Basic Concepts - SMS ControlMate User Manual

BASIC CONCEPTS

To assist in using ControlMate, several concepts will help understand its functions.
COMMANDS Allow users to control or configure the ControlMate functionality.
IN The 'contact-closure' interface that receives trigger events from external devices.
Inputs may be 'inverted' to accommodate 'normally-closed' circuits.
Inputs may have a user-defined delay when changing state on and/or off.
Input changes may perform any internal command to execute other tasks.
OUT The changeover relay outputs that control the user's attached devices. Outputs may be
driven as a steady ON-or-OFF state, flashing, or pulsed for a specific duration when an 'on'
event is triggered.
Outputs may be set to 'initialise' at a known pre-set state, or at the last known state.
CLI The list of caller-id numbers that identifies who can control, and who is notified by SMS text
message. Callers or commands from unlisted numbers are ignored.
CLI entries include a phone number (CLINUM) and 'friendly' name (CLINAME) of callers,
along with a DIAL-IN command for 'free' voice calls.
*ADMIN / USER / SLAVE membership offer additional protection and features
Admin users receive error notifications, however if an Admin CLI number is entered wrongly,
the message will retry and fail - and if the other operational error persists across restarts – it
may become impossible to recover, and a UTIL-RESET may be necessary to clear all the
configuration data. This is a by-product of the SMS retry and auto-recovery capabilities.
ACL Access Control List – permits or denies individual users from controlling specific outputs.
SMS Notifications may be individually routed for selected members of the CLI list – when specific
inputs or outputs change state.
e.g. George hears about the security sensors, Tom gets notified about pump events.
TIMER There are multiple independent timers, which may be set to automatically perform any
controller function on specified days at the same times.
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