thanks for that. i was playing around with things & it seems like i don't need to trick AHP by labelling the lm465 as something else. it actually will soft start it ok. So that's working for me.
You need to install the lamp modules as a "LM14A', and
not LM465, not to support "soft start", but to enable/use/support the new direct, absolute, dim level commands. These are the newer extended commands.
AHP supports the LM465 only in the old way, and that's
relative dim levels. By that I mean, dim up by 5%, or dim down by 5%. But from what? For the LM465, AHP needs to set it to a known dim level first, and that is at 100%.
AHP supports the LM14A (and if selected as a LM14A, the new LM465 too) the new way, and that's with
absolute dim levels. By that I mean, set dim level at, for example, 40%. It doesn't matter what the current dim level is, or if the module is even 'on' at all, the module with go directly to 40% (keeping with the same example).
Another issue i'm having is whenever i use macros; the level of brightness is never the same if i'm running a macro with the module off vs when the module is on (any %..even if it's 0%). Why is that? For ex. if i have a macro set to turn light on at %40...it is much dimmer light if it starts from off than when it starts from any on position (even though it's always set at %40).
That makes sense if you are have only relative dimming available in the macros, and that is because you have them defined to be a LM465 and not a LM14A.