how to control fan and light

[rc]

we have a 52 " fan with no name. Under the top bezel there is a model HC-1993-br, but no name. photo attached
after a lot of searching, I found one that looks just about the same but maybe a newer version. Harbor Breeze Portes Ceiling Fan Manual
MODEL # LP8293LAZ, LP8293LBN
ITEM # 0464465, 0451821
Neither of these fans have a pull chain. our fan has a regular light switch on the wall and some sort of a module in the top bezel. It has no number on it nor does it have a name. I tried searching the only indicator : RJ115 or RL115 as shown on the diagram, but found nothing.
when the light switch is turned on, it turns on the light. shutting it off and back on within a couple of second makes the light brighter. do it again and it increases again, a fourth time and it is bright. a fifth time and it shuts off.
Once in a while when you turn it on, the fan will also start. shut off the wall switch for 10 seconds and every thing goes back to normal. no indications of when the fan will start and when it wont, 98% of the times, the fan doesn't start.
there are only two wires that go from the light switch box to the fan/light. one black the other white. the black wire is connected through the light switch and the white goes directly to the fan/ light upper bezel. the black being a hot lead and the white being a neutral lead.
at the fan, these two leads are connected to this module sitting in the bezel, and leaving the module are three wires, blue, black and white. they connect to the blue black and white that go down into the fan/light unit. that is all the wiring. I have attached the wiring diagram stuck to the back of this controller found in the bezel. the diagram does appear to have a different looking switch at the wall than just a normal single pull sing throw switch that you find on most lights in the house.
any help would be appreciated.

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[Brian L.]

Oct 22, 2017 22:31:15 GMT -5 rc said:

we have a 52 " fan with no name. Under the top bezel there is a model HC-1993-br, but no name. photo attached
after a lot of searching, I found one that looks just about the same but maybe a newer version. Harbor Breeze Portes Ceiling Fan Manual
MODEL # LP8293LAZ, LP8293LBN
ITEM # 0464465, 0451821
Neither of these fans have a pull chain. our fan has a regular light switch on the wall and some sort of a module in the top bezel. It has no number on it nor does it have a name. I tried searching the only indicator : RJ115 or RL115 as shown on the diagram, but found nothing.
when the light switch is turned on, it turns on the light. shutting it off and back on within a couple of second makes the light brighter. do it again and it increases again, a fourth time and it is bright. a fifth time and it shuts off.
Once in a while when you turn it on, the fan will also start. shut off the wall switch for 10 seconds and every thing goes back to normal. no indications of when the fan will start and when it wont, 98% of the times, the fan doesn't start.
there are only two wires that go from the light switch box to the fan/light. one black the other white. the black wire is connected through the light switch and the white goes directly to the fan/ light upper bezel. the black being a hot lead and the white being a neutral lead.
at the fan, these two leads are connected to this module sitting in the bezel, and leaving the module are three wires, blue, black and white. they connect to the blue black and white that go down into the fan/light unit. that is all the wiring. I have attached the wiring diagram stuck to the back of this controller found in the bezel. the diagram does appear to have a different looking switch at the wall than just a normal single pull sing throw switch that you find on most lights in the house.
any help would be appreciated.

Do you happen to have a picture of the whole fan itself? That may help with easier identification for some people in the group. 

[Jonathan A.]

It's made by Halsey.

[rc]

Got a complete picture of the fan tonight. (attached)

As I was pondering the problem, how could you control both the light and fan motor with just one switch. My answer was through timing of the on off sequences, but I also thought that for the general public, that could get very confusing. so I don't think that is how it is operated.
Looking deeper, the gentleman told me that when he bought the house, there wasn't a switch in the wall box and some repairman put it in.
I'm thinking that the original switch had two buttons, one probably ran the light just as the on off switch is doing now and the other probably had a frequency it delivered to the controller that operated the fan sequences. Just what I was thinking in my mind.
I am feeling that the only way to resolve this is to replace the controller with another system that has a remote or at least another wall portion to make it work.
It would be good to find the original part and replace it, but it's probably too old and that part is gone obsolete, but were going to try anyway.
If you have any other suggestions, I'm open to hear them.
thanks for your time and trouble.