Help with Grafik-Eyes
TurnipTruck
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Greetings,
I am working with Lutron Grafik-Eye dimmers for the first time.
I have a GRX-3104 on my desk interfaced to an NI-3100 via a Lutron GRX-RS232. I am using the AMX module as downloaded from the website.
Several command result in errors. For example:
L:[1:1]:100:1 should turn zone one of address one to 100 percent with a one second fade
Sending that command results in:
String From [33003:1:10]-[L:[1:1]:100] - 09:19:21
String From [33003:1:10]-[ERROR=Time-out error, no response received$0D$0A80 commands were executed.] - 09:19:23
(...And the zone does not change to 100%)
The command K:P:[1]:1 to call preset one on address one does work.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks.
I am working with Lutron Grafik-Eye dimmers for the first time.
I have a GRX-3104 on my desk interfaced to an NI-3100 via a Lutron GRX-RS232. I am using the AMX module as downloaded from the website.
Several command result in errors. For example:
L:[1:1]:100:1 should turn zone one of address one to 100 percent with a one second fade
Sending that command results in:
String From [33003:1:10]-[L:[1:1]:100] - 09:19:21
String From [33003:1:10]-[ERROR=Time-out error, no response received$0D$0A80 commands were executed.] - 09:19:23
(...And the zone does not change to 100%)
The command K:P:[1]:1 to call preset one on address one does work.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks.
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- Chip
I'm living and learning!
it like the button that is connected to the graffik eye normally it installed on the entarnce of the room and actes the same as the buttons on the grx-graffik eye...
1-4 they are the first zones, now if u want more u need to program the graffik eye the zones u want and then call the zone by the same that u called before that work from 1-16!!
only whan u are connected to main conteroler called homeworks u can do dimming and call zones on off and all.but u need a lutron programer to program a virtual buttons and u can call the zones and dim ones..
on the graffik eye is some kined of an extanion and u program it by your self according to what u want!!
and call zones like putting and ir on it!!
hope i could help u from my exrience ,i control a lot of lutron products!!
bye
As mentioned by others, the basic RS232 protocol allows you to recall "scenes" (presets). You can have multiple control units and for each control unit you can have as many as 16 scenes. You can recall scenes on multiple control units with one Lutron command. In the Lutron systems that I have been involved with, the scenes have been programmed with a wall interface -- I didn't do that part, so I'm not sure how it works, but it didn't look like rocket science.
Several of the systems that I have been involved with have had dimmable lights. If the proper Lutron equipment is installed (and I don't really know much about the various Lutron options) , the basic RS232 interface will allow you to ramp the lights on "zones". When you ramp a "zone" all the lights on the zone change intensity independent of any selected scene. I don't know haw the ramp features are set -- it's something not controlled via AMX and RS232 so I wasn't involved with that.
So, the Lutron nomenclature is a little esoteric (to me), but basically you can have multiple "control units". Each control unit can have sets of lights grouped into "zones". What exact lights are part of a particular zone appears to me to be an electrical hardware question. That is, the electricians determine what lights are on what zone on what control unit when they wire everything up. Each control unit can have multiple presets called "scenes". My understanding is that scenes control lights by zone -- you can't control individual lights unless they are on a single zone by themselves.
Whoever designed and installed the system should have arranged for all the zones and control units to be installed in accordance with a specific plan. They should also arrange to have all the necessary scenes programmed. Then, all you have to do is select scenes IAW some plan and that's a very easy thing to do. If zones are rampable, you can also provide for user raising and lowering of zones with very simple RS232 commands.
Lutron basic RS232 control is so simple that I've never been tempted to look for an AMX module to do it for me. Also, the RS232 response is pretty much useless once you get the system programmed. All it tells you is whether or not the command had an error. Once you program the system, there should be no RS232 errors returned from the Lutron, and if something is broken, it will be pretty obvious in that the lights won't turn on and off. It's a lot like switching channels on an IR controlled device in that regard.
Lutron has the rs232 protocol on its site. Basic commands are very easy to understand and implement, once you know what they are and the syntax.
and buddy if u dont fined the protocol ican look for it and upload it....tell if u need
I have a serial interface unit for sale if anyone wants one. Just make it worth my while and reduce my cupboard clutter! Freight from Brisbane Australia required.
I find that polling the current scene is very useful (and simple to do) because it keeps your touch panel updated in case the user presses a button on the wall panel to change the scene. I have written my own module for the Lutron that recalls scenes, ramps a selected scene and polls for the current scene. I made it so I could pass in the address of the unit so I could use multiple instances of the module in the same code in case there were multiple controllers connected together on the same Lutron bus. It shouldn't take more than 3-4 hours at the most to write a module from scratch so the time should be well worth it to have a nice working module that you can use over and over again.