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4.3 Automation Rules and Attributes
The Automation Programming software offers powerful, easy to setup and manage, life style enhancement features. The
automation programming allows mixing and matching of lighting components, outputs (relays or voltage), thermostats,
temperature sensors, and all the security inputs and features to integrate functions that add value and appeal to the owner/
user. Lights can be set to turn on and off in response to a time or day, a certain sensor, or according to the arm/disarm status
of the security control. Outputs can be set to control door strikes, irrigation sprinklers, circulating pumps valves, etc.
The power behind the automation features is the unique RULES Engine. Rules are expressions of what you would like to
happen at a given time or in response to a set of circumstances. The following information is intended to provide an overview
of the vast automation features in the control.
TASKS
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A Task is similar to a computer macro, in that a single activation can result in multiple actions or events.
The
actions and triggering of a Task must be written or developed in a Whenever/And/Then Rule.
The purpose of the task
screen is to assign each task its own 16 character description and the ability to “Show” on the keypad or the telephone remote
control menu. Up to 32 Tasks can be programmed. Examples are “Water the Lawn” which could be used to turn on a series
of outputs or relays to control underground water valves for a certain time duration. “Welcome Home” could be task used to
control a series of lights at a given time or day or in response to someone disarming the security system. The following
shows several tasks.
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