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Automation Overview
This feature is not UL listed for fire or burglary functions and is intended for home automation
All automation capabilities are centered around control channels. Each channel can be activated in five ways:
time of day, system trigger, chain channel, zone open/close or manually from a keypad or telephone. Four
programming option locations per channel determine how an X-10 and/or a auxiliary output (low current or relay)
operates. Additional programming determines time of day operation, automatic turn off (pulse activation), preset
dim, and the ability to call a chain channel. Each chain has the ability to activate up to 16 channels based on
one input.
Begin programming control channels by referencing the "Control Channel Locations" chart. Start with channel 1
and program all devices that will be controlled by the system. Use one control channel for each device. For a
channel to operate, all 4 options must be set and an X-10 and/or auxiliary output must be defined. Use location
9921 (keypad function) to define a four word description for each control channel.
Use channels 33 -56 (not spoken during remote control menu) to program alternate ways any devices should
behave if the device is activated by a system trigger.
Create "chains" by programming a channel and enabling the "Activate Chain Channel" option in control channel
options 3. Use the "Chain Group Assignments" chart to specify which channels should activate when the chain
channel is activated. A chain channel can not be used to call another chain channel.
Use the "System Triggers" locations to call control channels when a specific event occurs. Individual zones can
be used to activate control channels, see "Control Channel" terms for programming information.
Note: Only channels 1 - 32 can be assigned descriptions for the remote control menu.
Automation Example
This feature is not UL listed for fire or burglary functions and is intended for home automation
GOAL: This example will show how to program an X-10 "N-1 On" (from an X-10 transmitting device) command to
toggle the following items on and off each time the command is sent:
Channel 1: Aux output 9, a relay that controls a Jacuzzi pump
Channel 2: An electrical outlet that controls the low voltage lights around the pool.
Channel 3: Outside spot lights that should dim to level 4 when turned on
X-10 input to a zone: For the system to acknowledge the X-10 input, a zone must be created. Location 9940
(program a zone) is used to set a zone with a "button" zone type (015), zone options
1 and 2 are programmed as 000 and the device type is X-10 input (020). The system
prompts for a 1 digit input number. There are locations reserved for 8 X-10 inputs
(see X-10 On/Off Commands). Choose which of the 8 "banks" of locations that will be
used (1).
X-10 input: Unlike security inputs, the system does not prompt for all of the information required to
use X-10 as an input. The locations found in the "X-10 On /Off Commands" section
define how the X-10 command should be processed. The first location determines the
Unit CHU Assignment. This tells the system which house and unit code to listen for.
Each X-10 input can be programmed for a separate On function or Off function. For this
example the On command for N-1 (5570,016) is programmed with button function
"Output Control #1 - Toggle On/Off" (5572,024)
Output control: The 16 Output Control functions give the ability to program "button" devices with the
ability to always turn a control channel off or to toggle a channel on / off with each
depression (or X-10 command). There are 16 control channel assignments that can be
programmed for use with "button" devices. Since "Output Control #1" is being used, the
assignment for Output Control #1 will contain the channel number that is to be
activated. In this example channel 10 is used (4021,010). Set "Output Control #1"
options for toggle (4022, 002).
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