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ericthegeek · April 8th, 2014

A modular dimmer that accepts 12 dimmer modules, but only has 6 dimmers installed could use the same Model ID for both configurations.

But, I would argue that for fixed dimmers with a different number of channels, you should use a different Model ID for the 6 and 12 channel versions. This is especially true if they have a different Model Description string ("FancyDIM12" vs "FancyDIM6").

For a fixed dimmer, you *could* use the same Model ID with a different number of sub-devices, but I would strongly discourage this.

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April 8th, 2014	#4
ericthegeek Task Group Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 390	A modular dimmer that accepts 12 dimmer modules, but only has 6 dimmers installed could use the same Model ID for both configurations. But, I would argue that for fixed dimmers with a different number of channels, you should use a different Model ID for the 6 and 12 channel versions. This is especially true if they have a different Model Description string ("FancyDIM12" vs "FancyDIM6"). For a fixed dimmer, you could use the same Model ID with a different number of sub-devices, but I would strongly discourage this.