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Page 1: ...electron Spa IN00B02WEBFI00070102_ADMIN_MANUAL_EN DOCX 1 113 Horizone Server IN00B02WEB Commissioning Instruction Prodotto IN00B02WEB Descrizione Horizone Server Commissioning Instruction Data 24 01 2017 ...

Page 2: ...ation in this document is subject to change without notice 2017 Eelectron SpA All rights reserved Microsoft Windows Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows Vista and Internet Explorer are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States and other countries All other pro...

Page 3: ...TION MENU 18 USE OF NAVIGATION MENU 18 MENU STRUCTURE 21 SETUP 21 TECHNOLOGIES KNX 22 TECHNOLOGIES VIDEO SURVELLAINCE 22 TECHNOLOGIES INTERCOM 22 CUSTOMIZATION 23 CUSTOMIZATION NAVIGATION MENU 23 VISUALISATION ROOMS 24 VISUALISATION FUNCTIONS 25 VISUALISATION LINKS 26 VISUALISATION SCENARIOS 26 VISUALISATION WIDGETS 26 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS 26 SEARCH BAR 27 WORKSPACE 29 OVERVIEW 29 USE OF TABS 29 SET...

Page 4: ...IMPORT OF A CSV FILE 58 KNX OBJECT PROPERTIES 60 KNX OBJECT DETAILS 60 KNX GROUP ADDRESSES 63 ROOMS AND CONNECTED SCENARIOS 63 ACTIVE AND PASSIVE EVENTS 64 KNX SCENARIOS 65 KNX Devices 66 PHYSICAL ADDRESS OF HORIZONE SERVER 68 ETS GATEWAY 69 LOCAL USE 69 USE THROUGH INTERNET 71 ROOMS 75 INTRODUCTION 75 CREATE A NEW ROOM 75 INSERT OBJECTS INTO ROOMS 79 DELETING ROOMS 80 CUSTOMIZING THE BACKGROUND V...

Page 5: ... 101 CUSTOMIZATION OF WAIT COMMANDS 102 LINKS 103 INTRODUCTION 103 CREATION OF LINKS 103 INTEGRATION IN THE FRONT END 105 HANDLING INSIDE THE FRONTEND 106 USERS 107 INTRODUCTION 107 USERS AND USERS GROUPS 107 CREATE NEW USERS 107 USER GROUPS AND PERMISSIONS 109 REMOTE ACCESS 110 INTRODUCTION 110 REMOTE ACCESS THROUGH INTERNET 110 SYMBOLS 111 INDEX REVISIONS 112 ...

Page 6: ...rough its web interface which can be accessed through a conventional browser from any device operating system This chapter describes how to connect and configure HORIZONE SERVER CONTENT OF THE PACKAGING The HORIZONE SERVER packaging contains the following material HORIZONE SERVER connector for power supply and KNX bus Printed Quick Start Guide HINT HORIZONE SERVER is a pure WEB SERVER therefore it...

Page 7: ...at the moment is not actually used RS232 interface and 2 USB ports for integration of third party systems the connection to the KNX bus is not really needed for the configuration of HORIZONE SERVER but it allows a more efficient programming since direct tests of the system can be performed When commissioning HORIZONE SERVER the following steps must be followed Power off the system Install HORIZONE...

Page 8: ...f the invoice IMPORTANT INFORMATION In case service is needed before shipping the device please contact our technical support team through the email address support eelectron com Our team will authorize the shipment and will help you to fill in the Service request form Devices arriving to EELECTRON SPA facility without the Service request form complete with all necessary information will not be ac...

Page 9: ...guration settings of your PC Change the settings of the TCP IP Protocol Version 4 of PC network interface according to the following values IP address 192 168 0 100 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 0 110 Save the new settings Depending on the installed OS a restart can be necessary The following screenshots show how to change the network settings on Windows OS Once the network settings ha...

Page 10: ...h the following browsers Google Chrome Apple Safari HORIZONE SERVER is compatible with following additional browsers Mozilla Firefox Opera Microsoft Edge HORIZONE SERVER is NOT compatible with the following browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser compatibility is continuously under evolution it is recommended to check out the list of the compatible browsers in the documentation of newly relea...

Page 11: ...manager User for the installation configuration of the system It can change all settings regarding the visualisation but has no access to system settings user user Basic user for client access It can navigate through the whole visualisation but has no or very limited access to the administration of On the first configuration of HORIZONE SERVER you must login with the admin user Do this by entering...

Page 12: ...ISATION or FRONT END This is the user visualisation environment It allows the user to navigate through rooms pages created by the professional installer through the back end and to actuate all objects in real time Both areas are based on web technology and can therefore be controlled from within a browser window The main difference between the two levels is the graphical design BACK END was design...

Page 13: ...ortable for the end user to take full control of its system A simple button allows the professional to switch from one environment to the other From the BACK END the button to switch to the FRONT END is positioned in the upper right corner of the screen From the FRONT END the button to switch to the BACK END is positioned in the lower right corner The user must have the permissions to access the B...

Page 14: ...les system externalframe php context configuration FRONT END http 192 168 0 110 Horizone modules system externalframe php context runtime To save time during configuration both environments can be displayed simultaneously in different tabs of the browser which makes it faster to switch between the areas Note To see the changes in the FRONT END in real time it is recommended to refresh the browser ...

Page 15: ... until the SERVICE LED starts blinking minimum 10 seconds Then release the RESET button Press the RESET button again within the next 5 seconds After a short pause the SERVICE LED stays on for some seconds As soon as the SERVICE LED turns off HORIZONE SERVER is reachable at the factory IP address 192 168 0 110 If the SERVICE LED stops blinking after the RESET button was pressed for the first time 1...

Page 16: ...ain menu of the software shown as a tree view Through this menu all sections of the software are accessible and objects can be created mod ified deleted TOOLBAR The toolbar in the upper side of the BACK END is always shown and allows switching quickly to the mostly used functions through the related buttons WORKSPACE Main area for showing the chosen configuration options the single menus and confi...

Page 17: ...ing the SAVE button is only necessary if the system should be shut down restarted immediately after making the changes BASE EXPERT Changes the visibility of various options parameters within the configuration pages The BASE mode displays only the necessary settings and visible objects the EXPERT mode however shows even more advanced options as well as hidden objects LOGOUT Ends the current session...

Page 18: ...his menu is done simply with a mouse Clicking on an entry in the navigation menu turns the clicked entry into blue If the entry has additional submenus the entry will be extended and the sub menus are displayed Another click on the selected entry will close the section and hide the submenus again If actions can be performed for the selected entry they will be displayed in the TOOLBAR at the bottom...

Page 19: ...GLE will be displayed on the right side of the entry Clicking on these points has the same effect as clicking on the EDIT button in the TOOLBAR If the configuration window of an entry is opened through the EDIT action the entry will show an arrow icon on the right side This icon will be displayed until the configuration window of the entry is closed and shall facilitate the navigation if multiple ...

Page 20: ...n created before shown at the end of the sub menu For rooms it is also possible to create further sub menus following the same procedure as in the further course of this manual will be explained the resulting tree structure can so also be used in the visualisation The DELETE button removes the selected entries from the project This action is blocked for the system menus and indispensable objects t...

Page 21: ...s the configuration of additional functions e g logics notifications etc USERS AND PERMISSIONS Allows the configuration of new users and their access permissions SETUP The menu SETUP contains the following entries LANGUAGE Permits to change the language of the GUI NETWORK Permits to configure the network parameters of the web server UPDATE Permits to update the web server through specific update p...

Page 22: ...TS TECHNOLOGIES VIDEO SURVELLAINCE In this section IP cameras can be integrated into the visualisation they can be reached inside the visualisation by clicking on the related icon in the navigation menu TECHNOLOGIES INTERCOM This section contains several configuration menus for using HORIZONE SERVER as VoIP server for the integration of door communication systems INTERNAL UNITS Client PCs IP phone...

Page 23: ...g en tries can be hidden only possible in EXPERT mode and also rooms see next section can be added to the navigation menu Therefore proceed as described below Open the settings window of the entry NAVIGATION MENU by clicking the 3 points or the EDIT button Search the desired room by using the search function see page 27 for further information about the search function Drag the selected room insid...

Page 24: ... the single control objects are positioned Clicking on such a control object it either sends the related command on the KNX bus or opens a box containing further control options GRID Shows the contained objects in table form Depending on the type of object it can be controlled directly by clicking on the related buttons of the object or a pop up Image window is opened with additional controls when...

Page 25: ...called directly in the FRONT END providing quick access to the objects of the same typology After activating the EXPERT mode through the appropriate button in the toolbar for each FUNCTION it can be defined whether it should be visible in the FRONT END or not Furthermore the order of the single entries can be changed Click on the blue ORDER button of an entry drag it up or down to the desired posi...

Page 26: ...cts of the same device can be grouped and therefore will be accessible and operable in one of the available templates for example thermostats blinds dimming RGB control etc For more information refer to page 85 of this manual ADVANCED FUNCTIONS This section permits to extend the system with functionalities that are not programmed on KNX level The following advanced functions are available LOGICS A...

Page 27: ...ogether with the following information NAME Name of the object inside the software s database TYPE Object type shown directly under the name of the object PRIMARY PROPERTY If available on the right side the primary property of an object is shown for example the group address of a KNX object A result entry will be highlighted if it s clicked as within the navigation menu there will appear some acti...

Page 28: ...command the search results are refreshed and also the cloned objects will be shown can be recognized from the prefix Copy of When cloning an object not only the objects itself is duplicated but also all of its connections relations with other objects This means that the cloned object will be contained in the same rooms logics scenarios etc as also the original object Therefore after the creation o...

Page 29: ... BAR of in the lower area of the WORKSPACE If a large number of tabs is opened they cannot be displayed all in the TAB BAR The hidden tabs can be accessed through the button at the right end of the TAB BAR which on click shows a complete list of all opened tabs To close an opened tab move the mouse pointer on the tab title and click on the appearing X icon If there are present any unsaved changes ...

Page 30: ...P section of the navigation menu To have access to all of these settings you must be logged in as administrator LANGUAGE This page allows the configuration of the language that should be used for the different environments of HORIZONE SERVER Currently the language can be set separately for the FRONT END and BACK END Select the desired language and click on SAVE Once the storage procedure is comple...

Page 31: ...P address of your router if present or the referenced server of the network if unsure please contact your network administrator NOTE in order to guarantee remote access to HORIZONE SERVER you must enter the IP address of the Internet router through which you want to access the web server For more details see the appropriate section of this manual PRIMARY DNS SECONDARY DNS DNS addresses over which ...

Page 32: ... network In case this may happen the IP address must be reset to factory default through the hardware reset procedure UPDATE This menu permits to update the software version of HORIZONE SERVER please use only official update packages published by EELECTRON SPA in order to avoid malfunctions To update HORIZONE SERVER please proceed as follows Save the update package downloaded from homepage or rece...

Page 33: ...it will be unpacked automatically which prevents a successful update In this case please download the update package again using an alternative browser email client Use only suggested browsers to run the update procedure Never interrupt an update procedure closing the browser window or exiting the browser Do not use the browser for normal navigation or to perform other tasks during update procedur...

Page 34: ...ffected by the reset After the desired action has been selected and in case of the import action a suitable backup has been selected click on EXECUTE and wait for the desired action to be processed Never interrupt a backup import or a reset to factory defaults procedure closing the browser window Aborting this kind of procedures may result in important system file damage and consequent total syste...

Page 35: ...project at least an object of type date or time is available HORIZONE SERVER can be configured to send these values automatically on the bus to synchronize other devices with its date and time TIMEZONE SETTINGS Allows configuring the time zone in which HORIZONE SERVER is located ONLINE UPDATE Allows defining a time server and a time interval to update automatically the system time if no special se...

Page 36: ...f the system services running in background on HORIZONE SERVER Week day and time for the scheduling of the automatic restart of the services can be configured here Normally the automatic restart of the services is not required therefore it is recommended not to activate it unless discussed with EELECTRON SPA support team ...

Page 37: ... activate an additional license just copy the license key received after purchasing the additional software module in the corresponding field Close the procedure by clicking on Save Once the save process is completed beside the entered license you will see the status Valid license or Invalid License Should the license result as not valid please check the copied license code again Licenses are hard...

Page 38: ...CUSTOMIZATION THEMES HORIZONE SERVER offers different themes for changing the design of the FRONT END In this page it is possible to choose which is the preferred theme On delivery the theme STONE is preconfigured all screenshots in this manual refer to this theme ...

Page 39: ...n menu items are displayed semi transparent and are not visible in the navigation menu Menu items of the system itself cannot be deleted but only hidden To change the position of a menu item it can be moved through drag and drop using the blue ORDER button as already explained for other objects It s also possible to add rooms to the navigation menu so that they are directly accessible from the nav...

Page 40: ...cts will be automatically included in the list shown below The FAVOURITES are reachable either through the navigation menu or through the HOME page In this configuration window the list with the favorites can be modified Objects can be deleted from the list with the DELETE button The order of the single objects can be changed by dragging them using the blue ORDER button to the desired position in ...

Page 41: ...re set in the menu WEATHER SHOW WEATHER FORECAST Enables Disables the weather forecast for the next 2 days USER WEATHER INFO AS BACKGROUND Enables Disables the adaption of the HOME page s back ground in dependency of the actual weather information BACKGROUND IMAGE IF NOT WEATHER Alternatively to the already mentioned options a static image can be defined as background image of the HOME page SHOW D...

Page 42: ...n navigation menu As default setting only ALARM type notifications should force the notification panel to pop up auto matically at the centre of the screen MOBILE DEVICES This page permits to configure specific functions which only are required when accessing HORIZONE SERVER through mobile devices Android or Apple iOS The available options are EVENTFOR Defines on which kind of touch event the comm...

Page 43: ...name of the location province region or zip code as required by the used weather service WORLD WEATHER ONLINE www worldweatheronline com Please do not use commas to separate the data The weather service doesn t support that Please use spaces to divide the single words numbers The usage of the weather services requires a valid Weather API ID which can be obtained for free on the following web page ...

Page 44: ...ion uk The configuration shown in the above table will result in the following display of the RSS feeds popup To get the appropriate feed URL check out the homepage of the provider of the feed If the corresponding URL is not already listed but only a link to the RSS feed is available you can get the URL through the context menu right clicking on the link by selecting the option Copy address the li...

Page 45: ...er to navigate directly to these pages independently from visualisation pages DISPLAY INTERACTION This page contains different options regarding the usage interaction of the software on client devices The following options are currently available ON SCREEN KEYBOARD LOCAL REMOTE Permits to enable both locally PDK or remote via network an on screen keyboard through which it is possible to make text ...

Page 46: ...t is possible to show the visualisation pages of HORIZONE SERVER even without the graphical navigation area title bar navigation bar toolbar In order to enable this please add one or more of the fol lowing expression into the address bar of the browser skipheader true Hide title bar on top skipmenu true Hide navigation bar on the right side skipfooter true Hide toolbar on the bottom When inserting...

Page 47: ... area This special way of representing the pages of HORIZONE SERVER can be created thanks to the template view which permits to create pages with limited access max 8 objects that do not permit to access other areas of the visualization Without navigation area it is not possible to access all areas of the visualization Please consider this during the creation of the visualization and BEFORE enabli...

Page 48: ... The focus of the subsequent chapters is initially on how the individual data points are imported and what options for these data points are available The creation of the graphical interface of the VISUALISATION will be explained in see page 75 Rooms EXPORT OF THE ETS PROJECT HORIZONE SERVER allows the import of KNX projects from ETS3 ETS 4 or ETS5 HORIZONE SERVER automatically takes over the stru...

Page 49: ...tomate the import process by assigning function and graphical appearance to the single data points depending on the configured criteria The available criteria are data type length encoding and user definable keywords which the import engine will search in the name of the group addresses In HORIZONE SERVER some ETS import rules which apply to generically used data points are already predefined adju...

Page 50: ...n the import file are scanned and for each address a KNX object is created If at least one of the keywords defined in an ETS import rule is found in the name of a KNX object HORIZONE SERVER checks whether the data length of this object matches the one defined in the ETS import rule TYPE If this second parameter matches the ETS import rule is applied for this KNX object For the matching KNX object ...

Page 51: ...tton the file to be imported Configure the import options as desired and click NEXT for starting the import procedure The BASE mode gives the user only the possibility to decide whether a previously imported project should be deleted or updated If the existing project will be updated the individual objects are updated in a way to keep their configuration as good as possible ...

Page 52: ...NX objects and group addresses can be found in the following chapter SELECTIVE IMPORT This option allows to select the single group addresses to import Note This option is enabled automatically when the ETS project to be imported contains more group addresses than the license of HORIZONE SERVER allows COMMUNICATION INTERFACE The interface through which HORIZONE SERVER communicates with the importe...

Page 53: ... related object The selection of the icon during this phase can more be seen as the definition of the graphical function a combination of icons buttons properties which is used in order to show the object correctly within the VISUALISATION Further information regarding the graphical function can be found in the next chapters see page 75 of this manual At this stage it is also possible to modify th...

Page 54: ...k on NEXT to complete the ETS import The software allows the termination of the ETS import process even without assigning a graphical symbol to the single KNX objects nevertheless this is not recommended since such objects cannot be visualised correctly However it is also possible to edit the individual objects after the ETS import and therefore to assign them a graphical symbol in a second step ...

Page 55: ...Eelectron Spa IN00B02WEBFI00070102_ADMIN_MANUAL_EN DOCX 55 113 Once the ETS import is completed the single KNX objects are available under TECHNOLOGIES KNX ETS PROJECT ...

Page 56: ...Eelectron Spa IN00B02WEBFI00070102_ADMIN_MANUAL_EN DOCX 56 113 The tree structure of ETS is imported and can be very helpful to find single KNX objects to be edited ...

Page 57: ...iddle groups through the checkbox beneath their title When changing the selection of group addresses the total amount of selected group addresses is refreshed and shown at the top of the page If the amount surpasses the limit of the web server the button for starting the import process will be locked After having selected the desired group addresses the import can be started by clicking on NEXT At...

Page 58: ...umn Group address in the second column Bit length optional in the third column This file can be created manually for example using Microsoft Excel or exported directly from ETS In the second case please proceed as listed below Please select the group addresses that you want to export by right clicking on their middle or main group Select the entry Export Group Addresses from the context menu In th...

Page 59: ...matching import rules are applied and at the end the list of non matching objects will be shown for manual configuration As a difference to the classic ETS import the bit length of the objects if not specified in the third column of the CSV file has to be set manually This information is not added by the ETS export The CSV import can be useful above all when you want to create import group address...

Page 60: ...X OBJECT DETAILS If a KNX object is selected in the navigation menu or through the search function and the EDIT button is clicked the following screen will appear This page allows modifying all settings of the selected object and its relations to other objects present in the visualisation ...

Page 61: ... used by the object for the communication with the KNX bus this setting can t be changed but its value can be used as keyword for the search engine FUNCTION Category to which the object belongs to the selection here determines which icons are available in the next option It is also possible to assign the object to no function if the object should not be listed inside any FUNCTIONS page in the FRON...

Page 62: ...f the object shall be visible inside the FRONT END or not WRITE ACCESS ACTIVE Enables the operation of the object in the FRONT END through the defined graphical icon this setting is normally configured automatically during the ETS import If an object should be used only as a status display in the FRONT END even if in the ETS project it was basically configured with write permissions it is sufficie...

Page 63: ...selected group address into the list of linked group addresses of the object and drop it there Define permissions normally Read only when the added group address is mentioned for refreshing the status of the object The order of the linked KNX group address is extremely important Only the first group address is used to create the graphical information related to the object It must therefore be ensu...

Page 64: ... the event should be triggered depending on the type of the object different statuses are available The selection Every status change means that the event will be triggered at any status change of the reference object ACTION Depending on the type of the object different actions can be selected If a KNX object is selected normally you can only choose between Write write a command on the KNX bus or ...

Page 65: ...ab Activate the EXPERT mode Ensure that the ETS ENCODING is set to Scaling 0 100 1 byte Configure the parameter FUNCTION to SCENARIOS If this entry should not be available change the ETS ENCODING to another value and then back to Scaling 0 100 1 byte Select an appropriate icon Set the value for the scenario to send on the bus when it is activated in the input field VALUE KNX SCENARIO Once a KNX sc...

Page 66: ...ce you can either do that by clicking the EDIT button on the entry of the navigation menu or by clicking on the EDIT button green present in the listing of the devices The column STATE in this listing shows information about the related KNX device N A The device has never been reached never answered a request It is possible that it is not installed in the system yet OK The device answers the reque...

Page 67: ...ioned before can be used to determine actions that should be triggered whenever a status change of a KNX device is registered HORIZONE SERVER automatically sends out a notification when the KNX device stops communication Even this notification can be changed at wish for example it can be transformed in a mail notification as further chapters of this manual will describe ...

Page 68: ...rements of KNX specification First number between 0 and 15 Second number between 0 and 15 Third number between 0 and 255 As distinct from the most KNX devices which necessarily must use a physical address which corresponds to the line they are installed HORIZONE SERVER is able to communicate with all devices of the system independently from its physical address Therefore modifying the physical add...

Page 69: ...In this way the web server can be used to program KNX devices or to start diagnostic actions on the bus without needing an additional interface e g USB KNX connected to the own PC LOCAL USE In the local network the PC with the ETS installation can be connected directly to HORIZONE SERVER also wireless if an active Wi Fi connection is present When using ETS4 please follow the steps below In the mai...

Page 70: ...ng through OK the connection will be shown in the area CONFIGURED CONNEC TIONS Please select the created connection and click on TEST in order to check the connectivity at positive result click on SELECT in order to use HORIZONE SERVER as active interface The gateway function of HORIZONE SERVER can only be used with the diagnostic function GROUP MONITOR the diagnostic function BUS MONITOR requires...

Page 71: ...t saving will be confirmed by a message from this moment on the VPN service is active Next step is to create a Port Forwarding rule in your internet router in order that incoming VPN connections are correctly forwarded to HORIZONE SERVER In dependency of the settings of your router please configure a rule according to the parameters listed below External Port 1723 Internal Port 1723 Internal IP ad...

Page 72: ... of the options windows Now it is possible to use the new connection when double clicking the connection a login window will appear in which the login data specified in the configuration of HORIZONE SERVER must be entered If the connection was established correctly the remote PC will automatically get an IP address of the IP range specified in HORIZONE SERVER Now the server can be used as programm...

Page 73: ...or the connection e g HORIZONE SERVER In the next window specify the login data just as defined them within HORIZONE SERVER and leave the field DOMAIN empty Terminate the creation of the con nection skipping the connectivity test The new connection should now show up in the network centre se lect CHANGE ADAPTER SETTINGS from the lateral menu Now access the properties of the newly created connectio...

Page 74: ...by confirming and closing all of the options windows Now it is possible to use the new connection when double clicking the connection a login window will appear in which the login data specified in the configuration of HORIZONE SERVER must be entered If the connection was established correctly the remote PC will automatically get an IP address of the IP range specified in HORIZONE SERVER Now the s...

Page 75: ...when in each room all the object are located which are also truly installed as KNX devices in the real rooms of the building This is only a recommendation naturally the rooms can also be created freely and filled with any kind of object function desired CREATE A NEW ROOM In order to create a new room in HORIZONE SERVER access the BACK END environment Select VISUALISATION ROOMS Click on the ADD but...

Page 76: ...bjects Alternatively an image can be inserted at the top at the right or at the left of the contained objects With the grid templates the image is simply decorative The position of the objects is constrained to the grid therefore it cannot be related to the image itself BACKGROUND The contained objects are positioned directly upon a background image Each object can be freely moved and positioned o...

Page 77: ... the visibility of the current room The following screenshots shows how the aspect of same room changes in the FRONT END with the different templates If the visualisation is accessed through mobile devices the layout in which a room is displayed can differ from the defined template HORIZONE SERVER does an automatic resize of the layout in dependency of the display resolution of the used device Dis...

Page 78: ...he image is scaled in order to have the optimal size at the defined position The usage of high resolution images e g HD photos has a double disadvantage on one side the upload of such big sized images to HORIZONE SERVER takes longer and also the loading times increase when a room is opened inside the FRONT END because of the high data volumes caused by the image Furthermore when the template BACKG...

Page 79: ... objects can be changed by dragging the single objects using the MOVE button to the desired position for the templates GRID only Of course it is also possible to remove objects from a room Simply press the DELETE button of an object in the list and the object is removed from the room however this DOES NOT delete the object from the project All sub rooms contained in a parent room are listed in the...

Page 80: ...missions there will be an icon called EDIT PLAN in the toolbar through which the user can switch into the editing mode The editing mode permits the following actions The single objects can be moved to the desired position at the beginning all the objects will be placed in the left upper corner one over the other For each object can be defined whether it should have a graphical shade or not For eac...

Page 81: ...s template has been designed to create pages with only a few objects and to show them in a very simple and easily controllable form This kind of representation does not support any kind of additional functions like scheduling favorites etc When using this functionality in combination with the expressions to hide the navigation area see chapter 4 5 very simple user interfaces can be created that pe...

Page 82: ...be configured in the BACK END environment under VISUALISATION FUNTIONS It is recommended to switch to EXPERT mode for being able to see also hidden settings In the displayed list the following options are available The names of the single functions can be changed The order of the functions can be changed via drag and drop pulling the single functions to the desired position which will also be used...

Page 83: ... through it s colour represents the status of an object in the room Each page of the FUNCTIONS menu therefore allows the user to have a complete view of the status of all objects associated to the selected FUNCTION in the building The user can check what is the real time update status with a single glimpse of the eye without having to navigate throughout the rooms tree Summarizing the FUNCTIONS vi...

Page 84: ...y objects easily result in complex pages in the VISUALISATION and especially on mobile devices their operation could become impractical Therefore you should take care about what kind of objects will be assigned to a function in order to keep the number of objects per function at a comfortable level An alternative are WIDGETS which allow grouping multiple objects in one object e g all objects of a ...

Page 85: ...ntrol more sophisticated devices COMPLEX OBJECTS are handled inside the FRONT END just like any other object CREATE WIDGETS To create a WIDGETS the procedure is identical as the creation of any other object in the software Open the BACK END environment and select VISUALISATION WIDGETS Press the ADD button Afterwards click on the EDIT button to open the configuration page of the newly created WIDGE...

Page 86: ...ntrolled SHUTTERS With this TEMPLATE the commands UP DOWN and STOP of a shutters actuators channel can be controlled in the same object SHUTTERS UP DOWN PERCENTUAL Similar to the previous object instead of the STOP function it provides a percentage control of the shutter position SHUTTERS WITH BLINDSPermits to control the shutter position as well as the opening closing of its blinds THERMOSTAT All...

Page 87: ...DOCX 87 113 THERMOSTAT pop up window By clicking on the corresponding icon of such an object a popup window containing all objects defined as visible in the WIDGETS will appear For different types of thermostats different templates options are available ...

Page 88: ...lour intensity etc RGB CONTROL pop up window By clicking on the corresponding icon of such an object a popup window con taining all objects defined as visible in the WIDGETS will appear The pop up window contains all options necessary for the full control of all features of the RGB lamp Through the FAVOURITES section on the bottom of the window the user will be able to create as many colour PRESET...

Page 89: ... the corresponding icon of such an object a popup window containing all objects defined as visible in the WIDGETS will appear pop up window Besides the 2 objects for the dimmer control it is also possible to connect other 2 objects typically virtual objects check out the corresponding chapter in this manual in order to label the maximum and minimum temperature in this case you can just insert the ...

Page 90: ...cts related to a weather station into one object EMERGENCY LAMP Designed for the configured a KNX emergency lamp and to connect the necessary functions Note the sub objects in order to be operated correctly must use the special symbols defined for emergency lamps which make part of the function SECURITY ...

Page 91: ...ouping several objects into a pop up window where the structure and the objects to be shown can be freely chosen refer to the appropriate chapter of this manual Depending on the selected TEMPLATE only compatible objects can be added since the COMPLEX OBJECT needs to understand where each object must be positioned and which functionality they will have to assume for the available functions of a COM...

Page 92: ...ng mode since it is either a 1byte or different 1bit objects the entry in the column FUNCTIONALITY also defines the graphical aspect of the related sub object In past versions the graphical aspect was depending directly on the configured function of the sub object and therefore needed to be adapted manually by the user Of course it is still possible to change the function of the sub object also in...

Page 93: ...he FUNCTIONS page Finally through the last column it is possible to configure one of the objects of a WIDGETS for being scheduled When the user configures a scheduling for the WIDGETS in fact the object enabled for scheduling will be scheduled only one object can be enabled for scheduling inside a WIDGETS For example a WIDGETS with the TEMPLATE Thermostat could be configured to enable scheduling f...

Page 94: ...d into three main areas The DISPLAY AREA is an area for showing status and feedback information It is divided in the following sections DISPLAY VALUE CENTRE Value shown in the centre of the display area DISPLAY VALUE UP LEFT Value displayed in the configured corner of the display area DISPLAY VALUE UP RIGHT Each value can be displayed in combination with a selectable label DISPLAY VALUE DOWN LEFT ...

Page 95: ...scheduling option The selection of functionality determines where the object is displayed in the WIDGETS e g an object with the functionality Display Value centre will be displayed in the centre of the DISPLAY area of the WIDGETS For each added object a label can be defined which will be displayed above the corresponding object in the WIDGETS Attention If for more than one object the same function...

Page 96: ...y clicking on the SAVE button the selected colour will be stored In order to set the saved colour in a second moment just open the widgets again and click on the desired favourite box The DELETE button on the right can be used to remove unused favourites The favourite colours are handled by HORIZONE SERVER just like other objects therefore you will also see them in the administration when accessin...

Page 97: ...y created in the ETS project The SCENARIOS of HORIZONE SERVER are part of the software and are not integrated in the ETS project they are stored on HORIZONE SERVER and also operate from HORIZONE SERVER Those SCENARIOS are much more flexible than the KNX SCENARIOS because the software offers more possibilities for the SCENARIOS as only writing a numeric value on the KNX bus CREATE A NEW SCENARIO To...

Page 98: ... through which the SCENARIO is displayed inside the FRONT END VISIBLE Defines whether the scenario should be visible or not within the visualisation EXECUTE AT STARTUP If enabled the scenario will be started after the startup of the software available since version 1 0 2 NOTE the execution takes place only after HORIZONE SERVER has terminated its internal function routines and controls ...

Page 99: ...is set to 1 if the scenario shall be repeated several times the desired repeat value can be configured here STOPPABLE If you activate this option the SCENARIO can be stopped again after it has been started this only applies to scenarios with wait commands All SCENARIOS will be automatically included in the corresponding page of the FRONT END which is accessible from the navigation menu of course t...

Page 100: ...em inside the list drag drop For each object dragged in the list the appropriate ACTION and if necessary the corresponding VALUE can be defined For KNX objects as ACTION can be chosen between Read and Write Read will send a status request for the corresponding group address on the KNX bus Write sends the configured VALUE as command on the corresponding group address on the KNX bus An example of a ...

Page 101: ... 1 minute 6 hours 2 minutes 12 hours 5 minutes 24 hours The WAIT COMMANDS can be found through the search function by searching for the keyword wait The WAIT COMMANDS can be found only through the search function because they are directly integrated inside the HORIZONE SERVER software with the English name wait If WAIT COMMANDS should be filtered by time in the results of the search function the t...

Page 102: ... the overall time must be between 1 second minimum delay and 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds maximum delay The configuration window also gives you an overview in which scenarios the current WAIT COM MAND is included Please do not use this area to add the command to further scenarios Instead always drag the WAIT COMMAND into the configuration page of the scenario The WAIT COMMANDS can also be integr...

Page 103: ...alization rooms as also links to other web servers or web pages which are in the connection directly accessible without having to use the navigation menu CREATION OF LINKS In order to create a new link Open the ADMINISTRATION area of HORIZONE SERVER In the navigation menu choose VISUALISATION LINKS Press the ADD button The new created LINK will appear in the navigation menu and can be opened in a ...

Page 104: ... icon through which the LINK is displayed inside the FRONT END The DESTINATION can be configured in 2 ways Either a path URL to an IP address or a web page in this case just insert the address in the field Or a room of the visualization in this case just use the search function to drag the desired room into this field In order to switch between the 2 methods you can just click on the red button ne...

Page 105: ... the properties window of the link Locate the room through the search function Drag the room into the section ROOMS CONTAINING THE LINK CONNECTION TO THE NAVIGATION MENU Open the entry NAVIGATION MENU in the menu CUSTOMIZATION Locate the link object through the search function Drag the link object to the desired position within the list of elements of the navigation menu CONNECTION TO THE FAVOURIT...

Page 106: ...to one or more places of the visualization you can access it through the corresponding page e g directly from the navigation menu or the HOME page If the destination of the link object is a room it will be opened as soon the link is clicked URLs instead are opened using the browser plug in as shown in the following screenshot ...

Page 107: ...access permissions assigned Each USER of a USER GROUP automatically gets the access permissions defined for the USER GROUP CREATE NEW USERS In order to create a new user proceed as listed below Open the ADMINISTRATION area Select USERS AND PERMISSIONS USERS Click the ADD button The following settings will be available for each USER NAME Identifies the USER inside the HORIZONE SERVER database not u...

Page 108: ... g a KNX object into the section PASSIVE EVENTS Define the CONDITION that should trigger the page jump the available options depend on the previously selected object Please select REDIRECT as ACTION Now use the column VALUE in order to define the target page which could be Either an external web page homepage web server etc Or a ROOM of the software In the first case it is sufficient to insert the...

Page 109: ...he search function and then connected to the section USERS BELONGING TO THE CURRENT USER GROUP via drag drop Furthermore each USER GROUP can be connected to one or several objects of the VISUALISATION this has to the consequence that these objects from now on belong to the USER GROUP and consequently can only be seen by users that belong to the chosen group The allocation of objects takes place ov...

Page 110: ...ddress of the installed internet router On the installed internet router Port Forwarding rules must be created Ports 443 and 22 protocol type TCP must be forwarded to the IP address given to HORIZONE SERVER in the local network If the ports 443 or 22 are already used for other remote accesses then the port forwarding rules can be created using other ports Example desired access through URL https w...

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