M40/50RF System September 2011, rev 2 - DRAFT
© 2011 Electronic Solutions, Inc.
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Add Additional Motors
Join Additional Motors to the Network
Add up to 4 motors when using a SUITE Step remote. Add up to 16 motors when using a SUITE Arc remote.
IMPORTANT:
Install the next motor but DO NOT apply power yet. Be sure the remote is in Setup Mode.
(a)
“Wake up” the remote if no
LEDs are lit (asleep).
Press and release the UP or DOWN
button.
(b) Setup Mode on the remote.
Red LED under “preset” is solid.
Yellow LED under Group 1 is solid.
(c) Start network invite.
Press and release the STOP button.
Green LED under “preset” flashes for up to 60 seconds while
the remote looks for devices to join.
(d) Connect AC power to the next
motor.
Yellow LED is solid and Red LED is
flashing (indicates end limits are not set).
(e) Within a few seconds, the next
motor joins the network.
Next motor jogs once.
Hub motor jogs once.
Next motor: Hub motor:
(f) On the remote:
Red LED under “preset” is solid.
Yellow LED under Group 2 is solid if it is the 2nd
motor (“3” if it is the 3rd motor and so on).
The UP and DOWN buttons are flashing
(indicates no end limits are set).
Toggle Motor Direction
— Set Limits — Adjust Limits / Clear Limits
(a) Make sure the correct Group Number is selected on the remote:
for the 2nd motor,
for the 3rd motor, and so on.
See Steps 3, 4, 5, and 6.
(b) Repeat Steps 8 and 9 for each new motor until all motors are installed.
Motor Group Number Assignment
— Move a motor to a different Group (SUITE Arc remote only).
Each Group button on a remote can be assigned up to four motors. The SUITE Step remote (one
Group button) can control up to four motors. The SUITE Arc remote (four Group buttons) can
control up to 16 motors.
SUITE Arc remote
As motors are installed (powered up) into a network, they populate into the Group Number table
in sequential order. Motor #1 becomes the first motor in Group 1, Motor #2 becomes the first
motor in Group 2 and so on.
Continuing, Motor #5 becomes the second motor in Group 1.
