Bumping to see if anyone can answer the above. Sounds like some of these setups work with the reverse function instead of the ‘comfort breeze’ but how would one be able to confirm? I have three of these waiting for installation or return. Thanks in advance!
Author of the firmware here… It’s definitely breeze, not reverse.
That said, it is conceivable that the breeze feature is somehow triggering the reverse module logic inside @ghctim 's fan, but that’s a totally unpredictable / non-repeatable thing.
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Thanks a lot for your replay
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I have had some instances where a certain key press sequence triggers the reverse so it does seem feasible to do woth a command.
Is there a way to update the firmware to allow for this on a command?
There’s two problems, one conceptual and one hardware: The conceptual problem is, different reverse modules use different timing to signal the reversing. Some even use a digital communication using differential phase cutting. There’s no standard. So we couldn’t release a firmware with a reverse option that would work.
The hardware problem is, in this product (MR196W) there’s two MCUs: the WiFi module and the motor/light controller. Only the WiFi module is OTA upgradable. The communication from the WiFi module to the MCU only allows adjusting the speed and brightness. There’s no way to get a repeatable waveform on the motor line. It would have poor timing reproducibility and could cause intermittent behavior.
Bottom line: don’t buy an MR196W to control your “remote reverse” AC fan. You’ve got to have a manual reverse switch or pull-chain reverse on the fan. — If you want smart reverse, you’d need a new fan (there’s many Smart by Bond models available now).