Wall controller units too bright in the bedroom

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    Shireman

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    Hi, does anyone know how to dim the display light on CBUS wall controllers. I have circa 4 of them in a bedroom / dressser and they are shining too brightly of a night. Impacting my sleep! Thanks in advance
     
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    Ashley

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    You need to tell us the exact type of device(s) you are talking about. You can control the brightness of most but not all devices. Post a picture if you don't know.
     
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    For my bedroom DLT switches I use a scheduler in a NAC. This sets a lighting group (Bedroom DLT Backlight) to a brightness level at certain times of day. All the bedroom key units/DLTs have the same screen indicator and brightness setting.

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    Schedule for the brightness GA:

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    Other modern switch units also have a similar setting. The ancients do not.

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    In the absense of being able to schedule something I guess a key on a switch could be configured to turn on/off the indicators of several switches using the same brightness GA...
     
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    Another thought on this, if you have no way to schedule anything...

    I've not tried it, but if a PIR multi-sensor exists on your network you could get it to set its detected light level to a GA, then have the switch brightness follow that group. At night the light level would be zero, turning off the indicators/backlight.
     
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