Wall Control System - White - WCS213

Worked great, just flip the correct combo to match the fan and your in business. installs like any other wall switch but does take up some space so cramming wires into the box is a bit of a chore.

Had to get this to replace the cheap hand remote that came with the fan. Works great!

Bought this to replace the original wall control which failed. It took quite a while for me to determine that this was the correct wall control to buy for my old-ish (2016) Minka Volterra ceiling fan, because God forbid Minka should provide that information. Kudos to the seller for helping me figure this out. Installation was a bit complicated because I live in an old building, and there were both old and new wires behind the wall plate. Once the spaghetti situation was figured out, it worked fine. BUT, there was a problem: it kept mysteriously turning itself off. I finally realized that this was because I had a different Minka fan in another room, and since the controls use the same frequency, using any of the fan controls would affect both fans. Once again...Minka's instructions & online information provides no information whatsoever on how to deal with this. After hours of searching I found a helpful YouTube video, and I will describe the solution here: you need to change the frequency on one of the fans. To do this, you do this: 1) Turn off the wall control. 2) Pop out the wall control's front plate (a small, thin knife helps to pry an edge loose). 3) Find the row of 8 dip switches. They are numbered 1-8, and should all be in the OFF position. 4) Flick one or two of them to the ON position. Doesn't matter which ones. 5) Replace the front plate and turn on the control. 6) Press and hold the center button, the one you use to turn the fan blades off. The fan's light will flash a few times. Once that's done, release the button. Voila, you have now reprogrammed your fan, and can control it separately. I trust this helps explain why I gave this control 3 stars. There is another reason: the buttons are ridiculously small and fiddly, and the controls are really not that intuitive or efficient. Really wish it it could be improved.

Not being an electrician i must say as a novice these are easy installs and a simple sync to the ceiling fan. I've done 5 of these now. Even the wiring is labeled as to what is hot and neutral. Takes all the guess work out with mis-wiring. Its great that the item comes with three different face plates including white, tan and black along with matching colored screws. Tip: If installing many of these do as I did and write down the dip switch combos you use to slave the unit to your ceiling fan. This will make it easier to figure out what frequencies to set the others at without having to un-install the unit to see where you set the dip switches. 8 dip switches on each one, so many different combos you can do.I would say the only thing we don't like about the wall remote is that when it's powered on, the on off button is bright blue which you cannot switch off unless you power the whole thing off. wish you could choose whether that light was on or off. Other than that, great product.

With this remote, you can control your Minka fan without the extra wire in the wall. You will also need the companion receiver unit installed in the fan. My room has only two wires (plus ground) from the switch to the fan. By installing this, and installing the radio receiver from Minka, you can control both the fan and the light. Otherwise it would not be able to control both. It's easy to install – no more difficult than installing a light switch. Minka also offers a wireless remote with the same functions.

This review is about the switch itself, not the vendor. The vendor was great, both switches were bad but they exchanged them no issue. I have 11 fans in my home, all Minka Arie. The first round of Wall Control switches had two bad ones that needed to be exchanged, these were installed by an electrician. Some fans would just come on for no reason, lights would not work, and so on. After that I have two others go bad and now these two needed to be exchanged. I think I still have at least one that I suspect of going bad, as sometimes the light in one room is on and I do not remember leaving it on. Documenting that one to be sure. Now I have a fan that will not respond to the wall controller or the hand held controller, so I suspect it is the received. Ordered a replacement, so we will see. If that's not enough one of the fans now makes noise on high, which is probably the motor, the electrician said. These fans are all only 3 years old and they were not cheap! I think Minka has an issue with their wall remotes and their fans are no where near the quality I expected. They are over twice as expensive as ones you would pick up in Home Depot and yet I have had way more issues with them than the cheaper ones from Home Depot which are in my children's homes. In summary I would not recommend Minka fans, they may look nice, but from my experience they are no where near worth it, get a Hampton from a Lowe's or Home Depot.

Great update to my existing Minka fan which we have enjoyed and trusted for years.

Each of these failed independently within months of installation. They don't communicate well with the base units, and so turning the light on and off is a continuous challenge of how long to push the button - too long and it dims, too short and it blinks rather than turning off or on.