Specifications

Intelligent Building Series C-Touch Installation Instructions

3.0 Denitions

The following denitions are useful in discussing the C-Touch unit:

Term Denition

Load A load is an electrical device connected to mains voltage via a C-Bus Output Unit. Most loads

are lights, but may be any device such as sprinklers, AC Power points, heaters, projection

screens, motors etc.

Group Address This is the C-Bus designation for an output channel. It could represent one or more loads.

Scene A scene is dened as the setting of a combination of various loads to different levels. The scene

can be set up with the conguration software and assigned to soft keys on the C-Touch unit.

Fade Rate The fade rate indicates the length of time it takes for a load to ramp to a desired level.

Zone Refers to an illuminated area. In C-Touch a zone is a C-Bus Group Address representing one

or many loads connected to a C-Bus Output Unit. All the lights in your dining room might be in

one zone.

Schedule A schedule is a sequence of events that are to occur at particular times or dates in the future.

Soft Key An area on the surface of C-Touch which can be pressed to cause something to happen.

Page A page is an assortment of soft keys and graphics that represents something understandable

to the user.

Component A graphical object displayed on a C-Touch screen. Components include soft keys, images, text,

clocks, temperature sensors and other items.

Backlight The back of the screen is illuminated to make it visible when it is dark. This illumination

is called backlight.

Input Unit An input unit is a C-Bus unit which the user interacts with to make things happen on a C-Bus

Network (C-Touch itself, a key input unit or passive infrared sensor are examples)

Output Unit An output unit delivers power to loads; a relay and dimmer are examples.

Control A component that can be used to turn loads on or off or change their level.