Scene Triggering and Memory

Hi,

I am currently in the middle of an installtion which has a large living/dining area where there is approximately 16 lighting circuits. Due to the nature of the area if I want to set a scene I need control over all the circuits and therfore limit the number of scenes I can set with my two DLTs located within the room. Can I store the scenes in my PAC and trigger them remotely? (I assume a PAC has a larger memory bank?) Where can I get information on how to do this?

Also, I have not yet got to grips with how to write the code within a PAC so if anone knows of where to read up on this could they forward a link?

Thanks Ruairi

 

the pac

the pac unit is just like a colour touch screen and work's the same way just trigger the scenes of it

 

PAC Properties

Properties for a Pascal Automation Controller project :
Maximum number of Schedules : 250
Maximum number of Scenes : 250
Maximum number of Components per Scene : 100

There are some very good help files in Piced.

 

My problem

Thanks guys. But heres where I am at now......

I have a grasp on how to input and trigger scenes on remote input units ie. DLT and NEO etc. But I am not sure how, without using code, I can enter scenes into a PAC. I will look into the code method but for speed on this small installation I was hoping I could store them to a PAC using ToolKit, similar to the way I do for a DLT? Is this possible?

 

PAC Programming

Hi Roars,

To configure a PAC you will need to use PICED instead of Toolkit. Scenes can be configured in a similar way under PICEDs "Project/Edit Scenes..." menu. You will not need to do any fancy programming.

You can download PICED here:
http://www2.clipsal.com/cis/technical/downloads/piced

Cheers,
Mark.

 

Cheers Mark,

I'll look into it. Do you know any good references for sample coding etc. that I could look at to learn how to make more use of the advanced functions of the cbus systems?

Ruairi

 

Thanks Nick, in the middle of the download here now!!