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Lighting Ideas For…
Convenience
In
this example, the closet light will turn on when the closet is opened.
The light will stay on for 10 minutes or until the closet door is
shut. This will give the
customer the convenience of having the light come on by itself and can
help to reduce energy costs if the customer is likely to accidentally
leave the light on.
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WHENEVER
Closet Door (Zn 14) BECOMES NOT SECURE
THEN TURN
Closet Light [6 (A6)] ON FOR 10 MINS
WHENEVER Closet Door (Zn 14) BECOMES SECURE
THEN
TURN Closet Light [6 (A6)] OFF |
Safety
In this example, the stairway lights will turn on for 10
minutes when a motion sensor in the stairway detects motion.
The lights will also turn on when the door to the stairway is
opened. This will ensure that
your customer does not end up in a dark stairwell, where it may be easy to
have an accidental fall. This
example shows one motion sensor and one door with a door contact.
Use a door contact on each door that leads to the stairway.
Your application may also require more than one motion sensor,
depending on the size and shape of the stairway.
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WHENEVER
Stairway Door (Zn 5) BECOMES NOT SECURE
THEN
TURN Stairway Lights [1 (A1)] ON FOR 10 MINS
WHENEVER
Stairway Motion (Zn 6) BECOMES NOT SECURE
THEN
TURN Stairway Lights [1 (A1)] ON FOR 10 MINS |
Security
In
this example, lights will be used to give the premises an occupied
appearance when the customer is away for an extended period of time.
When the system is armed to vacation mode, the following rules turn
on several lights at different times to simulate the normal activities of
the resident. At sunset the
living room lights will turn on.
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WHENEVER
SUNSET
AND
Area 1 (Area 1) IS ARMED VACATION
THEN
TURN LivingRm Lights [1(A1)] ON |
The kitchen lights will turn on at
7:00pm
and stay on for 35 minutes. At
7:30pm
the dining room lights will turn on for 25 minutes.
This simulates the resident preparing and eating dinner.
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WHENEVER
THE TIME IS
7:00 PM
AND
Area 1 (Area 1) IS ARMED VACATION
THEN
TURN Kitchen Lights [2(A2)] ON FOR 35 MINS
WHENEVER
THE TIME IS
7:30 PM
AND
Area 1 (Area 1) IS ARMED VACATION
THEN
TURN DiningRm Lights [3(A3)] ON FOR 25 MINS |
Finally, after sunset the bathroom lights will turn on for 2 minutes
every hour and 17 minutes. The
unusual interval and the variance in the time sunset occurs will help to
achieve a seemingly random pattern.
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WHENEVER
EVERY 1 HOUR AND 17 MINUTES
AND
Area 1 (Area 1) IS ARMED VACATION
AND
THE TIME IS LATER THAN AT SUNSET
THEN
TURN Bathroom Light [4(A4)] ON FOR 2 MINS |
At
11:00pm
(bed time) all lights
with Housecode A will be turned off.
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WHENEVER
TIME IS
11:00 PM
AND
Area 1 (Area 1) IS ARMED VACATION
THEN
TURN ALL LIGHTS OFF, HOUSECODE A |
Create
a similar sequence for the morning to create a “lived in” appearance.
To
integrate the M1 with lighting controllers that have an RS-232 interface,
such as OnQ-ALC, PCS-UPB, Centralite , Vantage, EDT-iLine, etc., use the ELK-M1XSP,
Lighting/Thermostat Interface, Serial Port Expander.
ELK
RP
Tip
Of The Week
Modem
Connection Methods
Dial,
Hang Up, Dial Again
Most
local telephone companies provide voice mail services.
If the customer subscribes to this service, the telephone company
intercepts unanswered calls and re-routes them to a voice mail system.
This means that the customer’s telephone will stop ringing after
four or more rings. If the
security/automation system is programmed to answer on five or more rings,
it will never answer! This method is intended primarily to overcome this
problem. It may, however be
used to bypass any type of answering machine.
The system must be programmed to enable this feature.
This feature is enabled under Globals in ElkRP or using keypad
programming Menu 7.
The dial/hang-up/dial feature allows two ways to connect, hands free or
prompted. When you select
prompted, ElkRP dials the customer’s number (on the Account Details
screen) and prompts you to disconnect.
Listen for one or two rings and click Hangup Now.
ElkRP will delay a few seconds, them prompt you to re-dial.
Click OK to re-dial. The
hands free method dials the customer’s number, waits a few seconds,
hangs up, and dials again automatically.
If dial/hang-up/dial is enabled in the system, it will answer on
the first ring of the second dial attempt.
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