Enbrighten Zigbee Dimmer 43080 changing Cluster Attributes

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i’m using a SkyConnect USB dongle by Nabu Casa for my ZHA Zigbee coordinator.
I have the Enbrighten Zigbee Dimmer 43080 installed and want to change the on and off transition times in the dimmer so I don’t need automations or scripts. I’ve tried setting transistions times using the Manage Zigbee Device interface for the dimmer. The Attributes I tried setting the values for are in the:

LevelControl (Endpoint id: 1, Id: 0x0008, Type: in) cluster.

  • on_transition_time (id: 0x0012)
  • off_transition_time (id: 0x0013)

When I read the Attribute the value is “none”. I tried changing it to 40 by selecting the write attribute link and I get a Green checkmark as if it worked, but it’s not actually getting changed. I keep getting “none” when reading the Attribute afterwards.

I’m asking if anyone has succeeded in changing the transistion times for the Enbrighten Zigbee Dimmer 43080 by changing these Attributes in the switch?

I’ve also tried using a script to make the change. (note: 0x0012 = 18 decimal) The script executes without errors but the change isn’t actually made.

sequence:
  - action: zha.set_zigbee_cluster_attribute
    data:
      cluster_type: in
      ieee: 84:fd:27:ff:fe:a6:64:8d
      endpoint_id: 1
      cluster_id: 8
      attribute: 18
      value: "40"
alias: Enbrighten Zigbee Dimmer 43080 Cluster
description: ""
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After a little more investigation. I’ve concluded that the Enbrighten Zigbee Dimmer 43080 wall dimmer doesn’t support the transition time attributes. For instance in the HA configuration page for the dimmer it only shows these attributes in the Configuration section:

Enbrighten Zigbee Dimmer 43080
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I also have a dimmer module, Leviton Decora Smart Plug-in Dimmer, Zigbee Certified, DG3HL-1BW, White, and it shows this in the Configuration section.

Leviton Decora Smart Plug-in Dimmer, Zigbee Certified, DG3HL-1BW, White
Leviton Decora Smart Plug-in Dimmer, Zigbee Certified, DG3HL-1BW, White461×512 15.4 KB

So my search is for a Zigbee smart wall dimmer that does support the transistion times. Any recommendation would be appreciated. I’m converting over from Insteon devices which generaly support this and I assumed Zigbee would.

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It is always frustrating to create e-waste with something that is ‘working’ for the most part. It’s been a while since I worked with Jasco devices, an interesting and challenging vendor IMHO. That said, I would recommend you augment your query request as follows ‘a Zigbee smart wall dimmer that does support the transition times in ZHA’.

Before you yank it out of the wall, if you are a little adventurous. If you have an extra Zigbee coordinator module (which I recommend having in your quiver), you could stand up a stand alone Zigbee2MQTT instance. Then remove the dimmer from your production ZHA network and pair it with the test Zigbee2MQTT. If you do not see that the option works in Zigbee2MQTT, I guess you can feel somewhat better about sending it to the black hole bottom drawer.

Having a test zigbee network out of your production system, where you can add new devices and review their function and possible issues, can be very helpful. There can be a lot of variance in devices conforming to the standards and the ‘standards’ leave some large places for interpretation.

For many reasons and experience, I recommend you use Zigbee2MQTT for both your production and test networks.

Zigbee2MQTT Enbrighten 43080

Good hunting!