Manual Override; Timer; Export/Import - Theben DALI gateway S64 KNX User Manual

Time control

13.4 Manual override

By default, actions are triggered immediately when the action time is reached regardless of any
previously executed commands (automatic mode).
However, if the "Manual override" flag is set in a time program, the automatic mode can be
stopped by a manual intervention for individual groups / ECGs of the template. Automatic mode
is thus manually overridden.
This function is particularly interesting for HCL control applications. If the brightness or color of
an element (group / individual ECG) is changed, automatic operation for this element stops. No
automatic color adjustment will then be performed at the next action time. The change made by
the user will remain until the automatic mode is activated again.
The activation of the automatic mode according to the template takes place at the reception of
the next 1 bit Off or On telegram belonging to the element, or at the switching off of the
element by another command (e.g. scene value = 0 or broadcast = 0). When an on telegram is
received, the last color value regularly desired by an action is set. When an off telegram is
received, the group /individual ECG is switched off and the automatic system continues to run in
the background. Furthermore, a manual override is al-ways resolved at midnight and automatic
mode is automatically reactivated.

13.5 Timer

To ensure the safe operation of the colour control mode the exact time and date are required on
the device. This has to be provided by the KNX in form of 3 Byte communication objects. The
precision of the DALI gateway's internal time calculation is limited.
It is therefore essential to update the time at least once a day. When the application is started
the device automatically sends a read request for time and date to the KNX bus. The colour
control module remains completely disabled until an updated time has been received. Actions
are only performed after receipt of a valid time. Please remember that the 3 Byte time object
also transmits information about the current weekday (Monday-Sunday) (for some KNX timers
this is configurable). If a 3 Byte object is received without this information, the weekday is not
checked. This means that an action which has, in fact, only been enabled for Saturday and
Sunday would also be performed on a Monday.
As the date is not calculated internally, the DALI gateway automatically sends a read request to
the date object at 00:01 and at 00:04. At the same time, the time object is also automatically
queried. A further read request is sent at 3:01. This avoids any potential errors when clocks
change from summer to wintertime and vice versa.

13.6 Export/import

To reuse a previously created template it is possible to export the template. The resulting xml
file can be saved separately so that it can be reused in another project or template.
The export and import commands can be found in the context menu.
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