RTC-Bridge User Manual
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1. Channel Control T E X mE Room Type Channel 1 IDENT Dining Room l6 7 Noton Smart Remote Ignore Lighting E Options Power Up Mode Enabled aes ALY ae eee ae Master Control x Fade LastScene v ora All On H GP v p Channel 1 Ident am f Ta wo eee Ceiling Light x _ _Fede A Scene 2 Table Lamps Button a Wall Light x Fade fan re fh ote a Ste GO EER T E Scene 3 Mood lights _ x _ _Fede x 4 E Scene 4 Dinner se tting Channel 1 a a ee x _ Fade Z description z a x Fede Beal x Fade x Ea x Fade x eal x Fade x Unused channel j u r Fad disabled Allee x _ _Fade pe 10 _J x Fede fisstscene nae 4 Default Room pE Ca eee _ Ix _ _Fade OR Unused channel a Pan uea description left 3l C e ee 12 Bedroom 2 blank 2 ee st a i 13 Outside Lights 14 J x Gil iradel iestscene E 15 x _ Fede z List Bohech Comment i Room P Add Delete Refresh Select which rooms and circuits should appear in the iphone application Amine satin sia The Rabridge Setup utility has two check boxes These are used to prevent the iphone application being clogged up with unwanted menu items which refer to unused channels The Bridge can only hold information for 256 channels Unused channels will quickly exceed this limit if neither of these boxes are ticked By ticking Only Enabled Channels the iphone will only use channels that a2. Off Address aa O OS Sh GO tt My Documents Control Groups Files oftype Rako Database Files v Cancel House 4 Group Master 49 d i Group Members l e ae 50 Room T My Computer File name My House rko open If the RASOFT configuration is not available then refer to appendix 2 to create one When the Configuration File is successfully loaded Open the Bridge Setup menu item RAKO My House File M enicecm Reports Tools Help Ch Channel Controls Profile Editor Scene Controls i Fade Rates gt Only Enabled Channels Only Enabled Channels 2 Partition Setup Ignore Blank Channels Ignore Blank Channels 3 PIR Module 4 Volt Free Setu 2 Up 5 p Get Room Data Get Room Data 6 Infra Red Setup 7 8 ia seh en a Rooms 0 Rooms 29 9 i Y aeh a Channels 0 Channels 435 i MEE 4 Down Scenes 0 Scenes 116 Pate Setup seal Communication RAKiink Setup Address Control Groups fs House 48 Group Master Upload Upload 49 so sae ai Group Members Click on Get Room Data and a number of Rooms channels etc appear Now just click on Upload to transfer the E aa a Room data to the Bridge Should take a x TIP o o For best results tick either the Only few moments to complete Enabled Channels or Ignore Blank Step 4 Use RAKO Smart Phone application to control the lighting sys
3. How to discover House and room numbers by looking at wall plates Look at Control Panel Wall Plate to discover House and Room settings Unscrew and remove Front from Wall plate Note Other versions and models of room controllers also exist Construction of these is different but the way in which House and Room setting are done is the same Inspect House and Room settings Issue 1 October 2011 Prise rear cover from wall plate by pulling at position marked above gt i C WO PPD Cortrols Liaited i y a gt i a EE i 106 7 Show PCB 50 Rasoft can be used to decode the settings into House number and Room numbers In Rasoft go to Help then Switch Settings Move the On Screen switches to match those of the wall plate to see the House and Room numbers In the example above the House address is 105 and the Room number is 50 Normally all room controllers will have same House Address Page 16 of 19 Appendix 2 Configuring a Rasoft file to work with Smart Phone Discover House and Room Numbers It is first necessary to find out the House and Room addresses of each control panel To do this each one needs to be removed from the wall and it s address switches examined The address numbering is binary coded this can be translated into decimal using Rasoft See appendix 2 for more detail Make notes of the Room Number and Location of each Co
4. MV Sunday Room Channel Iv Enable a ALL y Scene 1 m Monday 1000 All Y V Tuesday Macro Start x V Wednesday Verify r Condition MV Thursday Macro 1 Day of Week Only NV Friday Save V Saturday AIL Upload C Time ine EarlerThan HH MM Later Than o o0 update List ch ALE gt riti CHALE 3 2 ch ALL r i0p0 ch ALL Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled 9 Disabled 10 Disabled 11 Disabled Map 2 in this example shows how a scene command Room 99 Scene 1 can start a Macro This Map is active at any time on any day of the week The Room Number 1000 refers to the RTC Bridge Room number as set in the Rako Bridge Configuration web page Triggering Macros from Maps m Action Room Channel A Map can trigger a Macro in several ways 1000 All v Macro Start Pause Continue e Start will cause the Macro to start from the beginning e Stop will cause a Macro that is already running to cease and return to the beginning e Pause will cause a Macro to Pause at whatever step it is currently running e Continue will cause the Macro to continue from a Paused state performing the next step Issue 1 October 2011 Page 8 of 19 RTC Bridge Macros Macros allow a sequence of actions to take place when triggered by an Event or Map The RTC Bridge Macro screen is located at Controls Bridge Macros m Macro Ste
5. a Wallplate transmits a scene command it repeats the message 3 times to increase the wireless system reliability With this type of Macro the macro will trigger on reception of the first wallplate transmission The Macro will finish before the last wallplate transmission is received This causes a second triggering of the Macro The result is that that the toggle does not work The correct form for this Macro is Macro Steps Step 1 Ro 1 Ch 0 Scene 1 Step 2 Delay 0 Step 3 Pause Step 4 Ro 1 Ch 0 Scene 0 Step 5 Delay 0 Step 6 Disabled Step F Disabled Step 8 Disabled Step 9 Disabled Step 10 Disabled Step 11 Disabled Step 12 Disabled Issue 1 October 2011 Delays have added to slow the Macro down Even though these delays have zero value they make enough difference to prevent the Macro running too quickly Page 10 of 19 Interfacing Smart Phones to Rako System using RTC Bridge Equipment List e A RAKO lighting system e An RTC Bridge e ASmart Phone Android or Iphone IPad or IPod Touch e A Wireless network with spare router Ethernet connector e APCwith the supplied RASOFT software installed version 2 2 7 or later e The RASOFT Configuration file for the house The person who commissioned the lighting system should be able to provide this If this is not available then see appendix 1 to create one Phone talks to RTC Bridge through router RTC Bridge connects to a ae Router bv Etherne
6. and time zone CENE HT xi f Auto Adjust DST A must be entered so that Bridge can EU calculate times for Dawn and Dusk _ Time Zone UTC 0 In South East England the default pina oe st E settings UTC 0 Latitude 51 and Longitude Compensation Longitude 0 are correct Enable DHCP IP Address 192 168 1 102 o 77 a Gateway 192 168 1 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 primary ONS 19216821 Secondary DNS 0 0 0 0 nae ue Issue 1 October 2011 Page 3 of 19 Setting the Time and Date The RTC Bridge Display shows current Date and Time Information This can be set manually by pressing the buttons on the front of the RTC Bridge Normally RTC Bridge will be connected by RJ45 lead to a router If this router is connected to Internet then the time will normally automatically update RTC Bridge also has battery backed up Real Time Clock to prevent loss of time setting due to loss of power etc Using RTC Bridge with Rasoft Software Use Rasoft Software with RTC Bridge to program a Rako Wireless system and the RTC Bridge itself On the laptop Run Rako Lighting RASOFT program After a short delay the Rasoft start up screen will be displayed mou E If a Timeout error occurs then click OK The Rasoft start up screen will appear shortly Go to the Rasoft Controls Communication screen The Communication Check boxes should be set like this for RASOFT to find Bridge easily Then Quit and Restart Raso
7. Default Value Upload Verify CS a 7 lV Saturday ALI C Time EarlierThan HH MM Later Than o 00 update List ESG ANE Dk ch ALL r 99 ch LEs gt wel000 ch ALE Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled 9 Disabled 10 Disabled 11 Disabled In the example above the RTC Bridge has two Maps programmed Map 1 is being displayed When a Room 6 Scene 1 Command is received the RTC Bridge will transmit a Room 11 Scene 1 command This particular Map is active on all days of the week but only operates at Night The fade rate slider and check box are only used in Rako Wired systems so are not relevant to RTC Bridge The Upload button must be used to write Mappings from Rasoft to the RTC Bridge This will overwrite any Mappings that are already in the RTC Bridge The Download button is used to read Mappings already stored in the RTC Bridge back into Rasoft This will overwrite any Mappings that are already in Rasoft The Verify button can be used to check that the Mappings in Rasoft and those in the RTC Bridge match with each other cic S Macro Set Scene Set Level Fade Maps do not have to simply translate one Scenes simply into another scene Maps can trigger a variety of Actions as shown here Toggle Sonos Control Mo Acton Issue 1 October 2011 Page 7 of 19 Source q r Active Days Action Download Room Channel Command
8. O Bridge Control Panel Mozilla Firefos File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help Click the Configuration button on the RTC Bridge Welcome To RAKO Bridge Remote Control j k r unning control panel _ e Build Date Sep 29 2011 09 51 46 User Name admin SEO EA Mon Oct 17 2011 11 28 24 GMT 0100 GMT i Daylight Ti Password microchi ar ab i p Bus Status BUS OFF Aatthentication Requires Dawn 07 29 oe A user name and password are being requested by httpo rakobedge Jocal The ste says Protected E a O OO O M lA ll Passweed eecsssees npn Copyright 2010 Rako Controls OK Concet Rako Bridge Configuration This page allows the configuration of the bridge s network settings Hardware The Rako Bridge Configuration screen allows several settings to CAUTION Incorrect settings may cause the bridge to lose network be changed The most Important connectivity Recovery options will be provided on the next page Configuration Events Enter the new settings for the bridge below i Se oe as a MAC Address 00 04 A3 00 B5 D2 are highlighted below Change WTC Bridge House address Host Name RAKOBRIDGE l ouse 65 The House Address must match the UID 1 rest of the Rako Wireless system _ Room 1000 Device a 7 Password microchip Disable Wireless E Set location Require Web Password Correct location
9. RTC Bridge User Manual Contents RTC Bridge User IM AAU as scnacusresadsnnasonaesanntdoucacwsatnsiessadesssanssSndeorsGavanawnesndsaneiemnadotaternnntdoueaswasindeustekeeravawcedeases 1 WAIE RTE Er Sasa r tec E oases yee see E sauces 2 Getting started with RIG BY IGG G s scsnicacovcitissasicocadiniosanhanennediaisinseatiabsasieataamsodnnbvenawedenes eh bniacasdedidessnadiunendiawnnan 2 Basic Configuration ofthe RTC Bridge ccccccssseccccessccceensececeesececcescceseeseceseueceesensecessusecessegeceesegeeets 3 Setting House Number and Geographic Location ccccccessececeseccecesecceceusececcuaeceeeeeecceseuseceesuneceesees 3 Using RTC Bridge with Rasoft Software cccccccesccccsecccenececenseceeecsceuecseeuecseeeeeeeuseseueseeeueceesuecensueseeensess 4 BURG e 5 glelc a a 9 ds ean en ene nn ane vee NE ny ee cee eee eee err 5 Using the Web Interface with RTC Bridge Events cccccccsssececesseceecenecceeeesececeeseceeeeecesseeeceeseneeeess 5 Using Rasoft with RTC Bridge Events sd ccavassensaisaswesincisecanacunnadavenevarpeesvralbclevcentavavsadeavssdseedsekenseddeasm antes 6 Ra Se Ja lect om helo g Ace ean ente nee enn nre en RE ne eo nN no E ee en eee re 7 Taggerine Macros Om MaDS een eee eae er sonore nace te ee ee 8 FB MIOS cerea coco cede ecco osreb E EE 9 An example IV gece pssst pete cnc caseneneett ners EEE EEEO 10 Interfacing Smart Phones to Rako System USING RTC Bridge cccc
10. ayed e Press the Tick button so that Holiday Replay is displayed After a few seconds the display will revert to showing the current date and time A Flashing H symbol at the right hand side of the display indicates that the unit is in Holiday Replay mode Issue 1 October 2011 Page 13 of 19 Monitor Mode In Monitor Mode the RTC Bridge display will show the last Rako Command that has been received This is a very useful diagnostic tool The monitor display can display the commands in two ways Either as Decoded Instructions or as Raw Data Most users will be interested in Decoded Instructions To enable Monitor Mode e Press the Circle button until Monitor is displayed e Press the Tick button so that either MWonitor Raw or Monitor decode is displayed The RTC Bridge will now display any commands received Note only Commands for the same House Number as set in the RTC Bridge are shown Commands from other House Numbers are ignored Liki Lid Decoded display Decoded display Room 65 Room 6 Channel 0 Channel 0 Scene 2 Scene 1 Source Wireless Wallplate Source Smart Phone Sonos Control RTC Bridge can be used to enable control of a Sonos Wireless HiFi Audio System from the Rako This requires upgrade of RTC Bridge using additional ACM plug in module Issue 1 October 2011 Page 14 of 19 RTC Bridge Firmware Upgrades Periodically RTC Firmware updates are posted on Rako Website The Rasoft software will scan for t
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12. ft so that an error free startup of Rasoft Xx Problem conneting to the RAKO Bridge occurs Fle Controis Reports Tools Help Use COM Port Channel Fader Scene Controls Ethernet RakoBridge IFNetblos Name v Enable RAKOBRIDGE v AutoDetect 192 168 1 100 4 kai Ident off Guit Ok Address Control Groups fe iiss te ed If Rasoft is communicating with the RTC Bridge Correctly then it will Group Members oS 51 nigi display an IP address below the IP NetBios Name Rasoft start up screen Tip It can take a minute or two from Tip Do not have any Rako USB or RS232 connecting the bridge to the router amp devices connected to your computer as switching it on before RASOFT is able to these will interfere with the Bridge setup talk to it process Issue 1 October 2011 Page 4 of 19 RTC Bridge Events The RTC Bridge can generate automated Events that occur at specific times As an example the RTC Bridge can be programmed to make garden lighting be switched On at Dusk and Off at midnight each day Events can be viewed added and changed by using the RTC Bridge Web Interface or by using the RASOFT program Using the Web Interface with RTC Bridge Events Access the RTC Bridge Events Screen from the Configuration screen rako This example shows an Event which sets Scene 1 in Room 4 at 9 20 AM on weekdays Rako Bridge Cee Events sii _ Event Trigger v Ac
13. hese updates automatically when it has web access To check for Firmware Update in Rasoft go to Controls Wired Bridge Setup Deen Bridge Setup screen shows the Current version parade Detected of Bridge firmware and latest version available Version 1 04 04 Web Pages Latest version 1 04 08 Type RTC BRIDGE Firmware To Upgrade the firmware press the Firmware button Update Bridge r Update Rasoft Settings M Only Enabled Channels Get Scene Levels Get Room Data Rooms 0 Channels 0 Scenes 0 amsa Text box shows new Firmware file to send to bridge C Program Files Rako firmware wT CBridge_V 151 6 hex Data Loaded Checksum OK Button for manual selection of Lines 1 Valid Lines lo Packets Sent lo CRC Errors ae aMn Errors lo Program Bytes lo EEPROM Bytes as Cancel Encrypted Button to start the Upgrade Upgrade Bridge process Firmware Upgrade file refer to Rako Tech support C Users Michael Documents Dropbox Ww ork Stuff BridgeWRE Bridge e T h e U pg ra d e W i t a ke 4 to 5 m i nu t es during which the progress bar will run Uploading Image Lines 5951 Valid Lines 5950 through twice Packets Sent lo CRC Errors ic Enars fo Program Bytes 35165 Do not tamper with the Rako system EEPROM Bytes p ye l whilst the upgrade is occuring Cancel Encrypted gt Issue 1 October 2011 Page 15 of 19 Appendix 1
14. ights E x _ Fade es Oa Scene 4 Dinner setting x _ _ Fad i Scene 1 a Delete the Default Px cones Room 4 Po aqe PE ery mi E Or rename it if it LITx Fe being used eh i rete an EN gt _ _Fede 7 Dining Room 8 Kitchen fx _ _Feds 7 13 Outside Lights ey 11 Master Bedroom x a eee 12 Bedroom 2 CR Fete ph AR 2 ree Refresh Comment R Help Sam Refresh Add Delete p List or each room the scenes 1 to 4 can be given a descriptive name K e r r r a a v p e e e lt I H N AN A EN on Issue 1 October 2011 Page 18 of 19 Enter Channel Names into Rasoft As well as allowing selection of Rooms and Scenes the iphone Application can control individual circuits within the house To do this properly the channels in each room must be identified At the Left hand side of the Channel control window press the Channel 1 Ident Button and observe which lights flash on amp off in the room Type a description of these lights in the Channel 1 description Tick the Enable box for that channel Repeat for each channel in all rooms until all lights have been identified Any channels that are not being used i e no lights flash when the Ident button is pressed should be left with a blank description and the enable box should be un ticked
15. ing Commands from wall controllers can be redirected to perform other tasks e Macros Complex series of commands that are triggered by a single command or event e Holiday Mode Replays recorded scene activity creating an occupied look to a property e Monitor Diagnostic display of system activity Getting started with RTC Bridge Some initial setup of RTC Bridge is needed e First Plug the RTC Power Supply into the RTC Bridge and apply power The RTC Bridge display will light up and there will be a short beep e Plug the Ethernet patch cable from the RTC Bridge to a spare port on a wireless router e Use anormal web browser eg Internet Explorer to connect to the RTC Bridge via the router The default RTC Bridge URL is http rakobridge Or Use a laptop to connect to the RTC Bridge http rakobridge local On cae etapa peepee Set RAKO Bridge Control Panel Mozilla Firefo File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help Use a Web Browser to RAKO Bridge Control Panel view the RTC Bridge aeger TET control panel ra KO z UFAA ye ES Welcome To RAKO Bridge Remote Control Running Events Version 1 4 6 WRE Build Date Jul 01 2011 15 11 23 LO a Mon Oct 10 2011 11 47 52 GMT 0100 g GMT Daylight Time Bus Status ACTIVE RX WARN UDP Status Listen Dawn 07 22 Issue 1 October 2011 Page 2 of 19 Basic Configuration of the RTC Bridge Setting House Number and Geographic Location RAK
16. n Macro Steps Step 1 Ro 1 Ch O Scene t Step 2 Pause Step 3 Ro 1 Ch 0 Scene 0 Step 4 Disabled Step 5 Disabled Step 6 Disabled Step 7 Disabled Step 8 Disabled Step 9 Disabled Step 10 Disabled Step 11 Disabled Step 12 Disabled Step 13 Disabled Step 14 Disabled Step 15 Disabled Step 16 Disabled Step 17 Disabled Step 18 Disabled Step 19 Disabled Step 20 Disabled Step 21 Disabled Step 22 Disabled Step 23 Disabled Step 24 Disabled Step 25 Disabled Step 26 Disabled Step 2 Disabled Step 28 Disabled Step 29 Disabled Step 30 Disabled 1 Consider this Macro When it is started it will transmit a Room 1 Scene 1 command It will then Pause at Step 2 and remain there until the Macro is retriggered If the Macro is triggered to continue it will move to step 3 All the step after step 3 are disabled Scrolling down to the end of the Macro reveals that all Macros have an implicit Pause and Goto Step 1 at their ends So after running step 3 the Macro will pause at the end If Macro is then triggered again to continue it will go back to step 1 step 2 Uisapled Step 28 Disabled Step 29 Disabled Step 30 Disabled Step 31 Disabled Step 32 Disabled Pause Goto Step 1 i Thus this Macro performs a toggle function between Scene 1 and Off Each time it receives a continue it will toggle the scene on or off HOWEVER There is a problem with this Macro When
17. n Setup the room i numbers Volt Free Setup P Infra Red Setup RAH Smart Setup 3 Relay Module Setup Mapping RXLink 4 Dawn MB1 Wired d Communication Off wooOonyornnon papm Address Control Groups House 48 Group Master 49 G Memb soj E a roup Members Page 17 of 19 Use the Add button in the bottom right hand corner of the Channel Control window to create rooms Number them according to the address switches of the panels within the rooms Channel Control a z Add Rooms IDENT Default Room Noton Smer Remote Ignore Optons E _ _ _ Fede HGP f Fade Room Number a lt Room Name Auto 1 f Fade a C Auto 4 Dining Room C Next Free Fade I _ Fase Manual Fede PEELE Room Number el _ _ Foss a ox lt lt n Gs 93 10 Quit lt Type in the Room Names and 1 a 18 lt lt lt Room Numbers from the list a lz i made earlier When the rooms have been added they will show as a list in the bottom right hand corner of the Channel Control window Channel Control T L_ Room Type Dining Room l6 Noton Smart Remote Ignore Lighting Options Power Up Mode Give Scenes oo o x Fee fest scone x TEE Aon d Names H G P x _ _Fede Scene 2 Table Lamps Fe Scene 3 Mood l
18. ntrol Panel A list like this will contain the information that you need Some rooms may contain multiple control plates with same settings as each other This is normal You only need to record one of them Enter Room Numbers into Rasoft When there is a complete list of Room Controllers the information can be entered into a RASOFT File If the House address has not yet been programmed into the APR Bridge then do so now Follow steps 1 amp 2 on Pages 2 amp 3 of this document Run the Rako Lighting program on a PC or Laptop ra Save Database x Rasoft start Save a copy ofthe current database and File Controls Reports Tools H pe ep u p screen continue to edit the current database Channel Fader Scene Controls Save a copy of the current databse and open the new database for editing Save and edit From the start up screen select Save from the File menu then House number is greyed out when using Rasoft with choose Save and edit RTC Bridge i ae This creates a new project file leaving the original blank for use later if further projects are planned Group Master 3 J i Any changes made to the project file are saved live and do not need p Members 51 to be saved at the end of programming RAKO My House Select Channel Fie B eniecm Reports Tools Help Controls to a Channel Contros Scene Controls Profile Editor Bj begin entering gt Fade Rates 1 Partitio
19. p Macro Steps V Enabled Step 2 Ro 6 Ch 0 Scene 2 Step 3 Ro 5 Ch 0 Scene 3 ae Action Step 4 Disabled Room Scene 1 Instruction zi Fade Rate M Use Default Value channel Step 10 Disabled All Ad Step 11 Disabled Step 12 Disabled Step 13 Disabled Set Scene Y Step 14 Disabled Step 15 Disabled Step 16 Disabled Step 17 Disabled Pause Delay HH MM s Step 18 Disabled Pause Delay Pause Macro V Timeout 0 0 0 es E apesi tep sable Step 21 Disabled Goto Step 22 Disabled Al Macro Number ae Macro Step Step 23 Disabled oba E Loca ihe Step 24 Disabled Step 25 Disabled Step 26 Disabled Step 27 Disabled Step 28 Disabled Step 29 Disabled Step 30 Disabled Paste v Copy Save r Upload Download Macro 1 C All Upload Download Verify Current RTC Bridge can store up to 64 Macros This example shows Macro 1 There are 3 steps to the Macro each of which is a simple Scene Command Each Macro step can be one of 3 types e Instruction Can be one of the types shown to the right Sonos Control Mo Acton Pause Delay The Macro can pause for a time delay or can pause until it is retriggered by a Map e Goto The Macro can jump to another step in the Macro usually back to the beginning or can jump to a different Macro Issue 1 October 2011 Page 9 of 19 An example Macro Macro that performs a toggle functio
20. re ticked as enabled within the Rasoft Channel control window By ticking Ignore Blank Channels the iphone will only use channels that have been given proper descriptive names In addition an entire room can be omited from the iphone To do this simply tick the Not on Smart Remote box at the top of the Channel control screen Technical Support For more information contact Rako Controls Ltd 01634 226666 www rakocontrols com Issue 1 October 2011 Page 19 of 19
21. sabled Disabled Disabled 0 Disabled VQ 3f This Bridge Events screen is displaying the same Example Event as previously which sets Scene 1 in Room 4 at 9 20AM on weekdays To add or edit an Event simply highlight it from the list at the bottom part of the window Make sure the Event Trigger is Enabled Set up the Event as required then press the Save button The Upload button must be used to write Events from Rasoft to the RTC Bridge This will overwrite any events that are already in the RTC Bridge The Download button is used to read Events already stored in the RTC Bridge back into Rasoft This will overwrite any events that are already in Rasoft The Verify button can be used to check that the Events in Rasoft and those in the RTC Bridge match with each other Issue 1 October 2011 Page 6 of 19 RTC Bridge Mapping RTC Bridge Mapping screen is located at Controls Bridge Mapping When Mapping is used the RTC Bridge will listen to the Rako Commands sent by Wall Controllers Smart Phones Hand Held remotes etc When the RTC Bridge hears a command that matches one of its Maps it will perform a specified Action A Bridge Mapping m Source r ctive Days gt r ction Download Room Command V Sunday Room Channel Enabl M Enable 5 SATT E ends az V Tuesday Set Scene l M Wednesday Condition i MV Thursday C Day of Week Only IV Friday Save Fade Rate M Use
22. t cable Laptop configures RTC Bridge 74 by talking to it through wireless RTC Bridge talks router to Rako system using wireless radio link Wireless router RTC Bridge e Step 1 Connect the Bridge to the router See the previous section Getting Started with RTC Bridge e Step 2 Set the Bridge to the same House ID number as your Rako system Every RAKO wireless system has a House ID number between 1 and 255 It is necessary to tell the Bridge what house ID number has been set so that it talks to the correct house and not the neighbours If the House number is unknown look at the DIP switches settings on the rear of the lighting control wall plates and decode the house ID number from those Use Web Browser to set correct House number as shown in previous section Setting House Number amp Geographic location Appendix 1 shows how to decode the wall plate switch settings e Step 3 Upload Room and Scene information to the Bridge The Bridge needs to be told about how the RAKO system has been configured This is done by using the RASOFT program version 2 2 7 or later combined with the RASOFT Configuration file that was used to set the system up Issue 1 October 2011 Page 11 of 19 Open the configuration file for the house s RAKO system Scene Controls Lookin My RasoftFile emg 5 s gt r c l Exit i 2 2 Up My Recent lt Documents 4 Down Ident
23. tem Make sure the Phone is able to connect to the router Download the RAKO application from the app store Run the application The phone will find the RTC Bridge after a few moments The Rako application will display the room and scene information that has been uploaded to the bridge Issue 1 October 2011 Channels check box Page 12 of 19 Holiday Mode Holiday mode allows the RTC Bridge to record normal lighting activity in a property over a period This can then be replayed whilst the property is empty in order to give a realistic impression that it is occupied Holiday Mode Recording The RTC Bridge must record activity for a period of at least 24 hours before the Holiday Mode can be used Use the buttons on the front of the RTC Bridge To start Record Press the circle button until Holiday is displayed Press the Tick button until Holiday Start Record is displayed Press the Tick button so that Holiday Record is displayed After a few seconds the display will revert to showing the current date and time A Flashing R symbol at the right hand side of the display indicates that the unit is in Holiday Record mode Holiday Mode Playback The RTC Bridge must record activity for at least 24 hours before Playback can be enabled Use the buttons on the front of the RTC Bridge To start Playback e Press the Circle button until Holiday Idle is displayed e Press the Tick button until Holiday Idle Replay is displ
24. tive Configuration Events PO Hours 9 Dusk E Macro States EN Minutes 20 Time 2 Active List of Events stored in the RTC Bridge Events 1 2 3 are active The screen is currently ID 3 Active O a di E t 1 ID 4 Inactive anna NO T aaa iii ISplaying Even ID 5 Inactive _ Active Days ID 6 Inactive iV Monday ID 7 Inactive iz Tuesda ID 8 Inactive ve Y ID 9 Inactive u Wednesday 10 Inactive 7 Thursday a Friday Trigger Dusk F Saturday Dawn Dusk trigger for E Sunday all events i Weekdays Weekends _ Action Store the Event in RTC pan Bridge by pressing Boren i Type Set Scene Update Event Ee Bel Sos Scene Scene 1 x Default Fade wT rate i _ Actions Test the Event by pressing Trigger Event Ewa ee ossaa Issue 1 October 2011 Page 5 of 19 Using Rasoft with RTC Bridge Events RTC Bridge Events can also be viewed and edited using RASOFT software The RTC Bridge Events Screen is located under Controls Bridge Events Event Trigger r ctive Days r Action Download WV Enabled Sunday channel Room V Monday Eoo All v Upload Set Scene X Scene 1 V Tuesday V Wednesday V Thursday Very Iv Friday Fade Rate lV Use Default Value Save F Saturday All I I I Delete Week Days Weekend Active at Dusk every day Room 6 Active at 16 33 every day Room 4 Disabled Disabled Disabled Di
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