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Minimote/Miniremote Two Ways to install it

You can install the Aeon Minimote remote control two ways into your Homeseer network. It took me a week to figure it out and how it actually works. I thought I would put in one posting to save you a bunch of time. It all started when I wanted to dim my lights to whatever level I choose without using an HS3 event. Below are two methods you can add your minimote to the HS3 network. Method 1 You will be sending your network information to the minimote (Instructions later). Once this is completed a new object is added to your network. You can use the object to perform 8 events on any of the 4 buttons (called scenes). You get 4 events if you do a “short press” and 4 more events if you use a “long press”. This allows for 8 events that can be used for controlling devices on your network. Of course you can configure different light levels/dim values but are limited to 8. I wanted to be able to press the button and hold the button and dim the light. In order to do this you have to use Method 2. Tip: Don’t forget you can check the “status” of your device so you can use just 1 click to turn it on and off. If the light is “ON”, then shut it off. If the light is “OFF”, then turn it on. If you use this logic, you can get by using 1 of the 8 events. You also can configure your HS3 controller with this logic to dim your lights with one of the events. Logic: If the light is 25% dim set to 50% and if 50% dim set to 75% etc. I found a good article on the site which shows how to configure your minimote to use Method 1. http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=165108 Instructions:

   Reset Minimote :
   Hold "Associate" and "Learn" until the lights stop blinking.
   In PlugIns->z-wave->controller management: Actions: send network information to another controller
   Press start in the HS screen
   Press the "learn" key on Minimote
   Wait while the info is transfered into the Minimote
   Wait some more until it is also 'synchronized'
   If HS reports it created a new remote device, it's done

Method 2 With the second method you need to add the minimote to your network using the inclusion mode. When you use the “inclusion mode” you will only get 4 events from the minimote not 8. That said, you will be able to hold down 1 of the 4 scene buttons and can dim the lights without adding any events to your Homeseer controller. Instructions Make sure your Minimote is up-to-date using your Windows PC. Skip this step if you know your firmware is up-to-date on your minimote.

a) Download the firmware update for your region, you can find it at www.aeotec.com/support b) Once downloaded, open the application c) Plug your Minimote into your Windows PC d) Run the firmware update (should be a big button on the application)

Next 1) Reset Minimote : Hold "Associate" and "Learn" until the lights stop blinking (resets to factory settings - takes about 5-10 seconds). 2) Take your Z-Stick and put it into “inclusion mode” by pressing and releasing the large round button on one side. A blue LED light around the button will begin blinking slowly. 3) While the Z-Stick is in inclusion mode, position it within 1-3 feet of your Z-Stick. Now press the “Learn” button on the Minimote and observe the blinking LED on the Z-Stick. If successful, the LED light will glow solidly for about 2 seconds and then will begin blinking slowly again. 4) From the web interface, use the pull down menus to navigate to the Z-Wave Controller Management page (PLUG-INS > Z-Wave > Controller Management). 5) Locate the “Z-Wave Interfaces” area and expand your Z-Wave Controller section. Open the “Actions:” menu and choose “Import Node Info from Controller and Scan Device”. 6) Click the ‘Start’ button below the Actions menu. Wait until you see this step was completed. The minimote should now be in included your network as your other switches and dimmers to control them.

Testing and Programming the minimote

First things first… The 4 buttons on the minimote are called “Scene” buttons.

Here is how to check if your Minimote was successfully added to your network.

ALL ON (Press and hold the “top” 2 scene buttons) ALL OFF (Press and hold the “bottom” 2 scene buttons)

If you can do an “ALL ON” and “ALL OFF” you were successful.

Creating scenes

1) Press and hold a scene, this will cause the minimote to blink rapidly (keep holding!)

2) Go to the device that you want to control (switch or dimmers only), and tap the button on the device (while still holding the minimote scene button down). The LED on the minimote should show a reaction [blink faster and turn solid for 1-2 seconds, then continue to blink].

3) Now here comes the interesting part [you should still be holding onto the scene button still!]

3.1) The Device is ON -When you let go of the scene button when the device is ON, you can toggle the switch on and off.

3.2) The Device is OFF -When you let go of the scene button when the device is OFF, you can only turn the switch off.

Note: For most of us, make shure the light is “ON” before letting go of the “Scene” button as described in 3.1.

5) Test, tap the scene button (Sometimes you need to press it a couple of times after you finished configuring it.)

6) Repeat steps 1-5 to add more control to other devices. (You can add multiple devices to a single scene button)

Note: You repeat the steps on the same button to add control to Multiple devices, if you repeat the steps above on the same device, you remove control on that device from that scene button.

Dimmers And Dimming

If there is a dimmer linked to a scene button, then you can press and hold it to dim it up or down. Let go of the scene button when you've come across the correct dimness that you want.

Note: If you dimmed it up before, then it will dim down the next time you use the dimmer function.

I hope this saves someone else some time.