User`s guide

Intelligent Building Series C-Touch User’s Guide

3.0 Capabilities

The C-Touch unit can provide the following functions:

• Switching of loads

• Dimming

• User presets

• User timers

• Inbuilt self-diagnostic utility

• Page based display of information from a C-Bus Network

• Pages can contain drawings, pictures and text in multiple languages

• Control of up to 100 different loads in different areas

• Provision of Scenes to control multiple loads

• Provision of Scheduling, loads can be turned on or off on a regular basis

• Variable fade rates for each load or lighting zone

• Infrared remote control

• Backlit display for ease of use in low light situations

• User-friendly naming of controls

• Display of time and date

• Adjustable conrmation beep

• Adjustable backlight control

4.0 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 a combination of loads distributed in various control zones with 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.