MQTT Light problems with Dimmer devices

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I’m trying to add my Zwave devices to HA by using ZwaveToMqtt. That works fine for most of the basics devices, for example switches. I encounter some difficulties with the (Fibaro) dimmer devices.

I used the following help page:

Problem1:
-The mqtt light component required a command_topic but the Fibaro device has no switch entity. I must control the light by posting the value to the Level topic. Now I used a not existing topic in the config section but probably there’s a better solution to this. The problem is that HA displays an On/off switch in the top right but I can’t use that because of the not existing topic.

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Problem 2:
-When I use the bar to set the level to the dimmer the state of the dimmer is very strange. Most of the steps are good. For example 50% level displays an orange bulb, 100% a yellow bulb. But when I set the level to 0% the state goes to On. The bulb become yellow, and I see that ON is posted to the command topic (that doesn’t exist really). So HA displays an ON state but the bulb is off.
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The config looks like this:

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I also tried the setting:
on_command_type: 'brightness'

but I didn’t notice any difference behavior. Anyone suggestions how to fix this?

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I have run into the same problem, my GE zwave dimmer now doesn’t have an on/off slider like it did when using the built in zwave.

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Meanwhile I got an workaround for this problem, but that’s not ideal. With this I can switch the Dimmer but can’t dim the device.

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "zwave2mqtt_fibaro_dimmer2_zolder_werkkamer_Level"
    command_topic: "zwave2mqtt/28/38/1/0/set"
    brightness_state_topic: "zwave2mqtt/28/38/1/0"
    brightness_command_topic: "zwave2mqtt/28/38/1/0/set"
    brightness_scale: 99
    payload_on: 99
    payload_off: 0
    optimistic: true

The ‘payload_on’ and ‘payload_off’ ensures that HA not set ON of OFF but a Level value to that command topic. This is the output when I control the On/off of the dimmer device in HA:

zwave2mqtt/18/38/1/0/set 99
zwave2mqtt/18/38/1/0 99
zwave2mqtt/18/38/1/0/set 0
zwave2mqtt/18/38/1/0 0

The only problem is that controlling the level of got this behavior in HA.

zwave2mqtt/18/38/1/0/set 58
zwave2mqtt/18/38/1/0/set 99
zwave2mqtt/18/38/1/0 58
zwave2mqtt/18/38/1/0 99

So HA sends value 58 to the command topic, but directly after that sends 99. So that ensures that the light always between 0 and 100%.

Anyone any suggestions?

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If you turn the switch on and off from the physical switch, does it show in the HA UI?

Currently mine doesn’t update and still shows off in the UI when I turn the light on from the physical switch. Maybe the solution is to get that to update so HA will see an On/Off state.

Maybe set the payload of 0 to be off and anything 1 or higher to show as on OFF in the UI.

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I’ve a solution for the level problem. The right configuration for sending 0 or 99 when switching AND sending 45 for example when level is set to 45.

  - platform: mqtt
    name: "zwave2mqtt_fibaro_dimmer2_gamekamer_Level"
    on_command_type: "brightness"
    command_topic: "zwave2mqtt/31/38/1/0/set"
    state_topic: "zwave2mqtt/31/38/1/0"
    brightness_command_topic: "zwave2mqtt/31/38/1/0/set"
    brightness_scale: 99
    payload_on: 99
    payload_off: 0
    optimistic: true 
    retain: true

I will test your question tonight because I’m currently not at home. I think that my HA status is not updated when using the physical button.

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I was also looking at the light template to see if that would work.

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Try the solution here: Mqtt value template