Alarm.com Dimming Rules Issue

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I’m trying to do something that I 1) thought was simple and 2) pretty sure I accomplished previously:

7pm - turn lamp on (100%)
10pm - dim lamp to 50%
11pm - turn lamp off

My problem is that the next evening, the lamp is coming on at 50% dim at 7pm. How do I get it to come on each evening at 7pm at full power? I thought I previously solved this by setting the lamp to come on again at 7pm at “100% dim” either as a second rule or as an edit of the original. I have been working on this for an hour and I’m about to lose my mind.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

2

For dimmers, yes you want to use the “DIM” action in the Alarm.com rule in order to set the percentage, not “Turn On.”

So the rules:

  1. DIM 100%
  2. DIM 50%
  3. Turn Off

To take all variables out of the equation, you’ll want to delete the existing rules and create three separate rules performing these tasks. Does it then function properly?

3

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but no luck. When I set those rules up, the lamps won’t even turn on in the evening at all. The only method I have found that is close, is:

1 - TURN ON
2 - DIM to 100% (10 minutes later)
3 - DIM to 50%
4 - TURN OFF

When I leave out the first “TURN ON,” the lamps never turn on in the first place.

4

What model of dimmer device are you using?

5

Ah ha. Finally found a combo that works:

  1. DIM 99% (Not 100%)
  2. DIM 50%
  3. Turn Off

I guess my version can’t process dimming at full power. Dim = 1%-99% or not at all.

Don’t know if that is how it is supposed to work, but it works. I’m using a Linear product.

Thanks very much for helping me troubleshoot!