4 3
4 3
4 3
4 3
4 3
4 2
4 2
4 2
4 2
4 2
on your keyboard. Modules can be recovered from the trash can anytime before you exit
the program, by simply dragging them out of the Trash Can.
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YOUR
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YOUR
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INGERTIPS
TIPS
TIPS
TIPS
TIPS
ActiveHome for Windows includes detailed on-line help for almost every aspect of its
operation. In fact, much of the information contained in this Readme file is included in the
Getting Started section of the on-line help. If you ever have questions about how to do
something in ActiveHome, you can reference the on-line help by either pressing the “F1”
key, selecting “Help” from the main menu bar, or by clicking the “Help” button (if one is
displayed)
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ONFIGURING
ONFIGURING
ONFIGURING
ONFIGURING
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The ActiveHome software has a default setting of COM2. If you connected your interface
to a different serial port, you need to change the port setting in the ActiveHome software.
To change the port setting, run the ActiveHome software program and select “Tools” in the
menu bar, then click on “Test Communications” and change the port setting. If you do not
know what COM port you connected the Interface to, click the “Test” button after selecting
one of the COM choices. The ActiveHome software will then test the COM port that you
selected, looking for the ActiveHome Interface. The status line will indicate when the
software has found the installed Interface. When the correct COM port assignment has
been determined, exit the “Test Communications” menu by clicking “OK.”
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CTIVE
CTIVE
CTIVE
CTIVE
CTIVE
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OFTW
OFTW
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OFTW ARE
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AMPLE
AMPLE
AMPLE
AMPLE
AMPLE
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ILE
After reading through “Concepts and Terms,” spend some time looking at the ActiveHome
sample file. To open the sample file, click on FILE on the main menu bar and then select
OPEN. Click on SAMPLE.x10, then click OK.
The ActiveHome sample file will give you an opportunity to study a typical file and
explore the various ActiveHome functions before modifying your MYHOUSE file. There
are various rooms labeled at the bottom, click on each room to see what’s installed in
each one. You will see graphical representations of lamps and appliances (dimmers and
switches). Look at the various Macros, they can give you more ideas for your own
Macros.
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RGANIZING
RGANIZING
RGANIZING
RGANIZING
RGANIZING
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CTIVE
CTIVE
CTIVE
CTIVE
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OME
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OME
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ESKTOP
ESKTOP
ESKTOP
ESKTOP
ESKTOP
At the bottom of your ActiveHome desktop are “tabs” representing the various rooms in
your home. These tabs organize your ActiveHome desktop by room. For example, if you
have a physical Module located in your bedroom put the “on screen” module in the
bedroom “tab.” You can move the “on screen” module to any of the rooms described at the
bottom of the screen by simply “dragging” it to the appropriate tab. To view a different
room, click on it’s tab or use the TAB key on your keyboard (SHIFT+TAB to go backwards).
The rightmost tab is labeled “Trash Can.” To delete a module, not a Macro, simply drag
the unwanted module to the trash can or select a module and then press the delete key
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CTIVE
CTIVE
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OFTW
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