HmIP-RGBW not (fully) working

[hanshanderson]

I agree to the following

• I have read the documentation right now
• I have read the FAQs right now
• I am aware of the latest release notes
• The Backend (CCU/Homegear/...) is working as expected and connected devices are controllable by its own UI.
• I am running the latest version of the custom_component (and Home Assistant)

The problem

I Have configured my HmIP-RGBW in Mode: Single Channel on raspberrymatic.

Each channel works as a single dimmer. On channel 1-3 a LED light is connected. Channel 4 currently not used. I had to activate channel 2+3 manually in ha.

Initially non of the channels were working as expected in ha. I could dim, power on but not power off the LED via home assistant device controls. Percentage value was Unknown, last update time was equal to the last reboot. Slider could be used but color stays grey, even if the LED was switched on.

During my own trouble shooting I have temporally switch to each of the other mode (RGBW, RGB, turntable white) of the HmIP-RGBW device in rasbperrymatic.

In RGBW mode channel 1 got active in ha and changed to normal operation.
In RGB mode still only channel 1 was active.
With Turntable White mode channel2 got active in ha and changed to normal operation.

After changing back to Single Channel mode on raspberrymatic channel 1+2 are working as expected in ha now. I can dim, power on/off the LED via home assistant device controls. Percentage value, last update time and slider color are updated as expected.

But still channel 3 is not working as expected. Still the same issue as mentioned above.

What version of HomematicIP (local) has the issue?

1.52.0

What was the last working version of HomematicIP (local)?

never worked

What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

What type of installation are you running for your homematic backend?

RaspberryMatic Standalone

Which version of your homematic backend are you running?

3.73.9.20231130

What hardware are you running for your system?

Pi4

Which config details do you use

• Username and password
• TLS
• callback data (see)

Which interfaces do you use?

• Homematic IP
• Homematic (Bidcos-RF)
• Groups (Heating-Group)
• BidCos-Wired (HM-Wired)

Diagnostics information

config_entry-homematicip_local-ea8df8c5fd0315a7faf9cee4fc5cde87.json-2.txt

home-assistant_homematicip_local_2024-01-05T22-18-46.535Z.log

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us? The log (full log) is the best source to support trouble shooting!

No error/warning visible in the home assitant log.

Additional information

Config view in raspberrymatic:

[SukramJ]

Have you restarted HA in between so that the changes (channel configuration in the ccu) on the devices are also adopted in HA?
Due to reconfigurations (dimmer to RGBW), it can also happen that entities remain that can then be deleted manually.

[hanshanderson]

I did not restart the raspberrymatic during the mode changes. But several times afterwards.

In the meantime I also deleted the device with homaticip_local.delete_device and cleared the cache with homaticip_local.clear.cache.

I checked and the device with entities was no longer visible, also the two cache files were deleted.

After rebooting the device was back and the entities for channel 2+3 need to be enabled again. But the problem was still there.

Then did the device/clear cache again and completely shut down ha. I deleted the device from rasberrymatic and rebooted. I then teached in again, switched to single channel mode and renamed the device and channels differently than before.

After booting ha, the device was back with the new device and entity names. But only channel 1 works, value state valid. Channel 2+3 did not work after activating the entities, value state not valid. Rebooting ha again did not change this.

[SukramJ]

I don't understand what you're actually doing and what your goal is.

1. Configure the device in Raspberrymatic the way you want it. A Raspberrymatic restart is not necessary.
   Test that the device behaves as desired in Raspberrymatic.
2. Describe how you configured the device in RM. The RM configuration will no longer be changed from now on.
3. So that HA is clean, delete the device from HA again with homaticip_local.delete_device, and to be on the safe side, clear the cache again (homaticip_local.clear.cache). Then restart HA.
4. Describe the entities created in HA and what you can do with them and please also attach screenshots.

[hanshanderson]

Sorry for the confusion. That was not my intention. Here is the current status and output. I'm not going to change anything anymore.

1. Device is configured in Mode Single Channel. All 3 of the 4 channels I'm using working as expected.
   

2. Device is configured/named as following.
   

3. Deleted device in HA, cleared the cache and rebooted.

• Before
  
  

• After
  
  

• Reboot performed
  

4. Status after reboot

• Device Status
  
  

• Channel 1 - Entity R fully working, no issue.
  

• Channel 2+3 - Entities VR + VL after I have enabled them, not working as expected.
  Entities responding both in the same way.
  I can switch them ON and OFF via the lightnig icon.
  

• Entitie VL + VR responding both in the same way.
  I can switch them ON via power button but not OFF.
  Dimmer slider is working but colour not changing to yellow.
  % value remains Unknown.
  Time not updating to last changes. Stays related to last reboot.
  

[SukramJ]

Much better now.

The value state of VL is restored. That means that the this channel has not received events from the CCU, and the state is restored from a HA cache.

The value state should switch to valid after some time or when you change e.g. the level in CCU.
The log from the initial post contains events from 003920C994EB72:2, so this should basically work.

In rare cases this could be a problem with the browser cache, so refresh it or use another browser.

[hanshanderson]

Even after some hours the value state of VR and VL did not change, They were still at restored.

I have change the status (ON, OFF, dimmer slide) several times in RM/CCU . No update on value state
Clearing browser cache of Safari didn't update is as well.

Attached a new log
home-assistant_homematicip_local_2024-01-06T16-44-13.079Z.log

• 17:38 trying from RM/CCU
• 17:43 trying form HA

Tested the same with Firefox and a new installation of Chrome. No value state update at all. Same behaviour as mention above.

[SukramJ]

At the moment I'm rather at a loss, I don't have the device, but I can simulate the events with pydevccu and I don't see any problems there.

[custom_components.homematicip_local.generic_entity] Device changed event fired for WDW VL

In the logs you can see how a device_change event is triggered for the channel, so everything is as it should be.

How does the entity look like under developertools /states?

[SukramJ]

After looking at the code, I am pretty sure that the error is not in the integration, since WDW R works, and the same implementation is used for WDW VL and WDW VR.

What does the output look like when you run this script on the CCU?

Do you have the opportunity to install a test instance?

Alternatively at your own risk and only with a full backup:
I still wonder why the value state of the entities is still restored.
You could delete the restore file (/config/.storage/core.restore_state). This will be created again after the HA restart. This worked without any problems on my test system.

[hanshanderson]

Here the screenshot from developertools /states:

And the output of the script, limited to the HMIP-RGBW device:
fetch_all_device_data_HMIP-RGBW.txt

Looks good to me as everything is identical.

I will set up a test system before messing around with the production HA.

[SukramJ]

The data looks good.
A HA Testsystem is the better choice.

[hanshanderson]

As the HMIP-RGBW is a new device for me I have added it to on older OpenHab setup I had here. Just to be more save that the HMIP device itself works as expected.

Dimmer  I_Di_WDW_R  "WDW R [%.0f %%]"   <light> {channel="homematic:HmIP-RGBW:ccuip:0033E0C9923762:1#LEVEL"}
Dimmer  I_Di_WDW_VL "WDW VL [%.0f %%]"  <light> {channel="homematic:HmIP-RGBW:ccuip:0033E0C9923762:2#LEVEL"}
Dimmer  I_Di_WDW_VR "WDW VR [%.0f %%]"  <light>	{channel="homematic:HmIP-RGBW:ccuip:0033E0C9923762:3#LEVEL"}

Status changes on the OpenHab UI are transferred and visible in RM/CCU and vice versa.

From my point of view the HMIP device is working and sending/receiving status updates as expected.

[SukramJ]

From my point of view the HMIP device is working and sending/receiving status updates as expected.

I don't question it. We all see the events correctly in HA. I think something is not working properly in the HA setup, beyond the integration.

[SukramJ]

I think i have found something in the script output.
More data is send for channel 1, so i have to check how to work with it in the code.

[hanshanderson]

Test system with Homeatic(IP) local 1.52.0 is setup.

Only channel 1 came up by default. Channel 2 + 3 I had to manually activate as usual.

Value states after integrations has started:

• Channel 1: valid
• Channel 2: not valid
• Channel 3: not valid

States was still the same after 30 min without pushing any button.
Changing dimmer values on CCU and HA later on did not change the value state.

[SukramJ]

Keep you Testsystem for a while. I 'll create a beta soon.

[SukramJ]

Please test with version 1.53.0b0.
Beta can be enabled in HACS.

• click on the integration
• open the menu on the upper right
• re-download
• enable show beta

[hanshanderson]

I have already accidentally installed 1.53.0b1.

At first glance, there is no change. But I have not yet done a device delete or a cache clean. I'll have a closer look tomorrow when I get back from work.

[SukramJ]

B1 is ok.
device delete or a cache clean should not be necessary.

Please check the value_state.

[SukramJ]

I mismatched the modes. I‘ll create a new beta tomorrow.

[SukramJ]

Please retest with 1.53.0b2

[hanshanderson]

1.53.0b2 installed and is working!

View after reboot:

Channel states are all valid now:

• Power slider on control view working
• Power on/off button working
• Dimmer slider working
• % value updating
• Time updating
• All data update visible in RM/CCU and changes made there are updated in HA

Activated channel4 to verify the settings as well. Here also everything is working as mentioned above.

From my point of view all is fine now.

The only thing I'm not sure about is the Effect button. Im RM/CCU only the normal dimmer controls are visible but no effect settings:

If a Effect setting is doing something then the same setting (e.g. Effect 10) creates different light/flash pattern on each of the channels.

[hanshanderson]

To understand where the Effects are coming from I have played around with the settings in CCU.

Regardless of the Mode selected in Device Settings, you can configure the effects on channel 0 in the CCU:

But the effect settings are only visible under Device Control for RBGW, RGB and Turnable White mode.

Screenshot from RGBW mode

I guess the effects are not meant to be available in Single Channel mode.

[SukramJ]

Thanks for reporting and extensive testing. I will remove the effects for PWM-mode the final version.

[hanshanderson]

Thank you for taking the time to review and update the code. It was a joy as I didn't expect it to be done in such a short time.

Is there something like a "Buy me a coffee" link?

[SukramJ]

Thanks for the idea, but it's not necessary. When people participate so well and stay on the ball like you do, I enjoy it too.
I don't have a "Buy me a coffee" link.