Small Lighting control

alexsquared

OK, another question, boardroom project and they have a total of 6 lighting loads that need to be controlled. 4 are dimmable and 2 are not. I don't need any feedback, but I wanted to find a solution that wouldn't be too expensive, but would still allow me to have individual control, as well as scene (preset) controls. Any thoughts? Thinking maybe RadioRa, but wanted to get some ideas.

vining

RadioRa2 is a super easy protocol, will give you all the feedback you want but you can turn off if you want.

Here are the available monitoring commands:

fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,1,1'") ;//enable Diagnostic Monitoring
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,1,2'") ;//disable Diagnostic Monitoring
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,2,1'") ;//enable Event Monitoring
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,2,2'") ;//disable Event Monitoring
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,3,1'") ;//enable Button Monitoring
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,3,2'") ;//disable Button Monitoring
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,4,1'") ;//enable LED Monitoring
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,4,2'") ;//disable LED Monitoring
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,5,1'") ;//enable Zone Monitoring
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,5,2'") ;//disable Zone Monitoring
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,8,1'") ;//enable Scene #
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,8,2'") ;//disable Scene #
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,11,1'") ;//enable Reply State (if disabled, all messages FROM theintegration access point will cease)
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,11,2'") ;//disable Reply State (if disabled, all messages FROM theintegration access point will cease)
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,12,1'") ;//enable Prompt State (if disabled, the prompt will not be printed to the terminal)
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,12,2'") ;//disable Prompt State (if disabled, the prompt will not be printed to the terminal)
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,255,1'") ;//enable Set (#) or Get (?) State of All Monitoring (except Reply and Prompt)
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,255,2'") ;//disable enable Set (#) or Get (?) State of All Monitoring (except Reply and Prompt)

You can have up to a 100 devices (200 with 2 masters, requires certification), the master is about $450 and each dimmer is about $150. That may be retail too. The master can communicate IP or 232. Doesn't sound like you'll need any repeater to expand your coverage.

It also creates an integration XML file so if you wanted you could create a parsing function to automatically configure your AMX module. No more typing in dimmer and scene names. I recently did a small theater with these using about the same about of devices and created and include file for it that I'd be happy to share. I only needed for a handful of device so I didn't get around to the xml parsing.

alexsquared

vining wrote: »

RadioRa2 is a super easy protocol, will give you all the feedback you want but you can turn off if you want.

Here are the available monitoring commands:

fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,1,1'") ;//enable Diagnostic Monitoring
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,1,2'") ;//disable Diagnostic Monitoring
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,2,1'") ;//enable Event Monitoring
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,2,2'") ;//disable Event Monitoring
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,3,1'") ;//enable Button Monitoring
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,3,2'") ;//disable Button Monitoring
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,4,1'") ;//enable LED Monitoring
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,4,2'") ;//disable LED Monitoring
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,5,1'") ;//enable Zone Monitoring
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,5,2'") ;//disable Zone Monitoring
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,8,1'") ;//enable Scene #
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,8,2'") ;//disable Scene #
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,11,1'") ;//enable Reply State (if disabled, all messages FROM theintegration access point will cease)
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,11,2'") ;//disable Reply State (if disabled, all messages FROM theintegration access point will cease)
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,12,1'") ;//enable Prompt State (if disabled, the prompt will not be printed to the terminal)
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,12,2'") ;//disable Prompt State (if disabled, the prompt will not be printed to the terminal)
	  fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,255,1'") ;//enable Set (#) or Get (?) State of All Monitoring (except Reply and Prompt)
	  //fnRA2_Q_QCmd("'#MONITORING,255,2'") ;//disable enable Set (#) or Get (?) State of All Monitoring (except Reply and Prompt)

You can have up to a 100 devices (200 with 2 masters, requires certification), the master is about $450 and each dimmer is about $150. That may be retail too. The master can communicate IP or 232. Doesn't sound like you'll need any repeater to expand your coverage.

It also creates an integration XML file so if you wanted you could create a parsing function to automatically configure your AMX module. No more typing in dimmer and scene names. I recently did a small theater with these using about the same about of devices and created and include file for it that I'd be happy to share. I only needed for a handful of device so I didn't get around to the xml parsing.

Thanks vining. If you want to share the module, tht would be awesome.

vining

JUst PM me your email and when I get a chance I tidy it up and sent it your way.

Jimweir192

Check out Philips Dynalite, especially the EcoLinx if you need low cost commercial lighting control.

If you're working with Incandescent loads then the Multipurpose Controllers are great as you can load up the modules you need per channel.

The protocol is easy using the RS232 interface, or you can work directly with the Dynet bus using 485 but the coding is complex, but there is a module from AMX Aus that works very well.

I think Philips launched this in the US last year as Philips Lightolier, but the product has been around for years in Europe and Aus.

alexsquared

vining wrote: »

JUst PM me your email and when I get a chance I tidy it up and sent it your way.

PM sent. Thank you!!!!!