Set Dimmable Light properties

Properties: Dimmer Information

Preset Level—The percentage of the load to which the dimmer module ramps when turned on.

Up—The time, in seconds, it takes the load to ramp to 100% when a button controlling the load is pressed and held.

Down—The time, in seconds, it takes the load to fade to 0% when a button controlling the load is pressed and held.

Range Levels. Setting the Range Levels smooths out the dimming curve between the minimum and maximum values. This provides a much better dimming experience, particularly with LED lights.

Max On—The maximum dimmed level where the light will not get any brighter, for example, at 80%, the light will never get brighter than that.

Cold Start Values. Many dimmable fluorescents and some LEDs require an initial burst of energy to get them to turn on. In this case, you could set the Time to 500 milliseconds and the Level to 50%.

Time—Use the arrows selection box to select the time in milliseconds. The default is 0. This is the length of time a light takes to warm up before it dims down to the Cold Start Level setting.

Level—Use the arrows selection box to select the minimum cold start % light level in 1% increments.

LED Information—The virtual LED colors used when a keypad button is bound to the load. Select Top, Bottom, or Toggle LED Colors.

Advanced Properties

Load #—The Load number or circuit number may be specified in the lighting plan. Adding that information here will provide the link from the lighting plan to the project and then to the reports that must be generated later (see "Reports " in this document for details). If the lighting plan doesn't include load numbers it's a good idea to create a unique load number for each load leg. To do this, assign a number for each floor (e.g., Basement = 1, Main = 2). Assign a number for each room on the floor (e.g., Kitchen=01, Master Bedroom = 02), and add a number for each light in the room (e.g., 01, 02, 03, etc.), so the load number would look something like this: '02-01-03.’ The load number must be unique for each Panelized Lighting light.

Watts—The wattage value of the light (or collection of lights in the load leg). You must enter this value prior to connecting the light to a module to ensure that the wattage calculations are correct and that the module does not overload. Example: the light leg controls six can lights in the Kitchen; each can is 100 watts. In this case, enter 600 watts (6 x 100).

Override Level (%)—Defines the level or on/off state that the dimmer load will be set to when the module override button is pressed or when the auxiliary override is engaged.

Dimming Mode (8-Channel Dimmer only)—Defaults to Autodetect until the dimmer detects the load type and sets the forward or reverse-phase dimming mode appropriately. LEDs usually auto detect as reverse-phase. Some LEDs work better in forward-phase. Experiment with forward and reverse phase after installation to see which option works the best.

Detected—(8-Channel Dimmer only). Indicates whether forward-phase or reverse-phasedimming is detected when the dimming mode is set to Autodetect.

Use Power Booster—(8-Channel Dimmer only). Select this option as a power booster that will be used to control the light. Power boosters allow loads greater than the maximum wattage for individual channels on the 8-Channel Dimmer to be properly dimmed. Selecting the Power Booster option automatically changes the wattage to 25W for the load calculations, and indicates in the reports that a power booster should be used.

Minutes Off—The number of minutes that the load has been off since the dimmer module was last reset.

Minutes On—The number of minutes that the load has been on since the dimmer module was last reset.

Energy Used—The total number of watt hours used by the load since the device was last reset.

Energy Used Today—The total number of watt hours used by the load from 12:00 AM until 11:59 PM today.