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 On or Off 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.
- Minimum Intensity:
- A value 0 to 100 (percent) that sets the lowest amount
of light that will be output by a dim command. An explicit
off command will ignore this value.
- Maximum Intensity:
- A value 0 to 100 (percent) that sets the highest amount
of light that will be output by a dim command. An explicit
on command will ignore this value.
- Transition Time:
- Number of fast minutes to go from 0% to 100% intensity.
A value of zero will cause the device to change from one
intensity to new intensity as fast as the device is able to
do so.