Specifications

Intelligent Building Series C-Touch Programming Reference

10.6 Evaluating User Requirements

Prior to commencement the installer should visit the customer with a laptop and

show examples of completed projects and rough out the requirements freehand

on the forms provided in the appendix.

The success of a C-Touch project is best judged on the basis of how well it

meets the requirements of the user. These requirements must be captured with

the customer before and during the design of an actual project.

The proformas included in the appendix should be printed out and filled out with

the user. The project should follow the order indicated below:

• Design the C-Bus network(s) if not already installed

• Show examples of completed projects

• Use the storyboard to design the flow from one page to another

• Design scenes

• Design schedules

• Implement at office

• Bring a laptop and “simulate” the project or run “live” on an existing network

• Make changes and repeat the above steps if necessary

• Download to C-Touch and commission

10.6.1 Basic C-Bus Setup

A set of drawings showing the devices to be controlled by C-Bus should

be available for reference. The tags created by the C-Bus installation

software are available to the C-Touch project under File | Project Details

on the Project tab.

10.6.2 Storyboarding

Once the lighting groups have been assigned, the overall look of the

project should be sketched out using the storyboard sheet (printed from

the appendix of this document and copied to produce an adequate

supply). The idea is to show how one page flows to the next and how the

pages are interconnected.

The precise look of the pages need not be reproduced at this stage.

10.6.3 Scene Design

The combination of various loads, associated levels and ramp rates that

comprise the scenes in a project can create an effective lighting effect,

which differentiates C-Bus from conventional lighting. In addition to the

aesthetic aspects of scenes their use in scheduling should not be

overlooked.

10.6.4 Schedule Design

Following this, schedules should be blocked out on the Schedule

proforma. Some illustrations of how schedules are used may inspire the

user and elicit some useful suggestions. The purpose-designed scenes

should also be incorporated into schedules.