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17.  Registration 

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Summary of Contents for ISY-26

Page 1: ...ISY 26 Home Automation Controller USER GUIDE ...

Page 2: ... Scene 17 8 5 Start Linking 18 8 6 Floor Plan 18 8 7 Trend Chart 19 9 Left Pane Configuration 19 9 1 Location Configuration 20 9 2 Date and Time Configuration 20 9 3 Messaging Configuration 20 9 4 Notifications Settings 21 10 Left Pane Schedules 22 10 1 New Schedule 22 10 2 Adding a Schedule for a Specific Time 23 10 3 Adding a Schedule for Everyday at a Given Time 24 10 4 Adding a Repeated Schedu...

Page 3: ...4 Start Linking 28 13 Scenes 29 13 1 Left Pane Scene Menu 29 13 2 Scenes 29 14 Device Properties 31 15 Errors and Error Messages 33 15 1 Possible Errors 33 15 2 To Report a New Error 34 16 Supported Devices 35 16 1 Insteon enabled devices 35 16 2 Non Insteon enabled devices 35 17 Registration 36 ...

Page 4: ...nu 15 Figure 10 Expand All 17 Figure 11 Collapse All 17 Figure 12 Sort 17 Figure 13 New Scene 18 Figure 14 Start Linking 18 Figure 15 Stop Linking 18 Figure 16 Floor Plan 19 Figure 17 Trend Chart 19 Figure 18 Configuration View 19 Figure 19 Notifications Settings 21 Figure 20 Schedules View 22 Figure 21 Schedule Configurator 23 Figure 22 Triggers 26 Figure 23 Controller Icon 28 Figure 24 Family Ro...

Page 5: ... can seamlessly communicate with each other and other computers on the network ISY systems come embedded with their own browser based GUI and as such there is no need for any software installation besides the normal Java runtime and optionally Excel for trending and reporting UPnP enables the devices on the network to automatically show up as resources on the Network Neighborhood or My Network Pla...

Page 6: ...ommunications cable provided with your Insteon PLM sold separately to the connector marked Port A on the ISY and to your computer Plug in the power supply into ISY and then into a power outlet 3 2 Prerequisites 3 2 1 Host Computer Software i Windows XP for other versions of Windows a separate guide is provided ii Internet Explorer 6 and above iii Java 1 5 JRE 1 5 included in the setup disk iv Micr...

Page 7: ...worked UPnP devices you are done No further action is necessary b If you see Show icons for networked UPnP devices click on it and let the system get configured You are done Figure 1 UPnP Configuration 3 3 2 Java Installation If you already have JRE 1 5v 6 installed then no further action is necessary Otherwise click on the jre jdk 1_5_0_11 windows i586 p exe on the installation CD to install JRE ...

Page 8: ...to follow the configuration steps below Configuration is comprised of three very easy steps iii UPnP Configuration iv Java Installation v If you have any other network firewall software please contact us to walk you through the configuration Figure 2 Network neighborhood My Network Places In your Network Neighborhood My Network Places double click on the My Lighting icon see Figure 1 UPnP Configur...

Page 9: ...t close it at any time while the GUI is running or the application will terminate Following the above browser that opened the ISY GUI will appear and you will be presented with a user id password dialog box See Figure 4 Please enter admin for both the user id as well as the password Figure 4 ID Password ...

Page 10: ...se and sunset times of that specific location This section always remains the same no matter which action you are performing 6 2 Navigation Pane or Tree View The Navigation Pane also known as the Tree View is located on the left section of the GUI The Navigation Pane is a tree view at the top most of which is the whole Network The Navigation Pane may expand grow and shrink based upon the number de...

Page 11: ...ed when any of the following nodes are selected i Root Node in this view all the devices in the network are captured regardless of their physical attachment to any ISY ii Physical Device ISY Node in this view only those devices that are attached to the selected ISY are presented iii Group Node in this view only those devices that are attached to the selected group are presented The View Pane provi...

Page 12: ... menu option is selected the user can change the user name or password or both The new user name or password or both should be typed in the appropriate line Please make sure you remember the new user name or password as the old default account of user name and password admin will no longer work in future logins Note Lost passwords are not retrievable The only way of getting back to the system is b...

Page 13: ...switch etc for as many devices as you desire This performs the same action as the Start Linking button on the tool bar The Start Linking button will change and will show an X sign The new device s should automatically show up on the ISY application This may take a few seconds Please click the Cancel button on the Linking Dialog after all your new devices have been linked to the controller and show...

Page 14: ...ow which offers multiple trending and charting options for each device for a group of devices or for all the devices you are controlling 7 3 1 1 Trend Categories Menu Statues This option will display On Level Ramp Rate 7 3 1 2 Trend By Group Menu This menu will display each device and each group available in the controller Once a device or a group is selected you can choose one of the three option...

Page 15: ...fic device you are controlling is located Once you select this option you will be presented with a new window It will have a Key icon at the top By selecting the key you will be presented with the option of creating a new location You may name it any name which helps correlate this graphical representation to the physical location You can click and drag a group of devices First Floor to the Floor ...

Page 16: ...using Adobe Acrobat reader 7 4 3 Manually Upgrade ISY This option will provide access to a browser which allows you to select the new ISY file and by selecting it you will begin to upgrade the software on the controller An alternate and a preferred method to upgrading you controller is ...

Page 17: ...button on the tool bar see Figure 12 Pressing it will alphabetically sort all the groups and devices listed in the Tree View Figure 12 Sort 8 4 New Scene The New Scene is the fourth button on the tool bar see Figure 13 It performs the same action as the New Scene option under the Link Management menu Once you click this option you will be presented with a window requesting a name for the new Scene...

Page 18: ...n linking mode Please make sure you first select the Start Linking option from the ISY GUI and then click the linking button on the device itself Other wise the device will not be linked to the controller For ControlLinc click on the Link a ControLinc menu option and follow instructions on the screen Figure 14 Start Linking Figure 15 Stop Linking 8 6 Floor Plan The Floor Plan is the sixth button o...

Page 19: ...e tool bar see Figure 17 It performs the same action as the Trend Chart option under the Tools menu Please see detailed description under the Trend Chart Menu option description Figure 17 Trend Chart 9 Left Pane Configuration The Configuration icon is the top most icon in the Left Pane which at least initially is labeled Network The Configuration View allows the users to manage global setting such...

Page 20: ... o Choose the year o Click Ok The ISY date and time will be updated immediately to reflect the new date and time 9 3 Messaging Configuration 9 3 1 Messaging Providers The list on the left provides the method email or text message and a list of companies which provide messaging services 9 3 1 1 Email Message To receive notifications via Email from the ISY please select the Regular Email entry it is...

Page 21: ...te the Max of Resend should be set to a minimum of 1 in order to get at least one notification 9 4 Notifications Settings The Notifications Settings on the top right of the Configuration screen allows you to enter the interval and the maximum number of notifications the ISY will send to each recipient In Figure 19 the Interval is set to 1 hour and 2 minutes and the Max of Resend is set to 3 In thi...

Page 22: ...ns of which are always i Location The name of the device or group of devices scene that the schedule applies to ii Action The action the schedule will perform such as device On or Off iii Active If this schedule is active or inactive in which case it can be removed iv On Hold If this schedule has been put on hold and currently is not applicable for example if you are on a vacation and the normal s...

Page 23: ...chedules click on the Save button at the bottom of the Schedules View 10 2 Adding a Schedule for a Specific Time This type of schedule is run only Once at a specific date and time In order to create this type of schedule on the Scheduler Configuration Utility i Click on the Once at the left top ii Choose the desired time a Either enter the time manually b Select Sunset or Sunrise and the correlati...

Page 24: ...the top left ii Click on the Repeats at the top left iii Choose the From time iv Choose the To Time v Choose the desired Repeat every interval at the bottom center vi Click on Ok 10 5 Adding a Schedule for Certain Days of the Week This type of schedule is run on Certain Days of the Week at a specific time In order to create this type of schedule on the Scheduler Configuration Utility i Click on th...

Page 25: ... To select an existing schedule simply click on it The schedule s row will turn pink and you can make changes to the actions by clicking on the Action s entry for the selected schedule You will be presented with a drop down menu from which you can select the desired action To edit additional features of this schedule you can click on it once and select the Edit button or double click on the schedu...

Page 26: ...o select the new condition For example When Hall 1 is on iii Click the New Response button this will cause a new view to open up and allow you to select the reaction to the condition you just selected For example Set Hall 3 to On iv Click the Apply Trigger button on the upper left v You can now either follow the same process to enter another trigger or click the Save button You can select multiple...

Page 27: ...ave button to update the ISY 11 3 Pending Notifications This will provide a status of the notifications which are still pending for the triggers For example if the total notifications based on the trigger and the notification setup is three notifications and only one was already sent the Pending Notifications will show two pending notifications If you click on the Pending Notifications button all ...

Page 28: ...ename menu option allows you to rename the ISY s controller name 12 4 Start Linking For all devices with the exception of ControLinc when new devices need to be added to the ISY you must select this option and then click the linking button on the new device light switch etc for as many devices as you desire This performs the same action as the Start Linking button on the tool bar The Start Linking...

Page 29: ...ed information will be presented in the table in the view pane 13 1 2 Rename The Rename menu option allows you to rename the selected scene 13 1 3 Remove Scene The Remove Scene menu option will delete the selected scene or group and the rules associated with it 13 2 Scenes Scenes are a set of rules which you apply to a group The rules are based on the actions your devices can perform and we can au...

Page 30: ... 30 Figure 24 Family Room Movie Scene ...

Page 31: ...artHome lights switches and dimmers Depending on the device which is linked to the system you will be presented with the actions the system can help you perform and automate For example in Figure 25 the Family Room1 light was selected and its properties are shown in the main pane Figure 25 Scene Properties The properties shown are Off Family Room 1 light is currently turned off On Level is 100 the...

Page 32: ... settings Off The light will be turned of following the ramp rate settings Fast Off The light will be turned off immediately regardless of the ramp rate settings Brighten The light s intensity will be increased Dim The light s intensity will be lowered The tree at the right pane shows the scenes a device belongs or in case of a switch controller devices switches that it controls In the example sho...

Page 33: ...ou see a red exclamation mark next to the Configuration option and all the devices listed in the Tree View see Figure 26 you have probably lost connectivity to the ISY You must re login select the Login option under the File Menu If you are unable to re login please reboot the ISY Figure 26 Connectivity Lost 15 1 2 A Sand Clock That Will Not Disappear Close the browser to end the GUI and double cl...

Page 34: ... host There was a network outage Please restart your browser 15 2 To Report a New Error To report a new error please send an email with the error description to tech universal devieces com Please provide the error and the situation in which the error presents itself If possible please include a screen shot ...

Page 35: ...May 2007 Gates Garage Doors and Windows by Somfy Doors by Weiland Smoke Detectors by First Alert 16 2 Non Insteon enabled devices Aprilaire Thermostats XCI Thermostat Jackson Systems o Zone Control Thermostats o Regular Thermostats o A C Valves Please note in this version Insteon enabled devices and non Insteon enabled devices will show up in the same ISY GUI but can not be part of the same group ...

Page 36: ... 36 17 Registration Please register with Universal Devices to receive notifications and upgrade notices Please register your unit at http www universal devices com register ...

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