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InconcertwiththeGPS,usethedefaultSeasonsandTriggers.
LightSeasonsalreadyhastheyear
scheduledfordusktodawnlighting.Theobjectiveistoturnonthelightsinthedimmedhoursofsunset.Theyremainlit
tillaftermidnight.Andthenre-illuminateintheearlyhoursbeforesunrise.Thesetriggersarepreprogrammedinto
LightSeasons,readytouse,directfromthefactory.SeetheSeasonDefaultsindetailonpage7.Torestorefactory
settings,ustheDefaultSeasons
ds
command.
ProgrammingandCommands
LightSeasonhasafundamentalsetofusercommands
.Theserequestswillprovidethecurrentstatus,and/or
configurethecontrolparameters.TheusermustfirstestablishCommunicationtothedevice;seeUserInterface/CommPort.
Herearethegeneralrulesforenteringacommandorrequest:
•
Aprompt
’>’
willqueryforthenextuserrequest.Itmustbepresenttotypeacommand.
•
Allcommandsareuniquetwo-characterabbreviations,thispromotesveryquickentry.
•
Eachcommandisexecutedafterthe
<enter
keyispressed.
•
Typingthecommandonly,returnsitscurrentstatus.Thesamecommandfollowedbyparameters(orvalues)will
updatetheinternalvariables.AllnewvaluesareimmediatelysavedinNon-VolatileMemory.
•
Allcommandparametersareseparatedbyasinglespace.
•
Unrecognizedcommandsgeta
’?’
(questionmark)reply.
•
Press
<enter
torepeatthelastcommand;alsoitwillindextothenextseasonwhenapplicable.
•
Enter
‘??’
foraquickHelpScreen.
•
RapidlyPress
<enter
toarousetheLightSeasonsfromasleepstate.
TIME
Thecurrenttimeisviewedbyenteringthecommand
tm
<enter
.Thetimeisdisplayedintheformat
hr:mn:sc
Tomodifythetime,usethesame
tm
command,onlyfollowedbythreevaluesforhours,minutes,andseconds.Hoursare
specifiedasa24hourclockonly…AMandPMarenotused.Thefollowingexamplechangesthetimeto13minutes,45seconds
past8intheevening:
tm201345<
(allvaluesareseparatedbyasinglespace).
DATE
Thedateisaccessedinasimilarmanner.Toviewthecurrentdateenter
dt
<enter.
Thedateisdisplayedas
mn/dy/yr
ToChangethedatefollowthe
dt
commandwiththreevaluesformonth,dayandyear.Thefollowingexamplesetsthedateto
February29
th
,2012:
dt2292012<
(allvaluesareseparatedbyasinglespace).
SEASONS
Theactiveseasonisdisplayedusing
es
<enter.
Byrepeatingthiscommand(withanother
<enter)
willautomatically
advancetothenextseason.ThemostrecentseasonviewedremainsactivewhileaUserexchangeinisprocess.TheSeason
Status(seepage5)revealsthefirstandlastdate,andtheparticularsofitsTriggerEvents.ToChangethestartdatefollowthe
es
commandwiththreevaluesthatrepresenttheseason-index,month,andday.Thefollowingexamplesetsthefourthseason
tobeginMay17
th
:
es4517<
(allvaluesareseparatedbyasinglespace).
TheendofaseasonisdefinedbytheStartDateofthenext.Seasonsareadvancedinnumericalorder.Intermediateseasons
maybereducedtoasingleday,andseveralseasonsmayoccupythesamedate.Seasonswiththesamestartandstopdate
arebydefaultnotdisplayed.
