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Light Control
Enter the light system name for the
light you wish to control in the box to right of "light:". For
example, entering 678 and by pressing either the On or Off
button, you should be able to change the state of light number 678
on the layout. Another example, a valid light system name for PowerLine devices
could be PL9. Then by pressing either the On or Off button, you
should be able to change the state of light on
the layout. Another example, a valid light system name could be IL123
which is internal light number 123. Pressing Thrown or Closed will
only change the state of the internal light and will not change a
light on the layout. See "
Names
" under general help for more information.
Light Control Buttons and Status
- Current State:
- Shows the current known state of the light.
- <Unknown>
- Either no light selected or invalid light name.
- Off
- Light is at minimum intensity if variable intensity supported, or off.
- On
- Light is at maximum intensity if variable intensity supported, or full on.
- Intermediate
-
Light intensity is between 0 and 100% and the current intensity is equal to
the target intensity.
- Transitioning Higher
-
Target intensity is higher than the current intensity and light is adjusting
every fast minute according to Transition Time value.
- Transitioning Lower
-
Target intensity is lower than the current intensity and light is adjusting
every fast minute according to Transition Time value.
- Transitioning to Full On
-
Target intensity is higher than the current intensity,
and equal or higher than maximum intensity and light is adjusting
every fast minute according to Transition Time value.
- Transitioning to Full Off
-
Target intensity is lower than the current intensity,
and equal or lower than minimum intensity and light is adjusting
every fast minute according to Transition Time value.
- Configuration Options of Lights:
- Enabled:
- The light will respond to its automatic control type.
- Variable:
- Light may be commanded to values between 0% and 100%.
- Transitional:
- Changes of intensity will use the transition time to step
between current and target intensity.
- On
- Push this button to turn on the light.
- Off
- Push this button to turn off the light.
- Change Intensity
- Enter a new value for the light (0% to 100%) and pressing
this button will set the new target intensity.
If transitional is supported if will use the transition
time for computing how fast to move from current intensity
to the new target intensity.
Powerline Devices
Powerline devices may support dimming in addition to just on and off.
If a powerline interface supports dimming, an option will be available to enable and
disable dimming for the light.
- Enable Dimming:
- If checked, will cause all commands to the light to use dim settings instead of on and off.
- If not checked, will cause all commands to the light to use on and off.
- NOTE:Changing the enable dimming setting may cause an 'blink' the first time a dim command
is sent to the light. It may quickly get bright then return to the proper dim setting.
This is a function
of the device and we have not found a way around this for all devices.
- Minimum Intensity:
- A value 0 to 100 (percent) that sets the lowest amount of light that
will be output by a dim command.
- Maximum Intensity:
- A value 0 to 100 (percent) that sets the highest amount of light that
will be output by a dim command.
- Transition Time:
- Number of fast minutes to go from 0% to 100% intensity.
