The latest iOS app changed the Control layout. The fan speed control changed from buttons to a slide. And my three Timer 2H/4H/8H buttons turned into one “Timer” button which is useless!
Please add an option in the settings so that we can choose the layout. (Or at least fix the “Timer” button bug). I prefer the button based one for Fan as it mimics a physical remote.
Thanks.
Hi @king1999
I am the developer responsible for this change.
We have received other requests to bring the old UI back, and I am already working on an option in the Device Settings for the next release, which should be in the next few days/weeks.
If you prefer to run the app’s previous version, you can join our Beta program and download one of the previous builds in TestFlight: Join the Bond Home beta - TestFlight - Apple
The build v2.64.0 (9915) has the screen working just as before.
Thanks.
Thanks. Will wait for the next version. I am new to the Bond Home and trying to add two fans.
One is Hampton Bay Mena which is in the Bond database, so it was straightforward to add.
The other is Hampton Bay Benning at 433.92 Mhz. It is not in the database, so I need to use the fan template and let it learn all the buttons. On the fan side, the template has all the buttons (including 6 speeds and timers), but on the light side, a few buttons are missing, specifically three buttons I am looking for “Increase brightness”, “Decrease brightness”, and “Toggle Light Temperature”. I tried to use the Downlight On and Off buttons to simulate the first two, they learned the signals fine, but don’t show up as buttons in the UI (just one Downright toggle button appears there). Hopefully reverting back to the old UI would fix this. Also it would be much better to add more buttons in the tempalte for light.
Hey @king1999 !
Thanks for the feedback!
I have good news and some less good news.
The way we implemented the next release actually brings back all three missing buttons: Increase Brightness, Decrease Brightness, and Toggle Light Temperature.
Any recorded command that isn’t already pulled into a smart slider will now show up on its own as a button, so your original recordings should just appear after the update, with no need to change any settings.
The bad news: the Downlight On + Downlight Off pair will still collapse into a single toggle button… I’ve already started on a fix that keeps them as two separate buttons in cases like yours, and it should come in the next release, some weeks from now.
In the meantime, if you want them as separate buttons sooner, you can record only the “On” side of each (e.g. “Up Light On” for increase, “Down Light On” for decrease), without recording the matching “Off” — a lone one-way recording renders as its own button.
It’s the On/Off pair that gets merged.
We’re just waiting on App Store review to ship the release.
Thanks again!
That’s great! Can’t wait to try the new release!
In the meantime i am able to add a second device fireplace to simulate the dimmer. Flame up/down = light brighter/dimmer, light toggle= light color temp toggle. It is working fine, but would be nice to use only one device.
That is a good workaround!
Looking forward to hearing from you about the new release (it is already available in the App Store) and if it allows you to have only one device.
The option to disable smart control is in the new version of the iOS app, but the buttons are still missing: Increase Brightness, Decrease Brightness, and Toggle Light Temperature.
The timer issue has been fixed as three timer buttons re-appear. (2/4/8H). That’s good.
One issue, not sure if it is new or has been there for some time, is that my 433.92mhz fan stopped working after a couple days, and had to power recycled the unit to get it to work again. It has been happening a few times in the past weeks. My other fan (using Template RCF217 on 303mhz) doesn’t have this issue and never stopped working. The 433.92mhz fan doesn’t have a template and all buttons were learned.