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 Posted: Wednesday Aug 20th, 2014 07:07 pm
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Would it be possible to control the keypad back light with a Comfort response. I would like to link the back light to a PIR so when a user passes the keypad lights up. This would save the user needing to push a button to check the time etc when "always on" is not desirable. It may also be the in night the keypads are lit and in the day they are not.



 Posted: Wednesday Aug 20th, 2014 07:59 pm
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I second that. Perhaps even use a PWM signal to set the backlight brightness between 0 and 255.

And while you are at it, give the user an option between 12H and 24H modes.

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 Posted: Thursday Aug 21st, 2014 10:40 am
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perhaps an action can be added to control backlight

For AM/PM, this selection is possible on KP06, not KP04

Kp04 is not firmware prgrammable so that cannot be changed annyway



 Posted: Thursday Aug 21st, 2014 01:05 pm
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Perhaps a future version of the KP04 controller chip as the embedded firmware surely is updatable at the time of manufacturing? Unless you bought a gazillion chips all preprogrammed :-)



 Posted: Thursday Aug 21st, 2014 01:44 pm
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a future version may have the upgrading feature but the existing KP04s will not be uogradable

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 Posted: Thursday Aug 21st, 2014 02:34 pm
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I have the KP06 so look forward to an update :-)



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Thanks, I would buy a few new KP04's when available, they are rock-solid and work perfectly.



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a new action 156 has been added in Ult 7.061 beta, see http://www.comfortforums.com/view_topic.php?id=3935&forum_id=79

This action can turn on of off the backlight of any keypad ID, or of all keypads



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Daylehouse wrote: I have the KP06 so look forward to an update :-)

Note that you do not need the KP06 to work with action 156. That action will work for all keypads


Kp06 already has the setting for AM/PM or 24 hours  display in settings

But I dont think allowing variable dimness of the backlight will be considered  in KP06 or KP04, as there will be too much work for insufficient benefits

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ident wrote: a future version may have the upgrading feature but the existing KP04s will not be uogradable
Any chance of adding a proximity sensor to the future version? This might result in less code to handle the back light from installers :)



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