Chapter 1— About This Guide
About UPStart
UPStart is a Windows® based software application designed by Powerline
Control Systems (PCS) that provides the ability to easily setup and test your
UPB devices. Using UPStart, you are able to unlock the hidden potential
inside your UPB devices and design a custom lighting and control system
that is tailored to your needs and desires.
Not only are you able to configure your lighting and control system but,
with UPStart’s powerful test capabilities, you are also able to test your
powerline for noise, measure communication signal strengths, and
functionally test your UPB devices. All this gives you good confidence that
once you are finished installing and configuring your UPB lighting and
control system you will never have to worry about coming back later to fix
or “tweak” the system.
UPStart is designed to interface to the powerline through a special device
called a Powerline Interface Module (PIM). The PIM plugs into any
standard electrical wall outlet and connects to your PC or laptop computer
via either a serial or USB cable.
The main purpose of the UPStart is for configuring UPB devices. We can
use UPStart to customize the many features built into our UPB devices to
the exact way we prefer them to be set. We can use UPStart to configure
which pushbuttons control which devices. We can use UPStart to build and
configure dramatic lighting scenes that are activated by a single press of a
pushbutton. We can use UPStart to configure LED feedback. We can use
UPStart to configure the devices to interact with home automation
controllers.
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The UPB 6-Button Controller User’s Guide
