smart Implant x 2, and four solar/battery powered sensors using the old Fibaro Door/Window sensor which can host a temp probe. They are all like these, typically a few dollars each.

https://www.amazon.ca/Gikfun-DS18B20

The Fibaro Smart Implant has been rock solid connected to my HRV project. This is a good thing as I drive two PTC heaters (power is sent to these based on a continuous algorithm comparing fresh air exit temps vs the target temps) and two 6" AC Infinity ECM fans, with speeds being dialled in based on VOC, CO2 and Radon in the home. The relay in the Smart Implant is being used to put the HRV into defrost mode which again, needs to be rock solid at -35C to avoid unit freeze up.

The other Fibaro Smart Implant is the core of the pool solar heating system as the temp sensors (as well as a remote roof top solar powered sensor) manage the heating system for the pool very nicely.

The Shelly products offer a solution to do simple management of things like a pool pump on/off based on temp triggers, 100% without a hub if required, so again perhaps to some redundancy there.

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Love Shelly, and glad to see that they are stepping into other technologies besides WIFI. :slight_smile:

Other than 1 remaining device, I stopped using Shelly's and replace most of them with Z-Wave over the last 2 years. I wanted "less" dependency on WIFI for my devices. Have a box full of 1's, 2PM's, Dimmers, and RGBW.
Been giving them away to friends locally.

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@jsprince , with WIFI, Shelly makes a battery powered sensor pretty tough to do (so they resort to Bluetooth it appears for battery powered sensors), but to be clear, the Shelly Uni Plus requires WIFI to program etc.

I am also more inclined to use Zigbee/zWave just for simplicity, but the Shelly bits have the advantage of being programmable for local triggers etc. which makes them pretty useful in the toolkit if you want some simple automation that is hub-less, offgrid, etc. I'm just a rookie with these devices so a lot to learn there.

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I updated the AC Infinity cover to include an out of the box module:
0-5V and 0-10V to 0%-100% V-PWM Module Board Voltage to PWM Signal Converter.
This along with a 2n2222 transistor, a 1K resistor and a 10k resistor allows you to control the AC Infinity with PWM instead of 0-10v. The 0-10v output of the Zen54 is converted to a 10v DC PWM Signal. Allows the fan to run at slower speeds, and a little quieter.

See the updates at printables:

I’ve found the 0-10V effective as it does give me 99 “steps” of adjustment setting it up as a dimmer in Hubitat. How does this method vary from that? I’m not an expert in the world of PWM control by any means….

At some point I’ll have to start playing in the world of DIY 3D printing as well. I had an Alaris UV resin printer at my previous company but it was about $100K, insanely expensive to operate, and a PITA to maintain. The current crop of inexpensive 3D printers are literally 1/100 the cost.

While the 0-10V control method generally functions as expected, the pulse is based on a constant 10V, with the pulse width determining the "on time." After testing approximately 30 fans using only 0-10V control, I found that at lower speed settings—30% or below—torque begins to drop, and the fans appeared to be noisier. Depending on the fan, starting at 20% or lower may prevent the fan from spinning at all. However, by maintaining the 10V and adjusting the pulse width as designed, most fans achieved nearly full speed range.

I think either works fine. In my case, I wanted to have "lower speeds" available 24x7 with the ability to ramp up when needed.