Fw: CBUS joy!

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm.

The Kitchen downlights are on a dimmer channel - the strips are not. The
garden power is normally off - i'd rather not have an outside socket
permanently on - also Comfort disables it every morning at 3am to be sure.

Once I get the new switch installed tomorrow, I can remove Utility and add
a scene for the Kitchen downlighters - for eating.

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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In most setups a group is an individual item - I have 100 odd groups. You
can put more than one load on a group but if you have scenes you don't
need
to 1 to 1 mapping is fine.

You are where I was before the weekend : 1 group = 1 button

>Kitchen Downlights
>Kitchen Striplights

>Outside Side Lights
>Patio Lights
>Garden Power (the Garden RCD outside slocket)

>Capital FM (this tells Sonos to fire up Capital)
>Side Gates (activates the magnetic locks on the side gates)


All the kitchen loads should go in say 2 scenes. BRIGHT (80%) and
DIM/EATING (40%)
I always set the 4th key to all off.

The PATIO and Garden lights could be 2 scenes + GARDEN All OFF

Bin the 'Garden Power key' - why would you need to turn it off ?

That leaves you 2 buttons spare for capital and side gates ?

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 15:31:46 +0000
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>Well, the Kitchen DLT has :
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>Kitchen Downlights
>Kitchen Striplights
>Outside Side Lights
>Utility Room (although a new switch is arriving today so this will go)
>Patio Lights
>Garden Power (the Garden RCD outside slocket)
>Capital FM (this tells Sonos to fire up Capital)
>Side Gates (activates the magnetic locks on the side gates)
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>These are individual items - not groups ? Or am I missing something ?
>
>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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>Today 14:32
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>What on earth have you got on them all. Sounds like you are using group
>rather than scene based ?
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>We have lived with the inital install for a few months writing down
things
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>we would like. What we have now is an implementation of that - I can't
>turn
>the kitchen lights off from the bedroom but I never have wanted to -
House
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>all off is enough.
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>Chris
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> >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 14:12:40 +0000
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> >Gotcha
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> >Only problem I have is all my DLT's are already full up of stuff !
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> >We need 3 pages on them - not 2
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> >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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> >Hi,
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> >Its because we have so many circuits per room. Most common is
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> >BRIGHT
> >MEDIUM
> >DIM
> >All Off
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> >otherwise you would need to turn on 5 groups and then tiurn 5 off
again.
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> >Kitchen you could have
> >
> >COOKING
> >DINING
> >All Off
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> >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
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> > >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
> > >  AIM Chat : TheBoyG - MSN Chat : chat@xxxxxxx
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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
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> > >little bit of homeseer and PAC programming.
> > >
> > >Chris
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >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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