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Virtual Keypads
In the sections above, the keypads that popup when a keypad icon is tapped on in the remote
applications were described. To recap there were three key points:
PulseWorx 6, 7, and 8 button keypads show a "popup" keypad when their icon is tapped on the
mobile application display
In UPStart, on the "Engraving" tab of the keypad properties there is a place to enter text to
label each button
Using the mobile application when you press on the popup keypad button you cause the same
action that would happen when you pressed the button on the actual keypad
Using UPStart it is possible to add a "virtual keypad" to any room of your home. To clarify, a virtual
keypad is:
A keypad device that you add to your UPStart file in a special way
Configured just like any other keypad by opening its properties in UPStart and configuring the
"Keypad Tx", "Indicators", and "Engraving" tabs
A popup keypad appears on the mobile display when you tap on the virtual keypad's icon
You can "push" any of the popup keypad buttons and the scene you configured that button for
is activated / deactivated
However, there is no actual PulseWorx keypad installed in that room
Why would you want to add virtual keypads to your home? For the same reason you would add a real
keypad to your home: To activate or deactivate scenes. Let's take an example.
Suppose you have a room in your home with more than one light and for reading you would like to
have most of the lights at 50% and your reading light at 90%. To make this happen, you could open the
mobile application and long-tap on each device and set the level you want them to go to. That would
work fine, but it would be simpler if you configured a scene – called "Scott's Room Reading" for
example – and then configure each light to respond to that scene. How is this new scene activated?
You could have a real keypad installed in the room and then you could push the button on its
associated popup keypad from the mobile application to activate that scene.
Another option is to add a virtual keypad to the room, configure it as needed and then from your
mobile application "push" the button and the scene activates. As far as the mobile application is
concerned, virtual and real keypads are exactly the same.
To add a virtual keypad to your design, select the "PulseWorx Gateway" ribbon category, then press
the "Add Virtual Keypad" button in the "Gateway Tools" panel. This dialog opens.
