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Home Automation Controller
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  • Page 1 ISY – 26 Home Automation Controller USER GUIDE...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Content Purpose ........................5 Theory of Operation ....................5 Installation and Configuration..................6 Installation......................6 Prerequisites ......................6 Host Computer Configuration................6 Additional Hardware Required .................. 7 Starting the GUI on a Host Computer................ 8 Main GUI Components .................... 10 Top Pane......................
  • Page 3 11.4 Refresh ......................27 Left Pane – ISY ....................28 12.2 Controller Icon ....................28 12.2 Query......................... 28 12.3 Rename......................28 12.4 Start Linking...................... 28 Scenes........................29 13.1 Left Pane - Scene Menu ..................29 13.2 Scenes........................ 29 Device Properties ....................31 Errors and Error Messages ..................
  • Page 4 Table of Figures Figure 1– UPnP Configuration.................... 7 Figure 2– Network neighborhood/My Network Places ............8 Figure 3 – Initial Browser ....................9 Figure 4– ID & Password....................9 Figure 5– Main GUI Components..................10 Figure 6– File Menu......................12 Figure 7–...

  • Page 5: Purpose

    1. Purpose The purpose of this document is to guide the system’s installer with the steps necessary to install and configure the Universal Devices’ ISY system and operate the GUI. ISY comes configured for communications with the device(s) of your choice. The...

  • Page 6: Installation And Configuration

    3. Installation and Configuration Configuration is required only if ISY does not show up automatically. Installation Please perform the following steps before plugging the ISY into power: Connect the Ethernet cable to ISY and to your network hub. Note: the network must be DHCP enabled.

  • Page 7: Additional Hardware Required

    3.3.1 UPnP Configuration UPnP is normally disabled on all computers by default. In order to make sure and/or to configure UPnP, please follow the following steps (refer to Figure 1): Click on My Network Places (either on the Start Menu or Desktop) On the left Navigation Pane a.

  • Page 8: Starting The Gui On A Host Computer

    5. Starting the GUI on a Host Computer If you already have Java installed and UPnP enabled, all you have to do is to click on the icon My Lighting (refer to Figure 1) appearing in the My Network Places (refer to Figure 2) either on the Start Menu or Desktop.

  • Page 9: Figure 3 - Initial Browser

    Figure 3 – Initial Browser Please do not close this browser window. You can minimize it but you can not close it at any time while the GUI is running or the application will terminate. Following the above browser that opened the ISY GUI will appear and you will be presented with a user-id/password dialog box, See Figure 4.

  • Page 10: Main Gui Components

    6. Main GUI Components The ISY GUI is very intuitive and is essentially comprised of four complementary panes (refer to Figure 5) i. Top Pane ii. Navigation Pane or Tree View iii View Pane iv. Bottom Pane Figure 5– Main GUI Components Top Pane The Top Pane is located in the top section of the GUI and it always contains the menus, the tool bar, the date, location and sunrise and sunset times of that specific location.

  • Page 11: View Pane

    At the top of the tree view you have: Configuration, Schedules and Trigger. The bottom section of the tree view offers a configurable view of all the devices you can control. Clicking on the icons on the tree view brings up the associated view in the view pane. Right clicking on the icons on the tree view brings up a menu of actions appropriate only for that node on the tree.

  • Page 12: Top Pane - Menu

    7. Top Pane - Menu This section details the functionalities and the operations of each menu option listed in the Top Pane. File Menu Please see Figure 6 for all File Menu options. Figure 6– File Menu 7.1.1 Logon The Logon option will be enabled if you are not connected to the ISY. The system will prompt you that you have lost the connection and you must login.

  • Page 13: Link Management Menu

    7.1.4 Restore Configuration Once this menu option is selected the user has the ability to select the file to which he previously saved or backed up all the configurations of the controller. 7.1.5 Disable Internet Access [ISY] The controller default setting is to have internet access enabled. If you would like to disable internet access to the controller select this option.

  • Page 14: Tools Menu

    scene will be added to the tree view on the left pane. You can click and drag any one of the devices already linked to the system into this scene. If you click and dragged correctly you will see a plus sign next to the device you are dragging. It may take a few seconds to copy the device and all it’s attributes to the new scene.

  • Page 15: Help Menu

    macros you must click on the Tools menu, then select Macros, then select Security. Security should be set to either Medium or Low. 7.3.2 Log(Excel) This option is the same as the Trend – Log menu option. 7.3.3 Reset History This menu option allows you to reset the information captured in the log file.
  • Page 16 7.4.2 User Guide The User Guide menu option will open the user guide for the ISY using Adobe Acrobat reader. 7.4.3 Manually Upgrade ISY This option will provide access to a browser which allows you to select the new ISY file and by selecting it you will begin to upgrade the software on the controller.

  • Page 17: Top Pane - Tool Bar

    Top Pane – Tool Bar This section details the functionalities and the operations of each Tool Bar icon available in the Top Pane. Expand All The Expand All is the first button on the tool bar. Its symbol is a plus sign. Please refer to Figure X10.

  • Page 18: Start Linking

    new scene will not delete it from the master list of devices or from the scene/s they already belong to. Figure 13– New Scene Start Linking For all devices, with the exception of ControLinc, when new devices need to be added to the ISY you must select this option and then click the linking button on the new device (light, switch etc.) for as many devices as you desire.

  • Page 19: Trend (Chart)

    as First Floor, to the Floor plan. The system will create a new room in the floor plan which will contain all the devices that are part of the First Floor group. You can then click and drag each device to its physical location within that room. For example: Hall 1 can be dragged to the top left of the room because that is its physical location.

  • Page 20: Location Configuration

    Location Configuration To set or change the location of the ISY you must click on the Change Location button. For relatively accurate Sunrise/Sunset calculations, please select the closest city in which the ISY will be physically located. In Figure X the location is Los Angeles, CA. If the city you are located in does not appear on the list please select the closest city with the same time zone.

  • Page 21: Notifications Settings

    Correct number entry: 18186310333 Incorrect number entry: 1-818-631-0333 The recipient will be added to the recipients list on the right. You may add several recipients who may have different messaging service providers. Please add the recipients one at a time. 9.3.1.3 Recipients Recipients listed on the recipient list can be removed either one at a time or you can delete the complete list by using the Remove or Remove All button at the bottom of the...

  • Page 22: Left Pane - Schedules

    10. Left Pane – Schedules ISY provides one of the most complete scheduling capabilities in the automation market while keeping scheduling related administrative functions to the minimum. The rich user interface enables the user to create complex schedules in a matter of seconds. As described before, Schedules View (refer to Figure 20) is activated either globally (to all devices) or per device.

  • Page 23: Adding A Schedule For A Specific Time

    in the following subsections. After you selected the location and time in the Schedule Configurator, click OK. You will be back in the Schedule View. Please select your schedule and click on the Action column, you will be presented with a drop down menu from which you should select the desired action.

  • Page 24: Adding A Schedule For Everyday At A Given Time

    From the Schedule View select the appropriate Action by clicking on your schedule’ action column vii. Click on Save 10.3 Adding a Schedule for Everyday at a Given Time This type of schedule is run Everyday at a specific time. In order to create this type of schedule, on the Scheduler Configuration Utility: Click on the Everyday (at the top left) Choose the desired time...

  • Page 25: Holding Schedules For A Duration

    Note: A Hold schedule at the highest level for location (ISY) will put all the schedules for all the devices in all the ISY in the network on hold. 10.7 Holding Schedules for a Duration Holding schedules is a powerful mechanism through which the schedules can be put on hold without the need for removing and adding schedules.

  • Page 26: Left Pane - Triggers

    11. Left Pane – Triggers Triggers View, See Figure 22, allows for the configuration of actions and notifications based on certain events within the controller devices. Just like the Schedules, Triggers may be applied either globally (on all the devices on all the ISY) or locally on a specific device.

  • Page 27: Removing A Trigger

    Please make sure you click the Apply Trigger or Save each trigger otherwise your trigger entry will not be saved to the ISY and as such will be lost. Note: The maximum number of Trigger allowed is: 20. The maximum number of Conditions per Trigger allowed is: 6. The maximum number of Responses per Trigger allowed is: 6.

  • Page 28: Left Pane - Isy

    12. Left Pane – ISY 12.2 Controller Icon The fourth icon on the left pane is the main group of all the devices on your ISY. In this implementation, as shown in Figure 23, it is called My Lighting. It may be called ISY depending on the software version you have.

  • Page 29: Scenes

    13. Scenes 13.1 Left Pane - Scene Menu By selecting any of the scenes you created and clicking on the right mouse button you will be presented with the Group Menu. It contains three options: Query, Rename and Remove Scene. 13.1.1 Query When you select the Query option on the menu associated with each group the ISY will...

  • Page 30: Figure 24- Family Room-Movie Scene

    Figure 24– Family Room-Movie Scene - 30 -...

  • Page 31: Device Properties

    14. Device Properties When you click on a device its properties will show up in the view pane and the scenes which it belongs to will show up in the bottom pane. The bottom pane will also have the actions which can be performed on this device. Currently the ISY support all SmartHome lights, switches and dimmers.
  • Page 32 • Ramp Rate is 100% - the speed which the system will follow to turn on the light is full speed or 100% The bottom pane shows the actions you can perform on this light. The actions are: • On – The light will be turned on following the ramp rate settings •...

  • Page 33: Errors And Error Messages

    15. Errors and Error Messages 15.1 Possible Errors 15.1.1 Red Exclamation Mark • If you see a red exclamation mark next to a device then you have lost connectivity to that device. Wait a few second and see if the device comes back on its own. If it does not then the device might be faulty or something was changed in the environment which affects the connectivity between the device and the ISY.

  • Page 34: To Report A New Error

    15.1.4 Socket open failed java.io.IOException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host There was a network outage. Please restart your browser. 15.2 To Report a New Error To report a new error please send an email with the error description to: tech@universal- devieces.com Please provide the error and the situation in which the error presents itself.

  • Page 35: Supported Devices

    16. Supported Devices 16.1 Insteon enabled devices Currently Available Wireless lights by SmartHome • Wireless switches by SmartHome • Available by March 2007 Irrigation/Sprinkler system, EZRain, by Simple home net/Compacta • International Available by May 2007 Gates, Garage Doors and Windows by Somfy •...

  • Page 36: Registration

    17. Registration Please register with Universal Devices to receive notifications and upgrade notices. Please register your unit at http://www.universal-devices.com/register - 36 -...
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