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Wayne-Dalton USB Z-Wave User Manual

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Create, Manage and automate
your Home Control System from
your PC
Thank you for purchasing the USB Z-Wave
control your home by remote control. You can create a complete Home Control and Access Network by
combining your USB Z-Wave
security systems, garage door openers, and thermostats are just a few of the items you can easily control
with additional Z-Wave
Your new USB Z-Wave
products. Furthermore, other Z-Wave
Wireless Gateway. Please consult with your module supplier for more details.
Home Control Basics
Z-Wave
certified products will allow you to easily control multiple devices in a home with the push of a
®
button in what is known as a "scene". Turning on all of the lights as you come home is an example of a
scene. Dimming lights and closing your curtains to watch TV, it's also a scene.
Visit www.wayne-dalton.com/access to get ideas on how to create scenes with your USB Z-Wave
and other Z-Wave
certified products.
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  • Page 1: Introduction

    “scene”. Turning on all of the lights as you come home is an example of a scene. Dimming lights and closing your curtains to watch TV, it’s also a scene. Visit www.wayne-dalton.com/access to get ideas on how to create scenes with your USB Z-Wave Adapter ®...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Restore Network Settings .................31 Command Line option: Custom Latitude and Longitude ......32 Adding Command Line option to Thinkessentials Shortcut .....33 ® Command Line option: Multiple USB Z-Wave Adapters ......34 ® Command Line option: Poll ...............35 Refresh Shortcut ..................36 exiting Thinkessentials ................37...

  • Page 3: Glossary

    GLOSSARY Copy – See Replicate. Delete – erase transmitter or scene information from Controller. Also known as exclude. Device – Any item that is connected to a module (for example, lamps). Exclude – Remove a module, transmitter or scene from the controller. Include –...

  • Page 4: Usb Z-Wave ® Adapter Basics

    ® radio transmitter and receiver. Large metal objects, house wiring, walls, furniture, refrigerators, microwaves and similar items can interfere with communication between the modules to reduce the range or even prevent communication. Therefore, placement of the USB Z-Wave Adapter ®...

  • Page 5: Screen Layout Information

    Screen Layout Information The number below corresponds to the bubble number above. 1. Minimize, Maximize and Close Buttons control Wayne-Dalton Thinkessentials window. ® 2. Home Tab for application operations and Settings Tab for global software settings. 3. Design, Scenes and Zones Tabs for specific tasks within the Home Tab 4.

  • Page 6: Installing Thinkessentials

    USB Z-Wave ® Adapter directly into a USB port on your computer, although this may reduce performance and range.

  • Page 7: Thinkessentials ® Setup

    CHANGe LoCATIoN in the SeTTINGS tab. Z-Wave Network Setup ® Use the following procedure to setup your Z-Wave network with the Wayne-Dalton USB ® Z-Wave Adapter as your primary controller. ® Setting up your network refers to assigning Z-Wave modules to the USB ®...

  • Page 8: Adding Modules To The Network

    Adding Modules to the Network 1. From the Design tab, press the ADD DeVICe button. A message window will ask you to press the button on the device to add. 2. Press-and-release the PRoGRAM button on the Z-Wave ® module. If successful, a message window will appear stating that Press ADD DeVICe to add a Z-Wave module.

  • Page 9: Adding Modules To The Network

    Adding Modules to the Network (continued) 3. The added Z-Wave module will ® appear as an icon in the lower right corner of the Thinkessentials ® window. You may move these icons around by clicking and dragging them into open spaces or into rooms (see Drawing a floor plan, page 11-12.) Icon of Z-Wave...

  • Page 10: Controlling Modules

    Additionally, some modules will not react when their icons are clicked on. There may be an upgrade available online at http://www.wayne-dalton. com/access/Te which enables functionality for more types of devices.

  • Page 11: Drawing Floor Plan

    Drawing Floor Plan You may optionally draw a basic floor plan or room layout in the software for organizing your Z-Wave modules. ® 1. To draw a room, click the DRAW RooMS button in the Design pane. This will enable DRAW RooMS mode.
  • Page 12 Drawing Floor Plan (continued) To erase a room or rooms, or parts of a room or rooms, click the eRASe button in the Design pane. This will enable eRASe mode. To exit this mode, click the eRASe button again. once in this mode, you may erase Click on eRASe to enter or leave erase drawing mode.

  • Page 13: Removing Modules From Network

    Removing Modules from Network Use the following procedure to remove Z-Wave modules from ® your Z-Wave network. ® 1. From the Design tab, press the ReMoVe DeVICe button. A message window will ask you to press the button on the device to remove. Press ReMoVe DeVICe to remove a Z-Wave module ®...

  • Page 14: Remove/Replace Broken Modules

    Remove/Replace Broken Modules Use the following procedure to remove or replace a module has been physically removed from the premises without being removed from the network or is broken. A broken module is indicated by a red circle with a slash over the module. A broken module will slow down Red Circle with Slash your network because the...

  • Page 15: Locking/Unlocking Thinkessentials

    Locking/Unlocking ThinkEssentials ® Use the following procedure to lock/unlock ThinkEssentials ®. Thinkessentials software operates in two ® modes: a) locked and, b) unlocked. Unlocked mode is generally used for setup and con- figuration of the network. Most users run Thinkessentials in locked mode for day-to-day ®...

  • Page 16: Creating Scenes And Zones

    Creating Scenes and Zones Thinkessentials makes it easy to set up scenes and zones. These two features are similar but ® are uniquely powerful. Scenes activate a certain set of modules together, with each module changing to its own preset level.
  • Page 17 Creating Scenes/Zones Use the following procedure to create or add Scenes and Zones in ThinkEssentials ® To add a scene or zone: 1. Go to the Scene or Zone tab, then Click the ADD SCeNe or ADD ZoNe button, respectively. This button is found at the bottom of the list of scenes or zones.

  • Page 18: Modifying Scenes/Zones

    Modifying Scenes/Zones Use the following procedure to modify existing Scenes and Zones in ThinkEssentials ® To modify a scene or zone: 1. Press-and-hold the left mouse button or right-click the button for the scene or zone you wish to modify. 2.

  • Page 19: Schedules Overview

    Schedules one of the most powerful features of Thinkessentials is the ability to create schedules. ® Thinkessentials can help you save energy, make life more convenient, or increase the security of ® your home by automatically activating scenes or zones at certain times of the day or at sunrise or sunset.
  • Page 20 Creating/Modifying Schedules (continued) 5. Click on the days of week when the schedule item should occur. 6. Click on the time pull-down near the right to change the time of day when the schedule item should occur. You may also choose sunrise or sunset.

  • Page 21: Viewing/Modifying Schedules

    Viewing/Modifying Schedules Use the following procedure to view or modify schedules in ThinkEssentials ®. To view or modify all schedules: 1. Switch to the SeTTINGS tab. 2. Click the VIeW ALL SCHeDULeS link. Modify the desired fields per instructions in the section “Creating/Modifying Schedules”, pages 19-20.

  • Page 22: Joining Thinkessentials To Existing Networks

    2. Switch to the SeTTINGS tab, and then click the SWITCH To (oR JoIN) ANoTHeR NeTWoRk link. The controller will then automatically send the USB Z-Wave ® Note: By joining another network, all existing adapter a full listing of all the modules information on the USB adapter will be lost.

  • Page 23: Receiving Network Updates

    2. Switch to the SeTTINGS tab, and then click the ReCeIVe UPDATe FRoM PRIMARY CoNTRoLLeR link. The controller will then automatically send the USB Z-Wave adapter a full ® Select ReCeIVe UPDATe FRoM PRIMARY CoNTRoLLeR. listing of all the devices in the network as well as routing information.

  • Page 24: Adding A Controller To The Network

    Adding a Controller to the network Use the following procedure to add secondary controllers to a network where ThinkEssentials ® is the primary controller. Adding another controller to your network as a secondary controller is similar to the procedure “Adding modules to the Network”...

  • Page 25: Removing Controllers From The Network

    Removing Controllers from the network Use the following procedure to remove secondary controllers from a network where ThinkEssentials is the primary ® controller. It is best practice to remove a secondary controller from your network prior to re-setting it when it is no longer needed or if the secondary controller is to be reset for any reason.

  • Page 26: Updating Secondary Controllers

    Updating Secondary Controllers Use the following procedure to update secondary controllers in a network where ThinkEssentials is the pri- ® mary controller. It is best practice to update the network information in your secondary controllers whenever Z-Wave modules are added ®...

  • Page 27: Optimize/Repair Network

    AND RePAIR NeTWoRk link. NoTe: With some versions of Z-Wave ® firmware, this link will not be available unless the USB Z-Wave Adapter is ® acting as Primary controller. If this link is not available, try to repair the network...

  • Page 28: Transfer Primary Role From Thinkessentials

    Transfer Primary Role from Thinkessentials ® Use the following procedure to transfer the Primary Controller role from ThinkEssentials to another controller. ® Transferring the primary controller role between controllers is sometimes necessary or convenient when working with your Z-Wave network. For ®...

  • Page 29: Transfer Primary Role To Thinkessentials

    Transfer Primary Role to Thinkessentials ® Use the following procedure to transfer the Primary Controller role from another controller to ThinkEssentials ® Transferring the primary controller role between controllers is sometimes necessary or convenient when working with your Z-Wave network. For ®...

  • Page 30: Backup Network Settings

    Use the following procedure to backup your ThinkEssentials ® configuration to the drive and directory of your choice. The Wayne-Dalton USB Z-Wave ® adapter stores basic information about the devices in your network, but the layout, scenes and zones, and many...

  • Page 31: Restore Network Settings

    Use the following procedure to restore your ThinkEssentials ® configuration to the drive and directory of your choice. The Wayne-Dalton USB Z-Wave ® adapter stores basic information about the devices in your network, but the layout, scenes and zones, and many...

  • Page 32: Command Line Option: Custom Latitude And Longitude

    Command Line Option: Custom Latitude and Longitude Use the following procedure to set a specific and custom latitude and longitude. Wayne-Dalton Thinkessentials ® allows for setting a custom latitude and longitude by using a command line configuration option. The command line option must be used each time Thinkessentials ®...

  • Page 33: Adding Command Line Option To Thinkessentials ® Shortcut

    Adding Command Line Option to ThinkEssentials Shortcut ® Use the following procedure to add a command line option to your ThinkEssentials shortcut. ® Command line options used with Thinkessentials must be initiated ® each time Thinkessentials ® started. To make your command line option easier to start and permanent, you can add it to your Windows shortcut icon on your...

  • Page 34: Adapters

    Thinkessentials may be run on ® one computer simultaneously. each instance of Thinkessentials® will require its own USB Z-Wave ® adapter. It is important to note that each instance of Thinkessentials® is running separately and do not create “one network” from two separate networks.

  • Page 35: Command Line Option: Poll

    Command Line Option: Poll Use the following procedure to set the poll rate in ThinkEssentials by the number ® of seconds. You can temporarily establish a specific poll rate in Thinkessentials using seconds ® as the unit. one second is the minimum poll rate.

  • Page 36: Refresh Shortcut

    Refresh Shortcut Use the following shortcut to poll the Z-Wave modules one time ® to refresh the ThinkEssentials ® screen. Press the F5 key on the keyboard to refresh and poll the Z-Wave ® modules in the network. Press F5 to refresh and poll the network.

  • Page 37: Exiting Thinkessentials

    Exiting ThinkEssentials® Use the following procedure to exit and completely shut down and close the ThinkEssentials ® program. Thinkessentials will run in the ® background if schedules are programmed and will not completely shut down when the X (CLoSe button located in the upper right corner) on the window is pressed.

  • Page 38: Resetting Thinkessentials

    ReCeIVe UPDATe FRoM PRIMARY CoNTRoLLeR link and instructing the Primary Controller to remove the USB Z-Wave ® adapter. This may be referred to as ReMoVe on the SeTTINGS tab, click on the ReSeT DeVICe, ReMoVe CoNTRoLLeR, eXCLUDe link.

  • Page 39: Troubleshooting

    ReMoVe DeVICe button. even if it is not in your network, this operation may reset the module. once the module has been reset, try adding it again. • For your security, the USB Z-Wave adapter ® must be within a few feet of the module to be able to add it to your network.
  • Page 40 Troubleshooting Solution: Problem: • If the modules’s icon is covered by a red • I am setting up a scene, but the software will circle-slash (i.e. “broken” symbol), follow the not let me add a particular module to the scene. troubleshooting steps for a broken module and then select the module again.
  • Page 41 Troubleshooting Problem: Solution: • I joined a network instead of adding another • You have accidentally overwritten your Primary controller to my network. Now, neither the Controller with a blank network. Reset both software nor the controller can control anything. controllers and all modules in your network, and set up your network again.

  • Page 42: Compliance

    © Copyright 2007 Wayne-Dalton Corp. Part No. 0001676 Rev. A New 11/16/07 For Assistance, you may reach us online at www.wayne-dalton.com/access...

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