Specifications

Intelligent Building Series C-Touch Programming Reference
The first page in the project is a “Master Menu” page that points to three other
pages; the “Family” page, the “Meals” page and the “Ancillary” page. Each
button has an arrow drawn to the relevant page showing the transfer of control.
This page, which is the default page for the project shows the date and time at
the bottom in an area akin to a footer on a printed page.
The Family page shows an expanded view of the relevant section of the
building plan with sofas, occasional tables and the ceiling light, which is
controlled by Group Address “Family 1” (abbreviated as FA1 in this sketch.)
There is another light, which is a downlight over a picture and this is controlled
by “Family 2”(abbreviated as FA2.) Another light is found over the occasional
table in the corner and this one is controlled by a Scene called “Living 1&2 ON”.
This page has a “Back to Main” button which returns control to the Master Menu
page. The arrow drawn from this button to the page shows this link.
The second button on the Master Menu page points to the “Meals” area. The
page consists of an expanded view of the corresponding section on the building
plan. The only active area is the tabletop, which controls Group Address
“Kitchen 3” ” (abbreviated as M1 for Meals 1, but futher consideration showed
that it really was a Kitchen light.) For ease of use the entire table area is touch
sensitive. The touch sensitive areas need not be restricted to the image of the
light or other load. Here again, an arrow indicates a link from the Back button to
the Master Menu. (Note that in refining the project all such buttons will be given
the same name, which will probably be “MAIN” – this drawing does not have to
be accurate but should capture the “feel” of the project as well as any details
which occur to the installer as he sketches).
The third button on the Master Menu points to the “Ancillary” page, which in turn
points to the “Utility”, “Setting”, “Images and Controls” and “Schedules and
Scenes” pages. Each button points to the corresponding page.
The Utility page contains a title, four selection buttons and two navigation
buttons at the bottom. The lower left button returns control to the Master Menu
page. The second button returns control to the Ancillary page. This illustrates an
important factor in ease of use. The “Main” button is in exactly the same place
on every page in the project. Once the user gets used to one page, all others
behave the same. Similarly, the button returning control to the next level up is in
the second position, along the centre of the bottom. So the user can move from
the page to the next one up or all the way to the top.
All buttons on this page point to “Special Pages” which are generated by the
C-Touch firmware. (These pages are accessed by choosing special pages from
the drop down box on the Page Link tab for a component).
Similarly, the Setting page transfers control to special pages related to setting
C-Touch unit parameters.
The Images and Controls page can show a “Sliders” page and a “Bitmap” page,
(not shown.) Each of these pages would have a third button along the bottom to
return control to the Images and Controls page.
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