Installation manual

Manuals for Users
Quick Start Guide
This guides the user on how to operate Comfort using the Keypad and
its function keys. very often this is the only thing the user needs to
read.
Users Reference Manual
This is a detailed users guide for those who want to make full use of
Comfort’s unique capabilities.
Design Considerations and Applications
Default Configuration and Responses
The default settings (default.CST) have been constructed to give a good
starting point for your security and automation system.
The default responses provide a broad selection of functions, they may
be viewed in table 33 of the Programming Worksheet. X10 commands
have been included. To make best use of these settings it is
recommended that Housecodes A are used for downstairs lights and
Housecodes B are used for upstairs lights. ‘L ‘has been used for outside
lights and ‘H’ has been set for heating. This segregation helps to
achieve functions such as flashing all the lights in an alarm condition or
to switch downstairs lights ‘off’ when Night Mode is selected.
Additionally, macros have been allocated within the default response to
simplify the process of linking many responses together when for eg.
Security Mode is required to cause more than one action such as switch
a light on, draw curtains and switch non-essential sockets back on.
Default also makes use of a light sensor on Zone 13 for lighting
sequences. Other macros have been assigned for certain Alarm Types,
Security Modes and the Doorbell action. There are also some default
Home Control functions such as Menu 6 (Alert Menu) which allows the
user to disable the chime and voice announcement from being triggered
by certain programmed zones.
Run Additional Cables
If you think you may require 6-core cable to a part of a building, run a
12-core instead, you never know what may be needed in the future! If
possible, (although not a requirement) use screened cables for
trouble-free installations
Current Consumption
It is very easy to underestimate the load which can be placed on a
system unintentionally. Before starting to run cables, find-out the
current draw from all the devices to be attached to the system FIRST.
It may be that supplementary power supplies will be needed sooner
than you think. If the standby current is over 850 mA install a Power
Supply Unit (PSU).
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