General Key input questions

[GeorgeKosmas]

Hey,
This probly sounds like a really stupid question, but I was wondering how can I get a key (4 gang key input) to ramp on and ramp off instead of using toggle which is on/off instantly?

So, the first time they press the button it will ramp the channel up (e.g over 4 seconds) to 100% and then the second time they press the button it will ramp down (e.g. over 4 seconds) to 0%. Also i still want the ability for the long press to do the same functions as standard dimmer button.

Thanks,
George Kosmas

[Newman]

George

I'm not sure how you'd get the behaviour you're after out of a single key without using something like C-Touch/Schedule+ etc but you can achieve the desired behaviour if you can live with having 2 keys to control the Group Address. Here's how:

Under Toolkit 1.1.3
1) Select 1 key function as soft-up and the other key as soft-down. It should prompt for this and automatically set up the key/block associations for you.
2) On the Global tab change the RAMP2 rate to 4 seconds.
3) Make sure that Store1 is set to 100% for the first key.

Under C-Bus V2
1) Select 1 key function as On-up and the other key as Off-down function.
2) On the Global tab change the RAMP2 rate to 4 seconds.
3) On the Advanced tab assign the 2 keys to the same group address that you want to control (the little check-boxes on the left of the form).
4) Make sure that Store1 is set to 100%
5) Change the short release key event to RAMPRCL1 on the first key
6) Change the short release key event to RAMPOFF on the second key

This should give you the 4 second ramp on for the first key and the 4 second ramp off on the second key. A long press of the first key will ramp up and a long press of the second key will ramp down.

If you want to be able to long press either key and do both up/down dimming then change the Long Press microfunctions on both keys to DNCYCLE.