Dynon Dimmer control

[cbennet12]

I can't find any reference to the behavior of the dimmer in relation to direction to turn for increasing brightness. Installed one per instructions in a buddies plane and clockwise DECREASED brightness. That is unusual. We had another dimmer and it worked the same way.

We "solved" the problem by swapping the ground and power lines but wondering what other folks have experienced with theirs.

Regards,
Craig

 

[dynonsupport]

In BRIGHTNESS SETUP in SETUP, you can configure what voltages mean what brightness. With this you can change the slope. So while you can swap the wires, you can also go in to setup and swap it there too.

Worth going in here and making sure that you are able to hit the brightest and dimmest you want as well wit the potentiometer you're using.

 

[cbennet12]

Hi,

Been on the screen to adjust the brightness vs voltage. If I understand your recommendation is to adapt to the brightness to the "backwards" dimmer by setting 100% at 0 volts as an example.

That's certainly a good suggestion. I'm just really surprised at the design choice. Was it designed by an Aussie where the water goes down the drain in then"wrong" direction?!!!

Ha ha and apologies to my Aussie friends. ;D

Craig

 

[CGameProgrammer]

I think your dimmer is wired incorrectly. Mine works as expected, where full clockwise is full brightness, because at that position it reads system power, and at full counter-clockwise it reads 0V. On the Brightness Setup page you can see the current voltage of your dimmer. I suspect your dimmer is outputting 12V at the full counter-clockwise position.

 

[cbennet12]

I think your dimmer is wired incorrectly. Mine works as expected, where full clockwise is full brightness, because at that position it reads system power, and at full counter-clockwise it reads 0V. On the Brightness Setup page you can see the current voltage of your dimmer. I suspect your dimmer is outputting 12V at the full counter-clockwise position.

Interesting, and what I would expect. It's not one, but TWO of the dimmers that are working backwards (12v at full counter clockwise).

Dynon,

In the post above there was no acknowledgment of the expected behavior of the Dynon dimmer. Are they supposed to provide max voltage at full clockwise??

Craig

 

[CGameProgrammer]

Oh are you using some kind of Dynon-made dimmer? I am using a generic $35 dimmer. Maybe Dynon's is different.