AMX ALD-H48 manual

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T able of Contents i ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller T able of Contents Overview ........... ................................ ................. ................ ............................ ............ 1 Getting Started ............... ................................ ................. ................ .............. ............ 3 Step 1: Downloadin[...]

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Overview 1 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Over vie w The ALD-H48 from AMX is a Lutron lighting solutio n with a complementary Duet mod ule. The result is a Lutron device that functions within a NetLinx project. After you hav e installed the ALD-H48, using the installatio n documentation included with the uni t, you can create a NetLinx project and co[...]

Overview 2 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller[...]

Getting Start ed 3 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Getting Star ted Step 1: Downloading The ALD-H48 W orkspace First you must attain the ALD-H4 8 W orkspace file (.AXW). T o download the Duet module go to either amx.com > Dealers > InC oncert or the Product Catalog page for the ALD-H48. From the InConcert page you can search for and download the[...]

Getting Star ted 4 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Y ou can also make any additional edits to the ALD- H48 project or elect to send the file to the NetLinx Master as is. Step 4: T ransferring The ALD-H48 Pr oject to A NetLinx Master NetLinx Studio can transf er the ALD-H48 project file to an y connected NetLinx Master with firmware v e rsion 3. XX or [...]

Using The Web Interface 5 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Using The W eb Interface Addressi ng The Dimmers via The W eb Interface Once you hav e inst alled the ALD-H48 and dim mers using the hardware installation literature included with th e unit, you mu st now address the dimmers. Y ou can only select addresses available on the b u s to which the di[...]

Using The Web Interface 6 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller FIG. 3 Dimmer Address[...]

Using The Web Interface 7 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Contr olling Dimmers via The W eb P age Once a dimmer has been addressed, you hav e access to a fe w basic le vel controls fr om the master’ s web page. 1. Click the button Dimmer Control to open the Dimmer Control page. (FIG. 4) Listed in the column on the left are all dimmer addresses av ai[...]

Using The Web Interface 8 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Establishing And Modifying Scenes Once your dimmers have been addressed and stat es set, you can create a scene. A scene is a collection of dimmers with specif i c states for each dimmer , i.e., S cene 1 could be set as a meeting scene where Dimmers 1 and 12 ramp do wn to 45%, Dimmers 6 and 14 [...]

Using The Web Interface 9 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller 3. Moving left to right the first f ield is a check box. Placing a check in the box includes the dimmer in the scene. Once you hav e all of your desired dimmers selected you can set the Delay time.  The delay time is the duration, in 1/10th s of seconds, it takes the dimmers to respond to th[...]

Using The Web Interface 10 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Establishing And Modifying Groups For the purpose of controlling se veral dimmers at one time you can place th em into groups. The groups can then be m anipulated collectively . 1. Click the Groups bu tton to list all av ailable gro up numbers. 2. Click the Modify b utton for the Group you wou[...]

Using The T ouch P anel P ages 11 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Using The T ouch P anel P ages T ouch P anel Main P age After you hav e load ed the Lutron_H48.TP4 sample fi le, it is displayed on the Main Page (FIG. 8) of your touch panel. The Main P age is displayed after each subsequent reboot. Near the bottom of the panel p age are the 4 buttons [...]

Using The T ouch Panel P ages 12 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Dimmer Light Adjustment The dimmer light adjustme nt allows y ou to turn on and off specif ic dimm ers, ramp dimmers up and down and set dimmers to specif ic lev els between 0 and 100%.  T oggle Dim mer - moves through all addressed dimmers co nnected to the ALD-H48.  Dimmer Off - [...]

Using The T ouch P anel P ages 13 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller  Push the Ramp Up and Ramp Down b utton s to raise and lower the dimmer le vels incrementally . 2. Push the " % " button to open the ke ypad, type the percentage value for the dimmer . 3. Push Go to set the dimmer in tensity . Setup P age Opening the Setup page places the A[...]

Using The T ouch Panel P ages 14 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Addressing Dimmers 1. From the Main page, push the Setup button. 2. Push the Addressing Off button, this will place the ALD-H48 in addressing mode. 3. Push the dimmer you wish to ad dress three times. The serial nu mber of th e dimm er appears at the bottom of the page as a confirmation.[...]

Using The T ouch P anel P ages 15 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller The sample touch panel only includes support for 2 grou ps but the system supports 48 groups. There is a limited amount of editing function ality av ailable on th e test pages. While it is not possible to delete a group from this page once the grou p has been established, you can overwr[...]

Using The T ouch Panel P ages 16 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Scenes P age Accessing the Scenes page allo w s you to create and edit lighting scenes. A lighting scene is a collection of dimmers changing to specific intensity percentages (0-100%), fading in or out (up to 1 minute) and having a delay time (up to 2 hours). All of the Scene parameters [...]

Using The T ouch P anel P ages 17 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller  Delete Scene Buttons - Push the button to remove all dimmers and settings for the dimmers. This removes e verything contai ned within the scene.  Back Button - Return to the Main page. Creating A Lighting Scene 1. From the Main page, push the Scenes button. 2. Select the scene yo[...]

Using The T ouch Panel P ages 18 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller[...]

Adv anced Programming 19 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Ad vanced Pr ogramming Intr oduction This is a reference manual to describe the interface provided between an AMX NetLinx system and a Lutron H48 Lighting Control ler . The H48 supports an IP protocol. Furt her , the H48 support s 48 light loads (dimmers) and 24 keypads (addressable as ke y pad [...]

Adv anced Programming 20 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Implementation T o interface to the AMX Lutron_H 48_Comm.jar modu le, you must: 1. Define the de vice ID for the H48 to be controlled . 2. Define the virtual de vice ID that the Lutron_H 48_Comm.jar Duet mod ule will use to communicate with the main program and User Interface. NetLinx virtual de[...]

Adv anced Programming 21 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Po r t M a p p i n g This module uses multiple virtual devices in order distinguish events for one k eypad from another . Channel Assignment and Feedbac k  While channel 251 is ON, the AMX sy stem and the H48 are communicating.  While channel 252 is ON, the Duet module has been initialized[...]

Adv anced Programming 22 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Channel Assignment and Fee dback CH Keypad Button (PUSH/RELEASE) Keypad LED (ON/OFF) CH+100 (used for flashing) 1 1 1 101 2 2 2 102 3 3 3 103 4 4 4 104 5 5 5 105 6 6 6 106 7 7 7 107 8 8 8 108 9 9 9 109 10 10 10 110 11 11 11 111 12 12 12 112 13 13 13 113 14 14 14 114 15 15 15 115 16 16 16 116 17 [...]

Adv anced Programming 23 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Command Interface The interface code controls the lighting co ntroller via command events (NetLinx command send_command). These commands are sent to the Duet module to affect control. Belo w are the commands supported. In order to b e able to control a specific lighting component (dimmer/keypad)[...]

Adv anced Programming 24 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Command Interface (Cont.) Command Description * DIMMERFLASH-<addr>, <state> This command will star t flashing ev er y 2 seconds the dimmer with the specified address. This Dimmer does not hav e to be in the list of lighting components (see LIGHT ADD-) in order for this command to ex [...]

Adv anced Programming 25 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Command Interface (Cont.) Command Description ?KEYPADIDX-<addr> Get the ke ypad index f or the ke ypad address specified. This command is alwa ys issued o n por t 1. <addr>: keypad address Example: ?KEYPADIDX-[1:5:1] KEYPADREMOVEIDX-<index> Remo ve a ke ypad component from the [...]

Adv anced Programming 26 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Command Interface (Cont.) Command Description LIGHTADD-<index>, [<grp>:]<addr> [;<addr>] This command will add a lighting compone nt (a Dimmer , a group , or a scene) to the list of components to track. In order to receiv e any feed- back or control a specific lighting co[...]

Adv anced Programming 27 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Command Interface (Cont.) Command Description LIGHTLEVEL-<index>, <level>[,<time>] Set the Dimmer lev el or the group of dimmers lev el. <index>: 1..n <level>: 0..255 <time> : 0..n = Optional paramete r. Specifies the length of time, in seconds, the dimmer wil[...]

Adv anced Programming 28 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Command Interface (Cont.) Command Description ?LIGHTSTATE-<index> Query for the state of a dimmer at the specified index. Responds with LIGHTST A TE-<index>,<state> <index>: 1..n Example: ?LIGHTSTATE-1 PASSTHRU-<buffer> Send a message directly to the device . The mo[...]

Adv anced Programming 29 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Command Interface (Cont.) Command Description * SETSCENE-<sceneNmbr>, <Addr/index>, <level>, <FadeTime>, <DelayTime> Sets a scene. Adds (appends) a dimmer to the scene. Y ou may add each dimmer as a separate item in the scene or add up to and including 10 dimmers as[...]

Adv anced Programming 30 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Command Feedbac k The Duet module will provide feedback to the user interface code for the lighting controller . Here are the supported feedback co mmands. The feedback is prov ided via command e vents. Command Feedbac k String Description ADDRESSING-<state> F eedback for the H48 addressin[...]

Adv anced Programming 31 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Command Feedbac k (Cont.) String Description FWVERSION-<version> Reply to the device firmware v ersion. Example: FWVERSION-Processor 01 O/S Rev : 01.01.01 T26 KEYPADBTN-<btn>, <state> Reply received when a k eypad button has been double- tapped.This reply is received on the por[...]

Adv anced Programming 32 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Command Feedbac k (Cont.) String Description LIGHTSTATE-<index>, <state> Feedbac k for the Dimmer state. <index>: 1..n = index of the Dimmer <state>: ON, OFF Example: (assuming that there is a Dimmer stored at index 1) LIGHTSTATE-1,ON PROPERTY-<key>,<value> F [...]

Adv anced Programming 33 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Device Notes DO NO T attempt to open more than one client to the H48 box at one time. If the AMX system is already connected to the H48, pleas e disconnect the AMX system first before attempting to open up another client (by using TELNET or HyperT erm…) to the H48. There is no support for mult[...]

Adv anced Programming 34 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Pr ogramming Notes The Duet communication module implements a qu eue for sending commands to the de vice. A command will wait for the previous command to receiv e a reply be fore it is processed. If a command does not recei ve a reply within the timeout period, the de vice is declared offline, t[...]

Adv anced Programming 35 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller lighting component is represented by the f irst parameter on each line, follo wed by a single space, and then the address. Here is an example of what the data in this f ile may look like: 4 [1:4:1:1:1] 3 [1:4:1:1:2] 2 1:[1:4:1:1:1];[1:4:1:1:2] 1 [1] This configuration f ile is read on ly at rebo[...]

Adv anced Programming 36 ALD-H48 Lighting C ontroller Adding Functions to Modules Commands to The De vice This module supplies a mechanism to allow additio nal device features to be added to software using the module. This is the P ASSTHR U comman d, which allows protocol strings to be passed through the module. The device-specif i c protocol mu st[...]

Updating The ALD-H48 Firmware 37 ALD-H48 Lighting Con troller Updating The ALD-H48 Firmware In the event you need to update the firmware on the ALD-H48: Via 232 1. Connect at 115200/8/n/1/Hard ware 2. At the "L232>" prompt  Send the "UPD A TEINOS" command. 3. At the "OSM>" prompt a. Send the "OSLOAD"[...]

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