# Where best to put feature request?

**URL:** <https://forum.bondhome.io/t/where-best-to-put-feature-request/4518>\
**Category:** Smart by Bond\
**Created:** [March 16, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/where-best-to-put-feature-request/4518 "2024-03-16T23:04:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dremu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dremu](https://forum.bondhome.io/u/dremu)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/where-best-to-put-feature-request/4518/1 "2024-03-16T23:04:28Z")

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Couldn’t be happier with my Minka Aire SBB’s … except for one leeeeetle thing about how the API handles TurnLightOn/Off, to wit that it does so RIGHT NOW. I’d like the option for it to fade up/down gently, ideally with variations on said gentleness. (Hate it all you want, UPB has that fantastic variable fade rate.)

So, the Q is, where best to put a request like this? I swear I remember a github somewhere but dang if I can find it atm.

– A

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**Author:** ![merck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.bondhome.io/merck/32/1238_2.png) [@merck](https://forum.bondhome.io/u/merck)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/where-best-to-put-feature-request/4518/2 "2024-03-16T23:05:33Z")

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What kind of fade periods are you looking for? Few seconds or tens of seconds or longer?

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**Author:** ![dremu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dremu](https://forum.bondhome.io/u/dremu)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/where-best-to-put-feature-request/4518/3 "2024-03-17T00:28:06Z")

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Mostly the former. My defaults on the UPB are like 0.8-1.6 seconds. I do have one scene (going to bed) where it was longer, like 10-15 seconds, to give me time to waddle from the switch without tripping over things. Worst case, however, I can hand-code that one.

Can’t see the need for anything more than 15-30 seconds, certainly, and the few times I’ve done it by accident on the UPB it’s only aggravated me =))

– A

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**Author:** ![merck](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.bondhome.io/merck/32/1238_2.png) [@merck](https://forum.bondhome.io/u/merck)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/where-best-to-put-feature-request/4518/4 "2024-03-17T00:49:55Z")

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Hmm. Sorry, but because of how the fans are implemented (Bond firmware does not directly control the light), those short few second transitions are not possible. I haven’t tried yet, but perhaps 10-second or longer transitions could be made to work reasonably smooth.

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**Author:** ![dremu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@dremu](https://forum.bondhome.io/u/dremu)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.bondhome.io/t/where-best-to-put-feature-request/4518/5 "2024-03-17T01:36:57Z")

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No worries, thanks for answering. That is more informative than you know, as that like means whacking repeated calls would be … suboptimal. =))

– A