2.1 Device overview This manual applies to the following devices (order number printed in bold). VC-EASY.03 Object Server VisuControl Easy II, 2SU MDRC, with Android or IOS App ■ MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 ·...
IP interface with KNX Secure and time server The MDT Object Server VisuControl Easy II can be used as a secure programming interface, with up to 4 parallel KNX tunnelling connections. At the same time, the time and date can be made available by an NTP server to the devices connected via the KNX bus.
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Updateable via web interface If necessary, the MDT Object Server VisuControl Easy II can be updated via the web interface. Long frame support The MDT Object Server VisuControl Easy II supports “Long Frames” (longer telegrams). These contain more usable data per telegram, which significantly reduces the programming time with the ETS.
The interface is selected in the ETS6 (in the open project) in the top right-hand corner. Figure 3: Interface selection in ETS6 MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
All general settings for a fixed IP address can now be made via the “IP” tab (2). Figure 4: Adjusting the IP settings MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
The ETS project password is required to activated KNX Secure. Without a project password, secure commissioning is not possible and the devices are loaded in plain mode. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
The device will restart. It disappears briefly in the interface overview of ETS and then appears with ■ activated DHCP and the physical address 15.15.255. The device is now reset. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 12 / 84...
Basic settings for the appearance of the app can be set here. Information: Display of imprint, data protection and licence information. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 14 / 84...
Changes to the general server settings must be saved via the diskette symbol (marked red). Figure 10: Saving a server MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 15 / 84...
Changes to the general server settings must be saved via the diskette symbol (marked red). Figure 12: Saving a server MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
Spot 1 is located both in the room “Living room”, as well as in the function “Light”. Grouping according to room Grouping according to function Figure 13: Grouping of functions MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 17 / 84...
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■ ■ ■ Next function (up to function 200) Table 3: Communication objects – Default settings: Functions MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 23 / 84...
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C stands for communication, R for read, W for write, T for transmit and U for update. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
Setting whether and in which interval the (0 = not active) address is to be updated. Table 5: General settings MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 25 / 84...
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In operation – Send status 1 Bit Sends “In operation” telegram cyclically Table 6: General communication objects MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 26 / 84...
The differences in app display by function type or by room, are explained under 3.3.2 Grouping of func- tions MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 27 / 84...
The parameter allows the web interface to be activated in a time-limited manner after an email has been sent by the object server. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
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“Time until deactivation of the web interface after reset” parameter or to activate the web interface only via object and to deactivate it when not in use! MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
Some parameters are generally valid, others depend on the selected function type. These are described in detail in the following chapters. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
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This is useful in some situations, for example, when a switching function is used to switch between the operating modes of a room temperature controller. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
Toggle”. For example, if the status “1” is sent by the actuator, a “0” is sent as the next command and vice versa. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
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1 Bit Receive the switching status from the actuator. Table 17: Communication objects – Function type: Light On/Off MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 38 / 84...
Sets the brightness The following image shows the display in the app: Figure 18: Display – HSV colour control MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 41 / 84...
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When using individual objects for HSV, the corresponding status of the controller must be linked as the second group address to the sending object. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
The first line shows the current room temperature, the second line shows the current setpoint, which is moved up or down with “+” and “-”. Figure 24: Display – Room temperature controller MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 47 / 84...
Sends and saves the set scene. When selecting “Call up and save scene”. Table 28: Communication objects – Function type: Scene MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 50 / 84...
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Display of the symbols in the app. Only for 1 Bit functions. Table 31: Settings – Function type: Status MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 53 / 84...
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Receive the status to display in the app. Status: Day/Night … Table 32: Communication objects – Function type: Status MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 54 / 84...
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Scene number 1 … 64 Enter a scene number. Only when selecting “Scene number” or “Scene control”. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 57 / 84...
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“Value for status: ...”. The symbols displayed in the app are assigned for each function selection and cannot be changed. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
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“areas” sends the corresponding operating mode. The status feedback visualises the currently valid mode. No additional parameters are available. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
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Status: Floating point value ... DPT depending on the function selection. Table 34: Communication objects – Function type: Status MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 60 / 84...
Send/receive the data from and to the time Input/Output switch. Table 35: Communication objects – Function type: Time switch MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 61 / 84...
Object number the input of the status logic. Table 36: General settings – Status logic 1 - 10 MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 62 / 84...
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3 – 10. This results in a logic function with 2 inputs. Important: With status logic, only objects of length 1 bit can be compared with each other! MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 63 / 84...
Sets whether the diagram should ■ extended remain in the selected “area” or be ■ assigned to another function type. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 64 / 84...
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7 days every 15 minutes, ■ then every 60 minutes (96 days) Hourly for 14 days, ■ then daily (2,526 days) MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 65 / 84...
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Here you can define the unit for the recorded data, which appears as the label of the diagram in the app. A text of up to 5 bytes can be entered for this purpose. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
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To record the values and display the diagrams, the VisuControl Easy II needs the current time, i.e. the connection to an NTP server. MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de...
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Diagram 1: – Delete diagram 1 Bit Deletes the diagram when a “1” is received. Table 38: Communication objects – Diagrams MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 68 / 84...
5.5 Email functions The Object Server VisuControl Easy II has extensive email functionality. As a result, up to 30 status elements are available, whose names and values can be displayed in the emails. The emails can be triggered via bit telegrams (Bit alarms) or by sending a 14 Byte text (Text alarm).
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2 Byte, 4 Byte DPT according to the selection. 14 Byte next status element Table 40: Communication objects – Diagrams MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 70 / 84...
E.g. $V1$ for status element 1, or $V22$ for status element 22. A semicolon creates a line break and separates the subject from the email content. ■ MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 71 / 84...
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Bit alarm 1 – Send email 1 Bit Trigger Bit alarm next Bit Alarm Table 42: Communication objects – Bit alarms MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 72 / 84...
Receive the text for the text alarm next text alarm Table 44: Communication objects – Text alarms MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 73 / 84...
Status elements displayed depend- ing on activated elements in the “Status elements” menu. Table 45: General setting – Status reports MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 74 / 84...
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Only visible with “Sending condition: Via object ‘Send email’”. next status report Table 46: Communication objects – Status report MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 75 / 84...
A detailed description of the process is provided at https://www.mdt.de/en/for-professionals/tips-tricks.html (Update IP Router, IP Interface und VisuControl Easy). MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 80 / 84...
It must be ensured that the control panel cover may not be opened without tools. 8.4 History V1.0 First version of the manual DB V3.1 08/2023 MDT technologies GmbH · Papiermühle 1 · 51766 Engelskirchen · Germany Telephone +49 (0) 2263 880 · knx@mdt.de · www.mdt.de 84 / 84...
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