RE: Controlling 1 light with 2 switches

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes - and that's what makes these systems (like C Bus etc) so great to
setup and use - because you can control any light from any controller, and
even from PC/web/other systems etc with the right interface :)

Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Neil Ball
> Sent: 16 December 2008 16:47
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Controlling 1 light with 2 switches
>
> I don't know anything about z-wave specifically but with lighting
> controls
> you often have a load controller that switches/dims the power and a
> separate
> keypad/controller that calls a scene or lighting level. If all of the
> keypads are registered to a load controller then it is usual that
> calling
> the scene/level on one is reflected on all of the others (as long as
> they
> provide feedback). With wired systems then there is some kind of
> network or
> bus linking the keypads and load controllers. With z-wave and other
> wireless
> systems such as Rako then the comms is wireless but the method of
> operation
> will be similar.
>
>
>
> So it is actually a programming exercise in most cases rather than
> switching
> logic that you have with conventional switch plates.
>
>
>
> Neil B.
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Duncan
> Sent: 16 December 2008 16:37
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Controlling 1 light with 2 switches
>
>
>
> Hi
>
> After a little off-list discussion, I'm wondering if someone here has
> an answer for a problem I may have in my new house.
>
> Many houses have multiple light switches that control one set of
> lights (eg. at the top and bottom of a staircase). How can this be
> replaced by something like ZWave?
>
> Since in the traditional system both switches work independently I
> presume there's no easy way to know if the opposite switch has turned
> the same light on or off.
>
> Duncan
>
>
>
>
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