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- Page 1 UPB™ 6-Button Controller User’s Guide www.pcslighting.com Powerline Control Systems, 19201 Parthenia Street, Suite J, Northridge, CA...
- Page 2 The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Powerline Control Systems provides this information “as is” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, but not limited to the implied warranty of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Powerline Control Systems may improve or change the product at any time without further notice;...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Chapter 1 About This Guide ....................1 The Assumptions ........................1 About UPStart ........................2 Chapter 2 About Your UPB 6-Button Controller..............3 What is a PCS UPB 6-Button Controller? ................3 Pushbutton Switches......................3 LED Indicators ........................4 IR Remote Receiver......................4 UPB Communication......................4 6-Button Controller Connections...................5 Connecting The WMC6 To The Powerline ...............5... - Page 4 Configuring LED Group Behavior...................31 Configuring Pushbutton Indicator Brightness..............32 Configuring the Keypad Backlight Feature ..............33 Chapter 5 Functionally Testing the 6-Button Controller ...........35 The Device Test Tab......................35 Chapter 6 IR Remote Receiver .....................37 Chapter 7 Special Modes Of Operation ................39 Setup Mode ..........................39 Entering Setup Mode .......................39 Exiting Setup Mode ......................40 Factory Default Mode ......................40...
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Page 5: Chapter 1 About This Guide
About This Guide This guide is intended for both the homeowner and the professional installer. In this guide we will explain the operation and configuration of the PCS line of 6-Button Controllers. Among other topics we will cover: • What is a PCS 6-Button Controller? •... -
Page 6: About Upstart
About UPStart UPStart is a Windows® based software application designed by Powerline Control Systems (PCS) that provides the ability to easily setup and test your UPB devices. Using UPStart, you are able to unlock the hidden potential inside your UPB devices and design a custom lighting and control system that is tailored to your needs and desires. -
Page 7: Chapter 2 About Your Upb 6-Button Controller
About Your UPB 6-Button Controller What is a PCS UPB 6-Button Controller? PCS 6-Button Controllers are pushbutton devices capable of transmitting Universal Powerline Bus™ (UPB) Commands onto the 120VAC powerline to remotely control other UPB Lighting System devices. They also have LED backlight indicators that give system feedback and status information and also can be used as a nightlight. -
Page 8: Led Indicators
Chapter 2— About Your UPB 6-Button Controller LED Indicators The WMC6 has a total of six LED indicators that it uses to indicate its current status. The six LED indicators are placed behind the six horizontal pushbuttons (ON, OFF, A, B, C, and D) and each illuminates its pushbutton when it is turned on. -
Page 9: 6-Button Controller Connections
Connecting The WMC6 To The Powerline The PCS 6-Button Wall-Mount Controller (WMC6) has two wires that are used to connect it to the powerline: the black one is for line voltage (120V AC 60Hz) and the white one is for neutral. - Page 10 Chapter 2— About Your UPB 6-Button Controller The UPB 6-Button Controller User’s Guide...
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Page 11: Chapter 3 Pushbutton Switches
Each WMC6 has been pre-configured at the factory in such a way as to control PCS Wall Switch Dimmers as a simple scene lighting system. This default scene lighting system is perfect for controlling all of the lights in a single room (or small house). -
Page 12: On Button Default Operation
Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches ON Button Default Operation In the default scene lighting system, the ON Button of the 6-Button Controller will control all of the Wall Switch Dimmers that are connected to your powerline and set to their factory default configuration. The ON button will control the Wall Switch Dimmers as described in the figure below. -
Page 13: Off Button Default Operation
Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches OFF Button Default Operation In the default scene lighting system, the OFF Button of the 6-Button Controller will control all of the Wall Switch Dimmers that are connected to your powerline and set to their factory default configuration. The OFF button will control the Wall Switch Dimmers as described in the figure below. -
Page 14: A' 'B' 'C' 'D' Button Default Operation
Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ ‘D’ Button Default Operation In the default scene lighting system, the ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ ‘D’ Buttons of the 6- Button Controller will control all of the Wall Switch Dimmers that are connected to your powerline and set to their factory default configuration. The ‘A’... -
Page 15: Up & Dn Button Default Operation
Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches UP & DN Button Default Operation In the default scene lighting system, the UP & DN Buttons of the 6-Button Controller will control all of the Wall Switch Dimmers that are connected to your powerline and set to their factory default configuration. The UP & DN Buttons will control the Wall Switch Dimmers as described in the figure below. -
Page 16: Manually Adjusting The Preset Light Levels (Scenes)
‘A’ Button makes one light fade to 80%, another light fade to 50%, another light fade to 25% and another light fade to 10%? PCS lighting system products give you an easy manual method for adjusting and setting the preset light levels that get produced when each pushbutton is pressed. -
Page 17: Manually Unlinking A Wall Switch From A Controller Button
Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches Manually Unlinking A Wall Switch From A Controller Button Each WS1D Wall Switch Dimmer comes pre-configured from the factory “linked” to all of the pushbuttons of the 6-Button Controller (see “Default Scene Lighting System”). Any link between a pushbutton and a Wall Switch Dimmer can easily be removed by following the steps outlined below. -
Page 18: Using Upstart To Change Pushbutton Behaviors
Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches Using UPStart to Change Pushbutton Behaviors This section will describe how the default scene lighting system can be modified (using UPStart) to link different Controller pushbuttons to different Wall Switch Dimmers as well as to create interesting lighting scenes. -
Page 19: What Are Transmit Modes
Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches Command Description Slow Off Commands all devices to go to 0% at the 10-second fade rate. Blink Commands all devices to blink their outputs on and off at a 0.5-second blink rate. Table 2: UPStart’s UPB Commands What Are Transmit Modes? In order to make it easier for you to configure your pushbuttons’... - Page 20 Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches Dim Button Mode: In the Dim Button mode the pushbutton will transmit a “Fade Down” command whenever it is held and a “Fade Stop” command when it is released. This is usually assigned to the DN Button on 6-Button Controllers to dim the lights.
- Page 21 Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches Toggle Button Mode: In the Toggle Button mode the pushbutton will alternate between transmitting an “Activate” command and a “Deactivate” command whenever it is pressed. This is usually used when you want a single pushbutton to control a single device with on/off control. On/Off Button Mode: In the On/Off Button mode the pushbutton will alternate between transmitting a “Goto On”...
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Page 22: What Are Links
Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches What Are Links? In the PCS UPB Lighting System, all control operations are done using Links. There are 254 available Links per UPB network. Links are used to logically “connect” events on one or more devices to actions on one or more other devices. -
Page 23: What Are Scenes
“activated” and “deactivated” by a single command (i.e. push of a button). In the PCS UPB Lighting System, all control operations are done using Links. There are 254 available Links per UPB network. Links are used to logically “connect”... -
Page 24: Linking Pushbuttons To Dimmer Scenes With Upstart
Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches Linking Pushbuttons To Dimmer Scenes With UPStart One of the main things you will want to do with UPStart is to use it to link events on the pushbuttons of your Controllers (like single-taps and double- taps) to corresponding actions on your Dimmers (like turning them on or off). - Page 25 Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches We use the New Link Dialog to enter a name for our new Link. Note: Link Names can be any length of alphanumeric and punctuation characters. It is suggested that you use words that help you identify what the purpose of the Link is.
- Page 26 Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches Step 3: Assign The Transmit Modes After the Links are assigned to the pushbuttons it is time to configure how the pushbuttons transmit to the Wall Switches. To do this we go back to the Transmit Components tab for the Controller. Each pushbutton on this tab has a Mode selector that is used to assign it a transmit mode.
- Page 27 Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches After all of the pushbuttons are assigned to the desired transmit mode we press the OK button to accept the edits. Step 4: Assign the Links to the Wall Switch Dimmers To complete the linking process we now assign the Links to the Wall Switch Dimmers as well.
- Page 28 Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches We use the Receive Components tab to assign a corresponding Link to the an available dimmer preset. Note: there is absolutely no requirement that the first dimmer preset be the first one that gets assigned. We could have just as effectively assigned the Link to the fifth, ninth, or any dimmer preset as long as it wasn’t already assigned.
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Page 29: Configuring Bright/Dim Pushbuttons
Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches To program all of our configuration changes into the devices, select the Network Program All Modified menu item. UPStart then programs all of our saved up configuration changes into the devices. When the programming is complete press the OK button to close the dialog. Configuring Bright/Dim Pushbuttons The 6-Button Controllers have a vertical rocker button that is usually used to brighten and dim a device or a scene. -
Page 30: Configuring The Up And Dn Pushbuttons
Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches Configuring The UP And DN Pushbuttons In order to configure the UP and DN pushbuttons of the 6-Button Controller we again use the Edit Device Dialog. This dialog has a special Transmit Components tab that is used for configuring the transmit behavior of the pushbuttons. -
Page 31: Configuring Transmit Behaviors
Chapter 3— Pushbutton Switches To program this configuration into the device we press the “Program Device” button. UPStart performs the necessary command steps to program the configuration data into our device. When the command steps are complete we can press the OK button to close the dialog. Configuring Transmit Behaviors The UPB communication method allows for messages to be transmitted multiple times increasing the chance of communication success. - Page 32 OK button. Note: This tab also has a selector for Transmit Type. This selector is for future and advanced purposes. For the PCS UPB Lighting System devices it is strongly recommended that you keep this selector set as “Link Packet”.
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Page 33: Chapter 4 Led Indicators
Chapter 4 LED Indicators The WMC6 has a total of six LED indicators that are placed behind the six horizontal pushbuttons. These indicators can be used as a nightlight to make the keypad easier to find in the dark. They can also be used in a number of ways to indicate system status. -
Page 34: Using Upstart To Change Led Indicator Behaviors
Using UPStart to Change LED Indicator Behaviors The LED Indicator Factory Default Behavior is perfect for many situations but what if you want something different? The PCS 6-Button Controller can have its LED indicator behavior customized in many different ways using UPStart. -
Page 35: Configuring Led Group Behavior
‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, and ‘D’ Buttons to control individual lights. PCS 6-Button Controllers allow each LED indicator to be part of any of 4 different LED Groups. To configure which LED Groups contain which LED indicators we again go to the Receive Components tab of the Edit Device dialog. -
Page 36: Configuring Pushbutton Indicator Brightness
Chapter 4— LED Indicators PCS 6-Button Controllers also allow each LED indicator to either turn on or turn off one other group of LEDs whenever that LED indicator lights up. The Receive Components tab of the Edit Device dialog has selectors for each LED to specify the action (Turn On, Turn Off, Do Nothing) and the LED group to perform that action on. -
Page 37: Configuring The Keypad Backlight Feature
Chapter 4— LED Indicators We go to the Options tab and set the selector for the LED Brightness to “Faint”. To program this configuration into the device we press the “Program Device” button. UPStart performs the necessary command steps to program the configuration data into our device. When the command steps are complete we can press the OK button to close the dialog. - Page 38 Chapter 4— LED Indicators For our example, the pushbutton indicators on our Main Bedroom Controller are hard to see while Keypad Backlighting is enabled. We want to disable Keypad Backlighting. To do this we again use the Edit Device Dialog of our Main Bedroom Controller. This dialog has a special Options tab that is used for configuring options such as the Keypad Backlighting.
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Page 39: Chapter 5 Functionally Testing The 6-Button Controller
Chapter 5 Functionally Testing the 6-Button Controller After a device’s configuration is modified it should be tested to make sure it operates as you expect. UPStart gives you an easy way to do this. The Device Test Tab The Edit Device Dialog has a special tab labeled Device Test that allows you to run a functional test on the selected device. - Page 40 Chapter 6— IR Remote Receiver The UPB 6-Button Controller User’s Guide...
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Page 41: Chapter 6 Ir Remote Receiver
Chapter 6 IR Remote Receiver This chapter is incomplete at this time. At the time of this writing, the IR Remote Receiver is not supported on the PCS 6-Button Controllers. The UPB 6-Button Controller User’s Guide... - Page 42 Chapter 6— IR Remote Receiver The UPB 6-Button Controller User’s Guide...
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Page 43: Chapter 7 Special Modes Of Operation
Chapter 7 Special Modes Of Operation Besides transmitting UPB commands, the Pushbutton switches can be used to put the 6-Button Controller into special modes of operation. This chapter will explain these modes and describe how to enter and exit them. Setup Mode Every UPB device has a special mode of operation known as the Setup Mode. -
Page 44: Exiting Setup Mode
Chapter 7 – Special Modes Of Operation Exiting Setup Mode To exit the Setup Mode simply press and hold the 6-Button Controller’s ON and OFF pushbuttons again. The 6-Button Controller will indicate that it is out of Setup Mode by stopping the blinking of its LED indicators. Step 1: Press and hold both the ON and OFF pushbuttons at the same time. -
Page 45: Exiting Factory Default Mode
Chapter 7 - Special Modes Of Operation Step 1: Press and hold both the ON and OFF pushbuttons at the same time. Hold Hold Note: All of the LED indicators will begin to blink indicating its in Setup Mode. To enter the 6-Button Controller into the Factory Default Mode simply press and hold the 6-Button Controller’s ‘A’... - Page 46 Chapter 7 – Special Modes Of Operation Note: the 6-Button Controller does not time out of the Factory Default Mode. The UPB 6-Button Controller User’s Guide...
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Page 47: Chapter 8 Getting Help
Make sure that you are following the directions completely and carefully. Our web site If you are still having problems, the next place to look is the PCS Technical Support web site that contains extensive resources for UPStart. The web site is located at: http://www.pcslighting.com... -
Page 48: Other Considerations
These can usually be found by contacting your computer manufacturer directly. Finally, this product is designed to be used on PCs configured with the current versions of Microsoft Windows. This means that we tested for those configurations, and not every operating environment that you might encounter. - Page 49 Chapter 8 – Getting Help Software is very complex and a program like UPStart is a very complex program. While the programmers try extra hard to get it right, sometime problems happen. If you find a problem please report it in a way that helps us find it and fix it.