9.9 Lighting Configuration via the Portal
9.9.1. Introduction
With the 2021.2 release OR solution offers the user the ability to configure, and monitor the system's lighting configuration remotely. Once you have the right permissions the Response Portal enables you to configure, and monitor the system's lighting configuration. Which means that you no longer need to visit the site for small configuration changes which were missed or are requested by clients at a later stage.
The user obtains configuration menu page access permission from the building administration page by checking the option for “Lighting Configuration”. Visit roles from building administration to read more on this.
Once the necessary permission is obtained this allows you to select Response Nodes using the nodes menu or the floor plan view and configure the selected Response Nodes.
You will see the assigned tags in the Response Nodes menu allowing you to easily identify the Response Nodes.
After selecting the relevant Response Nodes the configuration changes can be sent to Response Nodes through the configuration panel on the right as shown below.
9.9.2. Configuration Features
As a part of current release we have only included the following parameters which can be changed when a Response Node is selected,
Zone ID
Max light level
Low light level
Min light level
Dwell light time
Low light time
Scene
As this is the initial release for enabling configuration via the Response Portal we have included only necessary and limited configuration parameters as the first iteration of the release. Similarly the intent is to avoid revisiting the site for smaller configuration changes. Please note that the Response Portal will only support single Response Node selection and configuration at this stage.
9.9.3. How To Configure
To configure Response Nodes successfully, proceed as below;
Go to the “Lighting Configuration” page and select Response Nodes using the Response Nodes menu or the floor plan. Please note that you can configure only one Response Node at a time.
After selecting the Response Node you can use the configuration panel on the right side to configure the above-mentioned parameters.
The “Update” option is available next to each parameter while the “reset” option will allow discarding any recent change in values made to go back to the last chosen parameter.
After making the configuration changes click “Query selected nodes”. Once you successfully change the configuration settings hover the mouse over the configured Response Nodes to see the current configuration status of the Response Nodes. you will see a Factory Default label next to the default values. And you will see all the associated tags of the selected Response Node including standard tags and tenant tags.
When you click on a Response Node from the nodes list or the floor plan, the configuration panel will reflect the configuration values of the Response Node. If the Response Nodes have default settings, you will see a Factory Default label next to the value. This label disappears once you make changes and update the Response Node.
Nodes section on the left as shown in the figure above allows user to check the zone of any Response Node. Zone ID in the nodes section should reflect the last configuration as sent to any particular Response Node.