All you need to know about adding an sw7
- 2. We assume you already have: Downloaded and installed Upstart Upstart is open and running You’ve already created a network by choosing a Network ID and Password And you’ve connected a PIM Now you should be seeing this screen.
- 3. First, click on Device from the menu. Then, Select Add from the Device Menu. Upstart will tell you to put the device into Setup (or Program) mode. On the SW-7, you do this by tapping the top (or bottom) rocker five times fairly quickly. You know you’re successful when the LED on the SW-7 starts flashing green. Click Next.
- 4. Now, you see Upstart start communicating with the device. At this point, it’s merely reading the switch to get it’s current information. When it finishes reading the device, you get the opportunity to assign the device to a room (i.e. Kitchen) and give it a name (Overhead Lights). Select Configuration of the rocker or faceplate that is on the device from the dropdown menu. Normally, just accept the default Unit ID Upstart Assigns Click Next.
- 5. Now, Upstart will write the selected Room Name, Device Name, NID, and DID to the switch. Once Upstart completes programming, click Done. Now you will see your new device show up in Upstart as an icon on the main screen.
- 6. Now let’s explore the characteristics of the switch. Doubleclick on the icon. This will bring up the Edit Window. Notice there are tabs at the top of the Edit Window for: ID Receive Components Transmit Components Options Advanced Test Communications Test
- 7. ID Tab There are several pieces of key information on the ID tab: Naming info: Network Name Room Name Device Name ID info: Unit or Device ID Network ID Product info from manufacturer Network Password Normally, no changes are made to this screen
- 8. Receive Components Tab The Receive Components is where you define how the switch will respond to various Scenes / Link commands sent on the powerline. By default, right out of the box, the switch will respond to Scenes / Links 1, 2, and 241.
- 9. Scenes / Links are groups. The terms Scenes and Links are interchangeable. Groups can be as few as one device or as many as 250 devices. For example, Link 001 was programmed at the factory on most UPB devices by default. Therefore, if a Link001 Activate command is sent on the powerline, all devices programmed for Link001 will go to their assigned levels at their defined fade rates. You can add the switch to 16 different scenes or links. Link 241 is a special link on the SW7. The mere action of pressing the rocker does not cause the light to turn on. Instead, you must transmit Link 241 from the switch to itself. The same link must be in the Receive and Transmit tables. This allows for very flexible programming, such as having one rocker press turn on the overhead light, but also turn on a lamp in the room.
- 10. Transmit Components Tab The Transmit Components are used to determine what command the switch will transmit. If the selected rocker or faceplate is a single rocker, then normally it will not transmit out onto the powerline (based on a selection on the Options tab) and no further changes are needed to this tab.
- 11. Options Tab From the Options tab, you can: Change the LED functions Enable / disable dimming and set the fade rate Change the local response time Here is where you tell the rocker to transmit out on to the powerline or not. If checked, it will transmit onto the powerline. Normally, this is not checked, and the switch will only transmit to itself.
- 12. Advanced Tab The Advanced tab provides several more options, but most of the time, these are unused. Unless you have a specific need to customize these, it is suggested that you use the standard defaults.
- 13. Test Tab The Test tab gives you a quick and easy way to test the switch and determine if it is wired up properly and operational.
- 14. Communications Test Tab The Communications Test is a powerful and simple way to test signal levels from the PIM to the Device. Signals are shown in green and typically should be greater than 10 for reliable operation. Noise and interference is shown in red. High levels of noise and interference can cause reliability issues.
- 15. Ok, so you’ve programmed your SW-7 and added it to your UPB and Upstart network. But, what if you want to take advantage of one of the multi- button faceplates to create a sophisticated wall controller? Let’s go through an example of doing that by using the 1 Rocker / 4 button WC-5O faceplate as shown here.
- 16. First, let’s add the switch to Upstart just like we did before. Tap the top or bottom rocker 5 times. The LED will start flashing. Go to Device, Add in Upstart, and click Next. When it gets to the screen where you can rename the switch, name the device and room as you desire, but then click on the Select Configuration button. Scroll down and select WC-5x One rocker + 4 buttons. Click OK. Click Next.
- 17. Upstart will continue with its reading and writing. Once it completes, click Done. Now your newly added switch will show up as an icon on the main screen of Upstart. Double click on the switch icon to open the Edit Window, then click on Transmit Configuration. You’ll see a screen something like this.
- 18. Under Scene Name, use the dropdown and select the Scene / Link you want that button to control. Notice that in this example, we have button 1 tied to Scene 1, button 2 tied to Scene 2, etc. Notice also that the rocker looks just like the single rocker from our earlier example. Scene 241 is on the rocker. RT stands for Rocker Top, while RB stands for Rocker Bottom. B01 – B04 are the buttons.
- 19. Notice also that each rocker and button can have different “modes” assigned to it. A rocker / button can have 4 actions – single tap, double tap, hold, and release. This table provides a definition of the modes, but you will also see the 4 actions listed to the right of the rocker or button mode. Make your selection for all rockers and buttons, then click OK.
- 20. There’s one more selection you need to make. Click on the Options tab. Under Transmit Enables, check the box for any rocker or button that you want to transmit out onto the powerline. In this case, Rocker 1 is not checked – it will only transmit to itself to control the local load while all the buttons are checked so they become full transmitters. Now, click on Program Device. Once it completes, you’re done!