9.5 Attached Devices

An attached device is a virtual concept in the Response Portal. All such device will be created automatically in the Response Portal if one such Response Nodes get mapped that is connected to one or more DALI devices/EM inverters.

9.5.1. Purpose

Why have we introduced showing of devices for all Response node/Response Radios? Let's take a step back. In the past, an Response Node was successfully able to support the connection of a Response Node to:

1. A DALI driver (LED control gear - DT6 type) for fault reporting and control (standard use case)

2. Multiple DALI drivers for reporting as a singular "Group" of nodes (multiple DT6 connected to a Response Node or Response Radio)

3. A single emergency device (DT1 type emergency control gear) per Response Node to support the Emergency feature, and in turn report Emergency tests in the Response Portal.

With the support for the multiple attached “devices“ feature the Organic Response solution will be able to support multiple DALI drivers, Emergency control gear & tunable white control gear (up to a maximum of 12 devices in total) through each Response Portal-connected node. This feature will enable users to;

1. See / manage (DT6 - type) LED control gear & note individual DALI faults.

2. Carry out ELMT tests on multiple emergency devices (DT1 - type) connected to each Response node/Response Radio; and to see faults and reports for individual devices

3. To control tunable white control gear (DT8 - type) that support colour temperature change via the Response Portal.

It is useful to note here that the implementation of control and underlying operations will be based upon broadcasting the same message from a Response Node. This would mean that if the Response Node is set to 80% max light all its attached luminaires will go to 80% as their default mode of operation.

9.5.2. How It Works

An attached device is created automatically next around a Response node / Response Radio in the Response Portal if one or more DT1/DT6/DT8 devices are connected to it over DALI. Upon startup the Response Node addresses all connected devices and start reporting the status for each device in the Response Portal. A typical attached device in the Response Portal is indicated,

1. Visually on the floor plan in the Nodes menu, show attached devices is an option that can be toggled off on on

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   A typical Subnode - 3 EM & 4 DALI devices connected to a Response Node

2. In the Nodes’ List.

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   Same node in the node list expanded to show connected DALI and EM devices

3. In the ELMT page with highlighting only the EM devices connected to Response node or Response Radio.

4. Both analytics & Nodes page showing summary of a node when you hover the mouse over the Response Node

5. As attached devices even if it is single DALI or single integrated EM luminaire they will show up as small devices icon you can however, switch the view off by selecting the relevant option on the Response Node page,

9.5.3.Characteristics of Attached Devices

A connected device will only appear in the Response Node menu and ELMT page of the Response portal, whereas no changes will be seen on other menus. There are certain characteristics associated with these devices listed below;

• An attached device can only carry the tag of its parent node (Response Node or Response Radio) and cannot be 'Tagged' individually

• Any editing tools (e.g. delete, add, map/Unmap) are only applicable to parent node.

• Sub nodes cannot be moved or swapped around

• ELMT schedules will initiate the test on all the EM inverters connected to the parent node and will follow the same schedule for testing as that of the parent node.

• When the Response Node initiates the test it initiates the test on all supported devices connected to it.

• We can however, individually select each EM inverter to see its information and similarly manually initiate a test on it from the ELMT menu page

As there is a max number of recommended devices the email notification from the Response Portal will provide errors if the number exceeds “device limit exceeded” and will take you to the Response Node from the link provided.