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RE: Fw: CBUS joy!


  • Subject: RE: Fw: CBUS joy!
  • From: "christopher purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:27:00 +0000

Hi,

Its because we have so many circuits per room. Most common is

BRIGHT
MEDIUM
DIM
All Off

otherwise you would need to turn on 5 groups and then tiurn 5 off again.

Kitchen you could have

COOKING
DINING
All Off

That make sense ?

Chris


>From: Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] CBUS joy!
>Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:18:01 +0000
>
>Chris
>
>Could you expand a little on "every room is scene based". I
myself have
>only one scene in the whole house - set the lougne light to 50%. So
>wondering what Im missing here :-)
>
>G.
>
>  Gareth Cook
>  Tools and Process Architect
>  IBM SWG Sales - Lotus Park, Staines, TW18 3AG
>  Office: +44 (0)1784 445166 - Mobile: +44 (0)7980 445166
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>----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 06/02/2006 13:17 -----
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>RE: [ukha_d] CBUS joy!
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>Talking of CBUS moments - I completed (ish) the programming of the
house
>over the weekend. The results can only be described as stunning. Every
>room
>is scene based. We had John Cullen (lighting design company) do the
>lighting
>diagrams for the house - read at least 4-5 lighting circuits per room 
-
>just looks gorgeous. Just about finiahed (95%) all the PIR programming
too
>
>so low level lights come on at night to light way to bathrooms etc.
>
>Very **very** happy. Even the wife is happy.
>
>Now putting the finishing touches to the system with the XAP gateway
and a
>
>little bit of homeseer and PAC programming.
>
>Chris
>
>
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> >From: "Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: "UKHA_D Group" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [ukha_d] CBUS joy!
> >Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 11:55:10 -0000
> >
> >At the weekend I finally got my *rse into gear and started my CBUS
> >install.. - deep joy... Only got 1 light up & running so far
(but I did
> >have to repaint an entire wall to make good where the old switches
were
> >removed...) but at least it's a start!
> >
> >Donwside is it appears to have killed a couple of X10 DIN modules
that
>are
> >mounted right next to the CBUS Dimmer unit stone dead... - they
work fine
>
> >on local control, but not by X10... - I assume the CBUS dimmer in
close
> >proximity is killing the X10 signal, - more reason for me to hurry
up &
> >upgrade those to CBUS as well I guess...
> >
> >Quick question: - I'm just about to order up some more switches so
I can
>do
> >precisely that, but I want to confirm that the square Saturns fit
on
> >bog-standard UK size single-gang backboxes?... - even the the
6-button
> >ones?.. - the documentation for them says that they fit on
standard
> >backboxes, but doesn't explicitly say *what* standard!! - despite
being
> >called square, they look decidedly rectangular in any picture I
can
>find...
> >- is that just because everyone is still using old pictures?
> >
> >Cheers.
> >
> >Paul G.
> >
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