Instruction manual

C-Bus By Demand 3
Training Manual 31
2.6 Group Addressing
Whencreatingnewnetworks,itisveryimportanttomanagethegroupaddressesthatarebeing
usedon allothernetworks.Thiswillensurethatyoudonotusetwoidenticalgroupaddresses
tocontroldifferentoutputs.
An example of this is that you may have a relay on the local network, and a dimmer on the
remote network.Bothof these units areusingthe Lighting Application (56 or 38h),and Group
Address 01. The problem is that on the Local Network, Group Addres
s 01 might control the
Kitchen Lights, where Group Address 01 on the Remote Network may control the Bedroom
Lights.
Toavoidthis itisrecommended th
ateachtimeyoucreateanewC‐Busnetwork, youcopy the
Tags you have already created to the new network.
 This way you can ensure that there is no
duplicationofcommongroupaddressesacrossnetworks.
Toduplicatethealreadymadegroupaddresses,followthest
epsbelow.
 1) NavigatetotheProjectManagerandselectthenewnetworkthatyouhavejustcreated.
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Figure 28: Selecting the newly created network.