Manual

Commissioning and Administration User Guide
9
Locations and Fixtures
Before you begin the commissioning process, make sure that all lights have completed the self-
discovery process and are lit.
After the system is installed, the recommended order of the commissioning process is:
Identify and define Locations (typically floors and rooms). 1.
Give the Fixtures meaningful names. 2.
Assign the Fixtures to Locations. 3.
Verify the settings. 4.
Create Events and Policies to control the lights. 5.
Assign the Events and Policies to Locations. 6.
Back up the configuration. 7.
Planning a Location Hierarchy
Locations are based on the physical configuration of the building. Each conference room, office,
cubical area, hallway, etc. can each be a separate, unique Location. These Locations can be
grouped into areas, floors, or zones as “parent” Locations. Any such “parent” Location will have
“child” Locations that are the rooms, offices, hallways that comprise that “parent” Location. A
given room can also have “child” Locations representing smaller subdivisions of the room or
lighting types. On top of all of the user-defined Locations is the Location called “All Locations”.
All of the Locations that you create will be children of this Master Location.
The structures of these Locations are
generally listed in a hierarchical tree
within Redwood Manager that
operates like the tree structure found
in most computer file systems. Each
Fixture and Switch is then associated
with a specific Location in this
hierarchy.
Take time to think about and plan the
lighting hierarchy based on the
application and installation.
Determine appropriate Locations
based on how Policies should be
applied.
Detailed planning can make it easier
and more intuitive to manage the
lighting, allowing you to apply Policies
to a single Location, particular areas
of a Location, or multiple Locations
that have the same requirements.
Fixtures can be associated with any
Location in the hierarchical tree, except
directly as part of “All Locations”.