Setting a circuit to 50% then cycling it

Hi all,

I've got a job where there are DLT's all downstairs but 4 button Saturns in the bedrooms.

My customer wants to be able to set circuits so on the 1st short press it will set it to 50% but then if he holds it it will cycle up and then down. When he releases it, it will stay on that level.

When he next short presses the same button it will turn the circuit off.

Unfortunately with only having 4 buttons in the bedrooms he doesn't want to use 2 buttons for this.

There isn't currently a PAC or touchscreen but I will add a PAC if required

Does anyone have an answer to this?

Thanks
Mike

 

Hi Mike, would setting the button as Dimmer and Dimmer Function as "Memory" work for you? This means the customer can dim to whatever level they please, then turn the light off, and when they turn it back on, it will come on at the level that it was when it was switched off.

 

Thanks Robbo,

If I can't do exactly what I want to do that's a good option certainly but if there is a way to set it to 50% every time that would be a better solution for me.

 

If you set the key function to normal on/off dimmer and then fiddle with the recall settings you should be able to achieve what you require..

 

Hi Roosta,

Thanks for the reply.

I've had a play with that and I can get it to turn on to 50% and then cycle but can't turn it off without the use of another button.

In essence all I want the button to do is operate the same as when you just set a circuit as a dimmer but start at 50% instead of 100%.

The problem I have is there's only 4 buttons in many areas and all the buttons are being used so no space for an all off.

Thanks
Mike

 

Was anyone ever able to make this work?

I have a client that wants the same thing.
i.e.
Normal dimmer functionality, but the short press toggle only sets the level to 30%

So it works as follows;
Short press toggle between 30% and off
Long press dim up/down

All this on 1 button, on standard switches, DLT's and eDLT's.

If anybody has any ideas (including alternate approaches) I would be grateful.

Cheers

Rohan

 

I do this using logic. Set to dimmer function then change short release to recall1 at 1%. Then the logic just waits for that value and toggles the ga between off and the preset value:

Code:

// Global variables
studyToggle: boolean;

//Code

once GetLightingLevel("Study_1") = 1% then
 begin
   studyToggle := not studyToggle;
   if studyToggle then
     SetLightingLevel("Study_1", 30%, "0s")
   else
     SetLightingLevel("Study_1", 0%, "0s")
 end; 

The only issue is that if you dim the light up from off and then do a short release it will set the ga to it's recall value first and you need to press it again to turn the light off. If you were keen you could track the dim function and set the toggle variable appropriately.

 

See that's why I ask the questions here, there is always somebody who has been there, done that.

Thanks Ashley!

And yes I think setting the Toggle variable based on 0 or not zero would be a nice final touch.

Cheers

Rohan

 

It was for me so sloppy was ok

All fixed

Code:

// Global variables
studyToggle: boolean;
studyLevel: integer;

//Code
studyLevel := GetLightingLevel("Study_1");
 once studyLevel = 1% then
 begin
   if studyToggle then
     SetLightingLevel("Study_1", 30%, "0s")
   else
     SetLightingLevel("Study_1", 0%, "0s")
 end;
 studyToggle := studyLevel = 0;